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The End of the Horrifying Chris Luxon Painting Saga
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The End of the Horrifying Chris Luxon Painting Saga

A painting deemed "too offensive" at auction has one final surprise.

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Webworm has been following occasional artist (and Webworm writer) Josh Drummond’s unnerving portrait of New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon since he first listed it on TradeMe.

Close up of Luxon's face

Back on October 1, Webworm broke the news that the painting had been removed from online auction site TradeMe for reasons that included not being “family friendly”.

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