Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art (Mona) has moved some key pieces from their women’s-only exhibition into the restroom after a court ruled they had to allow men in the exclusive “Ladies Lounge.”
The lawsuit, filed earlier this year after a Sydney man complained to The Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, found the space discriminatory and gave the museum 28 days to cease any gender-based bias. The Ladies Lounge has been closed since.
However, artist and lounge curator Kirsha Kaechele has taken creative action in response to the outcome. She plans to work around the sentence by reclassifying the exhibit as a church or a school, which permits gendered exclusion under section 26 of Tasmania’s Anti-Discrimination Act.
Throughout the trial, Kaechele’s attitude remained playful and unapologetic. She has stood firm on the Ladies Lounge concept and even told The Guardian, “The men are experiencing Ladies Lounge, their experience of rejection is the artwork.”
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