Detail of Matthew McVeigh’s commission Togetherness finds its place. Photo Matthew Pitcher.
In April 2013 ArtsHub brought you the story of WA artist Matthew McVeigh, whose $30,000 public art commission was ‘cancelled for an off-the-shelf imported work almost twice the price.’
Titled Togetherness, the City of Vincent Council had paid McVeigh a deposit of $5,000, but on reviewing his final submission decided to purchase an alternative (and more expensive) piece by Chinese artist Chen Wen Ling, which had been displayed in the celebrated Sculpture by the Sea exhibition.
