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Pass the haemorrhoid cream: A portrait of New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is on Trade Me. It’s a banger, imbued with loathing and political protest. “The painting measures 80 x 100 x 1 cm (it’s not very deep.) The medium is 99.9 percent acrylic on canvas, and 0.1 percent body fluids,” explains the artist known as Drummond.
“Is C. Luxon grinning the happy grin of a man who is mentally composing his next LinkedIn insight or monosyllabic TikTok? Or is he staring into the Middle New Zealand distance, contemplating a sternly-worded edict from one of his two Deputy Prime Ministers?”
The auction closes on Thursday 10th Oct, 8:30pm and has already reached $200. This auction feels like a poll.
Did he really just say that?
Unavailable for Jack Tame, but he has time for Heather. And the very best bit was right at the start.
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