TheNewDowse was prepared for complaints about its exhibition, Assume Nothing.

It does, after all, feature intimate and, in some cases, naked portraits of people with alternative gender identity – exactly the sort of thing that is likely to create controversy.

But according to the exhibition curator, Claire Regnault, the Lower Hutt gallery has not received a single complaint since Assume Nothing opened in April.

“The reaction has been incredibly positive,” she says. “It’s obviously the right time for an exhibition like this – people are more open to talking about the subject.”

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