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Pouring champagne and ironing knickers: my day serving the matriarchy as a topless male waiter

The Museum of Old and New Art in nipaluna/Hobart is allowing men into its Ladies Lounge for the first time – as long as they remove their shirts and serve its female patrons

The Guardian - AU · Dec 30, 2024

MONA’s C*nty Ladies Lounge Will Reopen For A ‘Victory Lap’, Only Allowing Men In For Housework Lessons

“We’ll bathe in champagne and enjoy the kind of ecstatic release that comes only after a hard-won battle.”

Pedestrian.tv · Dec 12, 2024

Victorious 'patriarchy smashing' Ladies' Lounge reopens

The Museum of New and Old Art is reopening its notorious and lavish Ladies' Lounge following a court win over a man who claimed the space was discriminatory.

AAP · Dec 11, 2024

'Flipped universe': legal fight for ladies' lounge

Tasmania's Museum of Old and New Art is appealing a tribunal decision which ruled their ladies-only lounge discriminated against men.

AAP · Sep 17, 2024

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…

The Conversation · Jul 11, 2024

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

The Independent UK · Jun 25, 2024

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.

AAP · May 7, 2024

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 · Apr 10, 2024

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 · Apr 9, 2024

Mona ordered to allow people ‘who do not identify as ladies’ into Ladies Lounge exhibit

Tasmanian tribunal rules Museum of Old and New Art discriminated against NSW man by denying him entry to installation

The Guardian - AU · Apr 9, 2024