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The promotional text for the National Gallery’s blockbuster winter show, Gauguin’s World: Tōna Iho, Tōna Ao, features a significant disclaimer.
“In today’s context,” it reads, “Gauguin’s interactions in Polynesia in the later part of the 19th century would not be accepted and are recognised as such.”