But Will It Play in Glasgow?
Lee Stewart's painting Female Life Study was part of a sold-out show that ran for two months in London. But when it went on display in Stewart's native Glasgow, it met a chillier reception. In fact, five police officers went into an art gallery and warned the owner to remove the painting from a window or face a charge of breach of the peace. They say they'd received a couple of complaints about the caricature-style painting of a nude middle-aged woman.
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