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Visual Arts
Police brief the gathered crowd of the “incident” that had just occurred outside
Two gunmen have been shot by police overnight, after pre-empting a “situation” on the occasion of an art exhibition sponsored by the American Freedom Defence Initiative (AFDI) in Texas.
The exhibition at the Curtis Culwell Centre in Garland, north of Dallas, displayed caricatures and drawings of the Prophet Mohammed. It was an art prize that had attracted around 350 entries, with the winner to receive $10,000.
Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW.
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