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Critics are calling MONA ‘childish’, but history shows us how much the public love an art forger

Art forgery is a devilish attempt to deceive its audience.

The Conversation

These Picassos prompted a gender war at an Australian gallery. Now the curator says she painted them

An Australian art museum curator has divulged that she was the creator of three paintings that she presented as works by Pablo Picasso -- and which prompted a gender discrimination case when she only permitted female gallery patrons to view them

The Independent UK

Fake Picassos in a ladies toilet: why the saga at MONA is one of the most effective pieces of performance art I’ve seen

In the latest instalment of the Ladies Lounge saga at Hobart’s Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), curator Kirsha Kaechele has revealed she faked a number of Pablo Picasso paintings hanging in the gallery’s new ladies toilets, established in response to the forced closure of the Ladies Lounge earlier…

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MONA Artist Confesses She Faked Three ‘Priceless’ Picasso Paintings And Nobody Had A Clue

"I waited for weeks. Nothing happened."

Pedestrian.tv

This Sleek EV Looks Like a Super Affordable Tesla Model 3

Xpeng revealed the MONA M03, an affordable EV inspired by Tesla’s Model 3 but will be targeting a starting price below $27,500.

Inverse

Namedropping: is Mona’s latest exhibition its most annoying yet?

Framed as an exploration of why we prize fame, this sprawling, defensive exhibition is overshadowed by one man’s quest for status via his museum

The Guardian - AU

Australian museum hangs Picasso collection in women’s toilet after court ruling

Museum was sued for discrimination after a man was denied entry to a women-only exhibit

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MONA Fires Back To That Discrimination Ruling By Hanging Priceless Picassos In The Ladies’ Toots

Big win for the girls (and bathroom mirror selfies).

Pedestrian.tv

Mona hangs Picassos in women’s toilet in response to court ruling

Picassos were among artworks hanging in Ladies Lounge exhibition that closed after a court ruled it must admit men

The Guardian - AU

Wu-Tang Clan's Rare Album 'Once Upon A Time In Shaolin' Displayed In Australian Museum

Experience Wu-Tang Clan's rare 'Once Upon a Time in Shaolin' album at MONA in Australia. Limited tickets available for private listening sessions from June...

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Wu-Tang Clan's unreleased 'Once Upon a Time in Shaolin' is headed to an Australia museum

The sole physical copy of Wu-Tang Clan’s unreleased “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin” is headed to Australia’s Museum of Old and New Art

The Independent UK

One-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album set to be played in public for first time

Only a single copy of the album Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, which the band intended as an artwork, exists

The Independent UK

Now, you can hear the world's rarest album: "Every once in a while, an object on this planet possesses mystical properties that transcend its material circumstances"

Only copy of Wu Tang Clan's Once Upon A Time In Shaolin to be displayed in Australia

MusicRadar

Morning Mail: waste firms breaking safety rules named, global outrage at Rafah bombing, world’s rarest album comes to Mona

NSW company breaches have led to contamination of lanscaping products; Netanyahu describes missile attack on tent camp as ‘tragic mishap’

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'World's rarest' million-dollar album on listening loan

Hip hop legends Wu-Tang Clan secretly recorded an album and then deleted the masters to leave only one copy. Find out where in Australia you can listen to it.

The Guardian - AU

Sole copy of Wu-Tang Clan album to be played to the public for first time at Mona

Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, the ‘world’s rarest album’ once sold for $2m to Martin Shkreli, will be loaned to Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Israel claims control of Rafah crossing; Erin Patterson pleads not guilty; and a message from humanity to aliens

Israeli forces have taken control of the Palestinian side of the crossing between Gaza and Egypt

AAP

MONA appeals ladies-only lounge discrimination ruling

A Tasmanian art gallery ordered to open its ladies lounge to men after a discrimination complaint has appealed the ruling in the Supreme Court.

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In Australia, women-only app becomes latest front in war over trans rights

The founder of a women-only social networking app is being sued for denying her service to a trans woman.

AAP

Size matters as Dark Mofo cracks open nude swim entries

There is one less excuse for not stripping naked and plunging into the wintry River Derwent after Dark Mofo upsized its nude solstice swim.

AAP

Artist 'saddened' her MONA exhibit broke the law

The artist behind the Ladies Lounge exhibit at Hobart's MONA museum has said she is deeply saddened after the exhibit was found to have broken the law.

AAP

Museum ordered to stop discriminating in Ladies Lounge

A man was unhappy his $35 entry fee did not allow him to see all the museum's artwork, including a crown worn by a curator when she married the owner.

AAP

MONA pulls pin on summer festival as magic wears off

The owner of Tasmania's Museum of Old and New Art has cancelled the gallery's summer festival after 16 years, citing poor attendance and competing costs.

AAP

Hibernating Dark Mofo defrosts winter feast, nude swim

Winter festival Dark Mofo won't be fully on ice in 2024 with two signature events and some new ones going ahead as the full program hibernates for a year.

The Conversation

In the depths of Hobart's MONA, a volcano is stirring

In the darkness, a rumble. A sonorous boom. Deep within the subterranean caverns of MONA, a volcano stirs. This is Hrafntinna (Obsidian), an immersive installation by Icelandic artist and musician Jónsi.

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