Art Monthly Australia criticised

Art Monthly Australia magazine has been criticised by Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd after it printed a photograph of a nude child on this month's cover. The photograph was published in protest at the closure of a Bill Henson exhibition (which was subsequently cleared of obscenity last month).

The cover photo shows six-year-old Olympia Nelson posing in front of a painted landscape; it was taken by the girl's mother, Polixeni Papapetrou. The magazine now faces losing the state funding it receives.