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Captain Cook statue sawn off at the ankles on eve of Australia Day (www.theage.com.au)
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The metal sculpture on Jacka Boulevard in St Kilda was sawn off at the ankles about 3.30am Thursday, with vandals also spray-painting “the colony will fall” on the statue’s granite plinth.

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[-] Cypher@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

You hope the artist didn’t get paid because someone vandalised their work?

That is such a strange take.

[-] Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 1 points 10 months ago

From the article linked it seemed like he went looking for someone to vandalise his work

[-] Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 1 points 10 months ago

If thats the case, then the wants of artists clashes with the wants of the payers to beautify the wall

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