PremiumKim KnightSenior journalist - Premium lifestyle·NZ Herald·29 Aug, 2026 12:00 AM12 mins to read‌Et al.'s controversial 2005 Venice Biennale installation "the fundamental practice" has been installed, for the first time, at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.The statement was brief: “For us, the media story was both a huge distraction and highly distressing...”Two decades and counting since New Zealand’s most contentious exhibition at the Venice Biennale, and its creator is responding to a journalist.Warning: This story contains contemporary art. Is the nation ready?

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