Art - controversy over Christchurch City Council's purchase of a painting.

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Year
1990
Reference
6753
Media type
Audio
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Rights Information
Year
1990
Reference
6753
Media type
Audio
Duration
00:02:45
Broadcast Date
15 Aug 1990
Credits
RNZ Collection
Coley, John, Interviewee
Lattimore, Karlum, Interviewer
Radio New Zealand (estab. 1989), Broadcaster

Excerpt from a Morning Report programme.

A telephone interview with Robert McDougall Art Gallery director, John Coley, by reporter Karlum Lattimore on the controversy caused by the purchase of a painting by the Robert McDougall Art Gallery.
The work of art was produced by Christchurch artist Julie [sic. i.e. Julia] Morison and contains, among other things, the artist's own excrement.