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=== Slaughtered Cow happening ===
{{further|Ivan Durrant#Beverley The Amazing Performing Cow - The Slaughtered Cow happening}}
In 1975, painter and performance artist [[Ivan Durrant]] deposited a cow carcass in the NGV forecourt.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rule |first=Dan |date=2011-02-14 |title=From unholy cows to horses for courses |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/from-unholy-cows-to-horses-for-courses-20110214-1atk3.html |access-date=2021-01-03 |website=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|archive-date=2 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110402015726/http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/from-unholy-cows-to-horses-for-courses-20110214-1atk3.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Durrant later stated that it was part of a performance art piece intended to shock those who might be horrified by the death of the animal while also happy to consume meat.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Northover |first=Kylie |date=2020-11-20 |title=I want people to run out of the f—king gallery: Ivan Durrant |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/art-and-design/i-want-people-to-run-out-of-the-f-king-gallery-ivan-durrant-20201116-p56f0b.html |access-date=2021-01-03 |website=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|archive-date=19 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419114854/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/art-and-design/i-want-people-to-run-out-of-the-f-king-gallery-ivan-durrant-20201116-p56f0b.html |url-status=live }}</ref> At the time, the NGV denounced the piece as a "sick and disgusting act".<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=Ivan Durrant, Barrier Draw |url=https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Large-print-labels_Ivan-Durrant.pdf |access-date= |website= |archive-date=19 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119123250/https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Large-print-labels_Ivan-Durrant.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>