While a Wisconsin teen faces child porn charges because of the naked photos he posted to his MySpace page, the Aussies have an underage naked photo scandal of their own. Police shut down a photography exhibit in Sydney last night, citing concerns that the work crossed the line between art and child pornography.

The exhibition in question features the work of renowned artist Bill Henson, who focuses heavily on the turmoil of adolescence. The controversial photographs featured underage girls in the nude, which critics claimed lacked the nuance to make them artistic and not voyeuristic.

But a former curator of Henson’s has spoken out against the closing of the exhibition, saying that Henson is bearing the brunt of timely, societal concerns that have little to do with his work. “To take cheap shots at artists,” she said, “won’t change whatever the problems are in our social fabric.” She pointed out that Henson’s photographs, which she described as “very beautiful—still, classical, and formal,” have been exhibited in Sydney in the past with no public outcry.