Hijabs not hung feared too sensitive

At what point do we draw the line on cultural sensitivity? Catherine Lane found out last week as her photographs were withdrawn.

30 Jan 2014

Gina Fairley

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Visual Arts

British-based artist Catherine Lane with her photographs. Photo: Wayne Taylor Source: SMH.

British-based Australian artist Catherine Lane was looking forward to her exhibition at Platform, Melbourne’s longest Artist-Run-Initiative funded in part by the City of Melbourne and Arts Victoria.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina