Challenging Australian artworks are being attacked and censored. If we are only permitted to view 'correct' works then art's primary function is destroyed Protest at the Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts in St Kilda which has been closed since police raid Photograph: Lyndal May Stewart./Lyndal May Stewart It seems ironic that within a Melbourne exhibition examining the legacy of the late, radical Australian artist Mike Brown, it was a new work of art that should have been found offensive and removed by police. The Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts has not defended artist Paul Yore, or the works in question. Instead, it immediately closed the gallery with no explanation, effectively also...
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