Comment: When a public institution denies public access


Dangerous art?: The works of Ahmad Fuad: ‘Dreaming Of Being A Somebody Afraid Of Being A Nobody’.

“AT The End Of The Day Even Art Is Not Important” – artist Ahmad Fuad Osman’s exhibition title turned out to be doubly ironic.

The country’s primary public institution of visual arts, Balai Seni Visual Negara (“Balai”), where the exhibition is being held, has claimed the right to remove artwork from the exhibition for the good of the public.

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