When an Irish Leader is Naked
The story sweeping through blogs in Ireland tonight is that of the 2 paintings, caricatures, of a semi-naked Brian Cowen, Taoiseach of Ireland, our prime minister, which 2 days ago were sneaked in and placed in the National Gallery and the Royal Hibernian Academy in Dublin.
The story for that reason alone, one of mild if daring social satire, was already doing the rounds on Irish blogs, but tonight’s apology by the national broadcasting company for reporting the story the night before has sent the Irish blogging world into a frenzy.
The most eloquent of responses I’ve seen - and I’ve seen a lot - is by Allan Cavanagh on Caricatures Ireland, starting with his own brand new fully nude caricature before outlining the details of the story of the paintings done by somebody Allan himself knows.
Reminiscent of recent stunts by the British artist Banksy, the story of the guerilla prank on 2 of the most important galleries in Ireland seemed genuinely newsworthy and was reported around the world - so why on earth would the Irish national broadcasting company apologise for reporting that the prank took place?
More: History of story
Loads More: Have a look at #picturegate on Twitter to see thousands of reactions and the story as it continues to go through ridiculous loops and twists.
Legal: Cearta.ie offers a legal opinion of some of the issues in the story, and at the bottom of the post has a list to what must be hundreds of blogs and publications that have covered the story.
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Eolaí gan Fhéile:
it’s almost beyond words……if some south american tin pot dictator was to do this- pressurise the main media in to apologising - you could look over it…but this is not Venezuela and he is no Chavez…..
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