A Wheatbelt council decides against selling a painting it was gifted by convicted paedophile Rolf Harris.
abc.net.au/news/wheatbelt-wa-council-to-retain-rolf-harris-painting/101685100When should the art be separated from the artist? This is the question a local government in Western Australia's Wheatbelt grappled with this week when it voted against selling the painting it was gifted by convicted child sex offender Rolf Harris.
Bundaberg Council removed a painting of Uluru by Rolf Harris from the foyer of the Moncrieff Theatre.Community feedback was subsequently sought on what should be done with the artwork, with about half of the 75 people who responded saying they wanted to keep the painting in a prominent area. "We took the view as a council collective that it is the property of the community and given it was such an equal split, we decided we shouldn’t sell it and we should retain for the future generations," he said.
The City of Greater Geraldton has one artwork by Harris in storage at Geraldton Regional Art Gallery, but Mayor Shane Van Styn said there were no plans for it to be moved, displayed or sold.In 2015, Harris was stripped of honours awarded to him by Queen Elizabeth II after his painting of the late monarch was unveiled in 2005.
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