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Liberal MP prefers Shakespeare sans Bottom

An artwork inspired by Macbeth’s witches has been dubbed ‘appalling’ by the Member for Hughes, Craig Kelly. The result is a Twittersphere full of bum jokes.

14 Oct 2015 12:00

Richard Watts

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Visual Arts

Wendy Sharpe’s The Witches (detail).

Wendy Sharpe’s painting The Witches, part of a touring exhibition celebrating Bell Shakespeare’s 25^th anniversary that is currently on show at Parliament House, has scandalised Federal MP Craig Kelly.

On his Facebook page, Kelly called the artwork in question ‘appalling’.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's former National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the 2019 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in early 2020. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association in 2021, and a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Photo: Fiona Hamilton. Follow Richard on Bluesky @richardthewatts.bsky.social and Instagram @richard.l.watts