Brian Cowen nude portraits controversy

Left: A painting hung in the National Gallery of Ireland
Right: A painting hung in the Royal Hibernian Academy

Two oil paintings depicting the then-Taoiseach Brian Cowen in the nude were briefly displayed in Dublin art galleries in March 2009. The response of the media, politicians and the Garda Síochána (Irish police force) led to a sustained controversy referred to by some as Portraitgate.

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