Sole copy of Wu-Tang Clan album to be played to the public for first time at Mona

The silver box housing Wu-Tang Clan’s Once Upon a Time in Shaolin. Mona in Tasmania will host listening parties so the public can hear the album for the first time. Photograph: Courtesy of the artist, Pleasr and Mona

Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, the Wu-Tang Clan album that exists in a single physical copy that was once bought by disgraced pharmaceutical entrepreneur Martin Shkreli for US$2m, will finally be available to hear – if you can get to Tasmania.

The Museum of Old and New Art in Hobart has acquired the album on loan from the digital art collective Pleasr for its upcoming exhibition Namedropping, which will explore status, celebrity and notoriety.