Faked Picasso ruse another publicity coup for Mona and Kirsha Kaechele, but some are unimpressed
ABCIn the wake of an artist admitting she produced fake Picasso artworks to hang in a Tasmanian museum, the stunt has been welcomed as provoking discussion, damaging to the gallery's credibility and pushing the boundaries of the law. On Wednesday, Kirsha Kaechele — the artist behind the Ladies Lounge at Tasmania's Museum of Old and New Art — posted in a blog the Picasso artworks that had been hanging in the lounge for three years were fakes — painted by herself with some help from her "manicurist's niece". The 'Picasso' artworks hanging in a toilet at Tasmania's Mona gallery are revealed to be fakes, with the artist responsible saying during the three-year-long ruse she "fantasised there would be a scandal". Ms Sloggett thinks Kaechele appropriating the work of Picasso, a male artist for use in the Ladies Lounge — an "exclusive" space designed to "drive men crazy" — is trying to provoke discussion. Melbourne arts lawyer Alana Kushnir said Kaechele's act "could potentially be misleading or deceptive conduct". "
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Artist Kirsha Kaechele admits to faking Picassos and other works hanging in Tasmania's Mona gallery
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