WilshireAustralia’s richest woman seeks removal of her portrait from exhibition
SatansMaggotyCumFartI would have never seen this picture if she hadn’t done this.
And even those who saw it would have seen it in the context of a lot of other portraits in the same style, where it doesn’t stand out as anything personally directed at Rinehart.
acargitzThe Streisand effect.
Yikes, Barbra really let herself go.
No, you’re thinking of Kristen Bell who is the “let it go” lady. Streisand is the one who famously lost out on Worst Actress to Kristen Stewart for her role in The Guilt Trip, in which she played the unbelievably original role of “obnoxious Jewish mother.”
She also released at least one musical album back in the 1900s and appeared in a few movies.
One such movie included Streisand portraying the daughter of a disappointed rabbi who also questions her father’s ability to hear her.
You have to be pretty good to beat Kristen Stewart.
She also released at least one musical album back in the 1900s and appeared in a few movies.
Damn, Streisand is looking good for a 182-year-old
Kristen Bell played Anna in Frozen, did not sing “Let it go”. That was by Elsa, played by Idina Menzel.
You talking about the wick-edly talented… Adele Dazeem?
CNn picked it up
It doesn’t really matter. She’ll wield her power, get her way and then go on living her toxic existence feeling like she won even though, quantitatively, more people think she’s a cunt.
But we can all tell ourselves this somehow makes a difference
The picture is still up, maybe there is justice in this world.
Another case of the Streisand effect
Its really wierd to me that Streisand effect became the accepted name for this.
For example the 1st child’s play is saw In the UK was 3. Purely because it was banned
Can you repeat or clarify that second sentence? I’m pretty sure there was a typo or mistyped word somewhere, and usually I wouldn’t mention it, but in this case I actually can’t interpret the meaning.
The first movie in the Child’s Play movie franchise they saw was the third iteration, Child’s Play 3; they were motivated to see it because it was banned, an ironic backfire of the censorship decision.
Thanks, I also had a really hard time parsing the comment.
Thanks! Knowing the meaning now, it was the “I” to “is” typo that threw me off, since “saw” is also the type of movie to get banned.
Better? Worse?
Perfectly clear now, thanks. :)
I got thrown because “is” came before “saw”, which is also a scary movie, and I just couldn’t disambiguate.
It’s a catchy name and it was among the first examples of the effect in the internet era that amplified the effect many fold. There is no reason for me to know about Streisand’s house and there is no reason for me to know about this painting. I have only know about them because the internet exists.
skulblakaI have only know about them because the internet exists.
It’s even better than that, even with the internet existing I’d have never interacted with these bits whatsoever if it weren’t for the person in question throwing a hissy fit and trying to get something deleted off the internet. If they just laughed it off and let it slide it would have gotten about 1% of the attention currently being brought to it. We only know about this painting because she was so offended by it that she decreed no one must know about it. We only know about Barbara Streisand’s house because she decreed no one must know about it.
The first child’s play movie wasn’t saw, the UK definitely wasn’t 3 when you had seen it, and saw was never banned in the UK although Grotesque and several Chainsaw Massacre films were. /s
I haven’t seen a single saw. Just not interested.
Childs play 3 was absolutely banned in the UK I’d rather not link the reasons why its pretty grotesque though
I was making fun of your spelling errors and grammatical mistakes. I never even said Child’s Play 3 wasn’t banned lmao.
I dunno what it is the last wee while I can’t type on my phone keyboard. Pretty suew my brain is melting
ripcordAh, the last wee. A bittersweet moment.
Not sure I follow wee is a legitimate word where I’m from
It didn’t really make sense to me in context. Maybe there was some other missing word or grammar that would have made a difference…?
wee while is a common phrase in Scotland it means over a short period of time
Last we while indicating before now so kinda last few weeks or months
Maybe she could buy the painting? I’m sure the artist would be willing to part with it for a donation of a few billion to charitable causes.
explodicleBut then there will be even more paintings. She has no problem with hiring thugs for it.
It belongs to the national gallery and therefor cannot be sold.
BertramDitoreThe article could have ended after the very first sentence.
Art is subjective.
Is she an Australian gorilla 🦍?
TransplantedSconie🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
That is some funny shit right there
21CabbageMy initial reaction was that it was probably unflattering on purpose but after seeing the others I think that might just be the artist’s style and she just has an unfortunate face for it.
Same. I don’t know that it’s the artist’s style. I think they’re just shit at painting. Not that I could do better…
BubbleMonkeyIf someone buys it, it’s style. If not, they suck at painting.
Isn’t art fun?
Not really, no.
SnapzThat gum you like is going to come back into style.
it is happening again
Tbh, it wasn’t as bad as the picture of that woman with the kinda lopsided eyes lol
Cyrus Draegurif she weren’t rich, i’d feel bad for her. her status and authority, unfortunately, make her an acceptable target for nonviolent criticism, such as really ugly portraits.
It’s not uglier than the other portraits in the set. Its really weird that she would object when she is sharing a wall with royalty.
Punching up (nonviolently, as you say) is always valid.
SuperApplesher status and authority, unfortunately, make her an acceptable target
It’s really more that she’s a complete arsehole. As a nimby mining magnate, she is a sponsor of organised climate denialism and vocal about it herself, a race she clearly has a horse in. She’s also an active libertarian who wants to further dismantle the welfare system, and reduce taxation, and wants Australian workers to be cool like Africans and work for $2 a day. And a vocal Trump supporter.
It’s not the painting that makes her ugly, it’s her behaviour and ideology.
it’s her behavior and ideology that makes the painting accurate :3
It’s crazy to me how most if not all billionares cheerish exploiting poor wages and keeping poor people poorer while hoarding unimaginable wealth that’s enough for lifetime for generations. That’s because billionares are mentally sick.
Yeah no famous artist has ever felt the need to pain me ugly. Hell the most artistic depiction of me is a charcoal drawing by a guy who didn’t know we’d gone out for hookah a few times a few years prior. But regardless artists are only depicting her poorly because of how poorly she behaves.
Regardless of her money, she’s an ugly individual. And I don’t mean physically
Yeah, I was going to say I’m not Australian, so I’m not super familiar with her, but from what I do know of her, this portrait seems fitting.
Punching up is the only way to punch
fluxIf sure no artist will ever paint her in an unflatering way after hearing this. Did NGA leak this or did she make a public statement?
DUMBASSAhhh yes, good, shame that racist fat cunt globally.
She is basically the Koch brothers, but bigger, dumber, and more evil.
The only reason why the Koch family is probably worse, is because their influence flows through the American state.
All this is to say, it’s a good bet that after this story dies down, the gallery will quietly acquiesce and take down the painting. This will either be followed by the carrot, or a removal or whatever stick she used.
magnetosphereI have seen stories on this topic posted several times. I upvote it every time and will continue to do so.
BOMBSVigooooooo 👻