A meeting of the Royal Art Society of New South Wales urged Prime Minister Menzies to intervene, members describing the paintings as "the worst ever gathered in one place".
新南威尔士州皇家艺术协会竟在一次会议上敦促首相孟席斯出面干预，与会成员形容这些画作是“汇于一处的史上最糟”。