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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Kelly Burke Arts reporter

Frederick McCubbin painting defaced with Woodside logo in protest at Art Gallery of Western Australia

Activists stand in front of the Frederick McCubbin painting Down on his luck which has been spraypainted with the Woodside logo at the Art Gallery of Western Australia
Protesters stand in front of the Frederick McCubbin painting Down on his luck which has been spraypainted with the Woodside logo at the Art Gallery of Western Australia. Photograph: Disrupt Burrup Hub

The Art Gallery of Western Australia’s most significant and internationally renowned painting, Frederick McCubbin’s Down on his luck, has been defaced with a Woodside logo.

The masterpiece, which has been part of the gallery’s collection since 1896 and was valued at $3m a decade ago, was spraypainted with the oil and gas giant’s logo in yellow on Thursday morning.

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