Museum behind ladies-only art exhibit sued by man who was denied entry

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Artist Kirsha Kaechele arrived at the Tasmania courtroom alongside 25 women dressed in navy business attire, all of whom made a show of reading feminist texts in the courtroom.

An art exhibit about gender inequality, called the Ladies Lounge, at Tasmania's Museum of Old and New Art is the subject of a legal complaint from a visitor who was said he was discriminated against because he was denied entry to the women's-only lounge.is at the centre of a complaint brought by a man who was denied entry to the exhibit about gender discrimination.,’ is an ongoing installation at the museum, and invites only women beyond its luxurious green silk curtains.

Kaechele told The Guardian she tends “to engage life as a medium” in her art. She said the opportunity to move her art from the museum to the tribunal was “a dream come true.”In his complaint, Lau argued it is discriminatory to keep artwork, like that of the Picasso painting displayed exclusively in the Ladies Lounge, away from he and other men who pay to enter the museum.

“MONA’s case is that art can be a really powerful medium in promoting equal opportunity by not just experience, but by conversation, and specifically redressing the past exclusion of women,” Scott said.

 

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