Frederick McCubbin painting defaced with Woodside logo in protest at Art Gallery of Western Australia

Activists spraypaint logo on masterpiece and one glues her hand to gallery wall to protest desecration of Burrup peninsula rock art

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The Art Gallery of Western Australia’s most significant and internationally renowned painting, Frederick McCubbin’s Down on his luck, has been defaced with a Woodside logo.

The masterpiece, which has been part of the gallery’s collection since 1896 and was valued at $3m a decade ago, was spraypainted with the oil and gas giant’s logo in yellow on Thursday morning.

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