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5 months, 1 week ago

Artist Kirsha Kaechele admits to faking Picassos and other works hanging in Tasmania's Mona gallery

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Tasmania's Museum of Old and New Art has admitted to displaying three fake Picasso paintings for more than three years. In a blog post published on Wednesday, curator Kirsha Kaechele said she forged the fakes herself to match the colour scheme of the museum's Ladies Lounge. Kaechele said the fakes came about when she was designing the Ladies Lounge several …

Art Fake Tasmania Dark Mofo Paintings Picasso Lounge

6 months ago

Dark Mofo solstice nude swim in 2024 breaks record with 3,000 naked swimmers on chilly Hobart morning

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On a dark winter's morning, perhaps the last thing you would want to do is go for a swim in Hobart's icy River Derwent. In its 11th iteration, this year's annual winter solstice swim saw people gathered on the shore of Hobart's Long Beach as local drummers marked the approaching sun rise at 7:42am. The swim usually marks the end …

Water Dark Event Dark Mofo Hobart Maren Preuss Solstice

8 months, 1 week ago

Discrimination ruling over Mona's Ladies Lounge raise questions about women-only, men-only spaces

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There are men-only clubs, women-only gyms and an array of other facilities that operate on the basis of being exclusive to one gender. New South Wales man Jason Lau visited Hobart's Museum of Old and New Art in April last year and was refused entry to the Ladies Lounge, and made a complaint that was referred to the Tasmanian Civil …

Art Women Discrimination Men Tasmania Dark Mofo Lounge

8 months, 2 weeks ago

What happens to Tasmania when Dark Mofo and other winter festivals are cancelled?

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Winter festivals have become an important part of Tasmania's colder months, drawing thousands of tourists to the state during what had traditionally been its quietest period. Dark Mofo cancelled Photo shows Dark MOFO's winter feast 2015 Hobart's popular winter tourist drawcard, Dark Mofo, is cancelled for 2024, but two festival staples — the Winter Feast and Nude Solstice Swim — …

Festivals Festival Tourism Winter Dark Valley Cancelled

1 year, 6 months ago

Thousands brave morning freeze to bare all at Dark Mofo nude swim

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In short: Two thousand people have disrobed and dashed into the River Derwent in Hobart to mark the winter solstice with a nude swim Two thousand people have disrobed and dashed into the River Derwent in Hobart to mark the winter solstice with a nude swim What's next? : The swim marks the end of the annual Dark Mofo festival …

Festival Dark Sydney Nude Dark Mofo Hobart Luke Bowden

1 year, 6 months ago

Rising festival: From Shadow Spirit to Euphoria, Tanz and Jacky, this year's major works embraced discomfort

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In its second full edition this year, Naarm/Melbourne's Rising is still very much a new festival — the newest major city-based arts festival in Australia, and in a city that already has a rich annual calendar of festivals, exhibitions and performance programs. Rising this year used Melbourne Town Hall to present the video installation Euphoria ; Fitzroy Gardens as the …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Nude swimmers in Hobart celebrate passing of the longest night and end of Dark Mofo

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The air temperature was 5 degrees and the water about 11, but that did not stop about 2,000 swimmers from plunging naked into Hobart's River Derwent to celebrate the passing of the longest night. Key points: The River Derwent plunge started at sunrise — 7:42am The event is held to celebrate the passing of the winter solstice, or longest night …

Festival Winter Tasmania Dark Mofo Mofo Hobart Celebrate

3 years, 5 months ago

Dark Mofo festival weathered the backlash against Union Flag and a First Nations boycott, but the impact will be lasting

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The opening ceremony for Dark Mofo this year was not conceived by the festival creative team — but rather, by the Palawa/Pakana community, traditional custodians of lutruwita. Listen: Caleb Nichols-Mansell on ABC Drive Photo shows A young Aboriginal Tasmanian man looks into the camera seriously, he's standing outside an old building Nala Mansell from the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre told ABC …

Festival Community Dark Work Union Flag Artists

3 years, 6 months ago

Dark Mofo festival future uncertain due to coronavirus, may have 'run its course'

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The creative director of Tasmania's popular winter festival Dark Mofo has given his strongest indication yet that this year's event could be the last, saying the event had "perhaps run its course". Key points: After border closures and more controversy, a scaled-down Dark Mofo winter festival starts in Hobart today Public Health says restrictions on travel from Greater Melbourne will …

Festival Art Winter Dark Melbourne Event Tasmania

3 years, 8 months ago

MONA's David Walsh apologises for Dark Mofo flag controversy as calls grow for Carmichael to go

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The multimillionaire behind the art festival slammed over its plan to use donated blood to soak a British flag for an art project has admitted he "approved it without much thought", as calls for a boycott of this year's festival grow. Key points: Aboriginal artists are being urged to boycott the Dark Mofo festival and MONA after the flag controversy …

Festival Director Dark Work Flag Nations Walsh

3 years, 11 months ago

David Walsh's MONA celebrates a decade of turning art on its head and tourism around

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Alice Chugg has been working in hospitality in Hobart for 15 years. Key points: MONA and its festival events are credited with reframing Tasmania as an artistic and cultural destination The gallery was established in 2011 by art collector and professional gambler David Walsh A 2018 report found MONA contributed $134.5m to the Tasmanian economy that year "For the five …

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