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A protest outside the National Gallery of Victoria (photo by Tatjana Plitt, courtesy the Artists' Committee)
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Australian Art Museum Drops Security Firm Accused of Abuse at Detention Centers

by Benjamin Sutton March 5, 2018

The National Gallery of Victoria will no longer work with Wilson Security, though it claims recent protests and petitions did not drive the decision.

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Artists Protest Australian Museum’s Deal with Security Firm that Allegedly Abused Asylum-Seekers

by Benjamin Sutton December 15, 2017

Candice Breitz retitled one of her pieces “Wilson Must Go” in protest of the National Gallery of Victoria’s contract with Wilson Security, a company shown to have committed human rights abuses at Australian detention centers.

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Aboriginal Women in Australia Celebrate Their Football Heroes with Pottery

by Melissa Stern March 31, 2016March 31, 2016

MELBOURNE — The desert of Central Australia might seem like an unlikely place to find an art cooperative making potent and beautiful pottery.

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Burning Suburbia With Paint and Flames

by Allison Meier July 23, 2013July 25, 2013

The American suburbs are already surreal places, perfectly planned roads dotted with identical homes infinitely replicated across the country. In his two-year Suburban project, Australian artist Ian Strange radically transformed these places into something even more otherworldly with paint and flames.

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Australian Museum Rejects Bequest With Strings Attached

by Hrag Vartanian April 5, 2010

According to The Australian, the National Gallery of Victoria in Australia has rejected a $400,000 bequest because it came with strings attached. The Murdoch-owned newspaper also used the opportunity to point out that the donors are communists.

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