Australia should not be funding calls for racial violence.
Artist Charlotte Allingham produces work that repeatedly depicts explicit, graphic violence against white people, framed as justified and celebratory. Her imagery is not subtle, symbolic, or ambiguous. It is direct and confrontational
Her artworks include:
A figure spearing Captain James Cook through the neck, paired with the slogan “Dead Colonisers Harm No One.”
Decapitated white figures held as trophies.
Calls to destruction such as “burn your local cop shop” and “burn what doesn’t serve the people.”
Images glorifying arson, institutional destruction, and racialised killing.
This is not abstract symbolism. It is graphic, racialised violence presented as virtue.
You can see more of her disgusting “art” at the bottom of this page.
In a documented Instagram exchange, when a commenter stated that “colonisers aren’t all white and they aren’t all dead,” the artist replied: “Not yet anyway.” That response appears to endorse the violence depicted in her work.
Australia does not benefit from fringe artists pushing narratives that normalise hatred toward one racial group or present violence as moral or necessary. When this messaging is repeated, rewarded, and elevated, it contributes to division and hostility rather than understanding or cohesion. Allowing racial hatred to pass unchallenged because of ideology or identity lowers standards across the board.
The issue becomes more serious when powerful institutions provide platforms and legitimacy.
The National Gallery of Victoria is a taxpayer-funded institution with a responsibility to uphold clear standards around racial hatred, violence, and public safety. Exhibiting or commissioning work that celebrates or normalises racial violence undermines public trust and the purpose of public cultural institutions.
Country Road is a major Australian brand whose public image is tied to community standards and social responsibility. Corporate support and commissions confer legitimacy. They should not be used to amplify material that promotes racial hatred or glorifies harm.
Public institutions and major brands shape culture through the voices they elevate. Supporting artists whose work promotes anti-white hatred and violence sends a clear message about what is tolerated and encouraged.
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We call on:
The National Gallery of Victoria to refuse to exhibit, commission, or promote artwork by Charlotte Allingham.
Country Road to withdraw its support, partnerships, and commissions involving this artist.
Both institutions to publicly affirm that racial hatred and glorification of violence have no place in publicly funded culture or corporate partnerships.
Public money and major platforms should not be used to legitimise or amplify advocacy of racial harm.
What this petition calls for
PETITION TEXT:
“We, the undersigned, call on the National Gallery of Victoria and Country Road to cease exhibiting, commissioning, or supporting the work of artist Charlotte Allingham.
Her body of work depicts graphic violence against white Australians and presents that violence as justified. This includes repeated imagery of white people being stabbed or killed, paired with slogans that celebrate death, destruction, and racialised harm.
Public institutions and major Australian brands have a responsibility to uphold clear standards. Platforms funded by taxpayers or supported by public trust should not legitimise or amplify racial hatred or the glorification of violence.
We ask the National Gallery of Victoria and Country Road to withdraw their support for this artist and to publicly affirm that racial hatred and advocacy of violence have no place in state-funded culture or corporate partnerships.”