Photo: Arts CanterburyA Christchurch art gallery has apologised and pulled down controversial art after complaints the works appropriated Māori culture. Windsor Gallery has removed Rhonye McIlroy's art, which included a painting of a white woman with a moko kauae, bare breasted, wearing bondage. Moa was one of many who complained to the gallery after the images emerged on social media this week. Windsor Gallery spokesman Cameron Taylor said they had assumed McIlroy had done her groundwork before hiring the gallery to exhibit her artworks. "Please leave moko - facial moko - for Māori - that is what makes Māori unique," he said.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 03, 2020 02:26 UTC