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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Afternoon Update: Palestinian flags covered up at national gallery; Trump calls himself ‘king’; and the man pumping iron for art

A tapestry from the SaVĀge K’lub Te Paepae Aora’i – Where the Gods Cannot be Fooled exhibition, where the Palestinian flag is visible (left) and then hidden (right).
A tapestry from the SaVĀge K’lub Te Paepae Aora’i – Where the Gods Cannot be Fooled exhibition, where the Palestinian flag is visible (left) and then hidden (right). Composite: Supplied

Two Palestinian flags on a tapestry on display at the National Gallery of Australia have been concealed with white fabric, in what the artists have described as an act of censorship they only agreed to reluctantly.

New Zealand-based Rosanna Raymond, the curator of the Te Paepae Aora’i – Where the Gods Cannot be Fooled exhibition, told Guardian Australia “we were censored over that work” by the NGA.

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