Billionaire Calls for Removal of ‘Unflattering’ Portrait from National Gallery of Australia
15-05-2024 16:45 via artnews.com

Billionaire Calls for Removal of ‘Unflattering’ Portrait from National Gallery of Australia

Gina Rinehart, the richest person in Australia, has reportedly called on Canberra’s National Gallery of Australia to take down a painting of her by Aboriginal artist Vincent Namatjira.It wasn’t immediately clear what had moved Rinehart, a donor to the National Gallery of Australia, to make the request, but it was clear, at least, that Namatjira’s portrait was viewed as being not the kindest representation of her. Both the Guardian and the Sydney Morning Herald used the word &ld
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