A photograph of Indonesian President Joko Widodo has been removed
from the walls of the National Portrait Gallery for fear it would be
damaged.
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portrait of Indonesian President Joko Widodo has been removed from the
National Portrait Gallery in Canberra, Australia. Photo / Getty
A
portrait of Indonesian President Joko Widodo has been removed from the
National Portrait Gallery in Canberra, Australia. Photo / Getty"In view of the circumstances ... and my best assessment of the risk of damage to the work of art, it was necessary to remove it from public display", he said in a statement on Thursday, noting the disapproval of the artist Adam Ferguson.
"I am totally perplexed that a leading Australian artistic institution would take such action," he wrote on his Facebook page."Art is about a social and political dialogue."
