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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Gabriel Fowler

'Come for the art, stay for the municipal panic': statue at centre of storm

IT'S "dangerous territory" for elected officials to weigh in on what is and what is not art, says the CEO of NSW Museums and Galleries, Brett Adlington, amid debate over the contents of an exhibition in Maitland.

At the heart of both the exhibition from artist Osvaldo Budet and the debate is the controversial statue on Maitland's High Street variously referred to as the 'Jocko Graves' hitching post and ''Maitland's little black boy".

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