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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Kelly Burke and Australian Associated Press

‘Flipped universe’ Ladies Lounge exhibit intended to expose gender inequality, Mona’s lawyer tells court

Men and women may be recognised as equal under Australian law, but women still suffer unequal opportunity on a daily basis, a lawyer for Hobart’s Museum of Old and New Art (Mona) has told a court.

Mona is appealing a tribunal decision that found the museum had engaged in gender discrimination by denying men entry to its Ladies Lounge installation, created by the artist Kirsha Kaechele, who is also the wife of the museum’s owner, David Walsh.

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