Artist breaks silence on controversial Ben Roberts-Smith portrait
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Artist breaks silence on controversial Ben Roberts-Smith portrait

There are growing calls for the Australian War Memorial to remove or amend its Roberts-Smith display,and now the artist behind two major works has weighed in.

  • byElizabeth Flux

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