Artist withdraws National Portrait Gallery video after Churchill-Bengal famine row
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Emily Godwin
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A video installation by Turner Prize-winning artist Helen Cammock at the National Portrait Gallery has been withdrawn after controversy over its depiction of Winston Churchill's role in the 1943 Bengal famine. The 40-minute film "Persistence" referenced "the wilful starvation of the Indian population by Winston Churchill," prompting an open letter from Churchill biographer Lord Andrew Roberts. The artist chose to remove the work following the dispute.
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A video installation displayed at the National Portrait gallery (NPG) has been withdrawn by its artist after a row over Sir Winston Churchill's role in the 1943 Bengal famine
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