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The Latest Breaking News from Ladies Lounge

‘The surf’s up and the patriarchy is down’: Kirsha Kaechele takes Ladies Lounge to the Gold Coast

With butlers wearing ‘probably not much’ – but no fake Picassos – the Mona performance art installation that won a court challenge is heading north to Bleach* festival

The Guardian - AU · Jun 18, 2025

MONA’s Ladies Lounge Wins Legal Discrimination Battle And Can Re-Open & Continue Excluding Men

Catch y’all in the Ladies Lounge!!!!!

Pedestrian.tv · Sep 27, 2024

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

Lawyer says installation was ‘not about bringing another group down’ as gallery appeals decision ordering it to admit men

The Guardian - AU · Sep 17, 2024

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Fake Picassos in a ladies toilet: why the saga at MONA is one of the most effective pieces of performance art I’ve seen

In the latest instalment of the Ladies Lounge saga at Hobart’s Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), curator Kirsha Kaechele has revealed she faked a number of Pablo Picasso paintings hanging in the gallery’s new ladies toilets, established in response to the forced closure of the Ladies Lounge earlier…

The Conversation · Jul 11, 2024

Mona hangs Picassos in women’s toilet in response to court ruling

Picassos were among artworks hanging in Ladies Lounge exhibition that closed after a court ruled it must admit men

The Guardian - AU · Jun 24, 2024

Museum ordered to stop discriminating in Ladies Lounge

A man was unhappy his $35 entry fee did not allow him to see all the museum's artwork, including a crown worn by a curator when she married the owner.

AAP · Apr 9, 2024

Mona ordered to allow people ‘who do not identify as ladies’ into Ladies Lounge exhibit

Tasmanian tribunal rules Museum of Old and New Art discriminated against NSW man by denying him entry to installation

The Guardian - AU · Apr 9, 2024

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Artist behind Mona’s ladies-only lounge ‘absolutely delighted’ man is suing for gender discrimination

NSW man Jason Lau claims denying men entry is discriminatory, but artist Kirsha Kaechele says men’s ‘experience of rejection is the artwork’

The Guardian - AU · Mar 20, 2024

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