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’
December 2020
Tasmania's Mona gets a major revamp – but will it lure the locals?
With a collection rehang and more kid-friendly public art, the gallery – which boosted tourism in the before-times – now hopes to bring in the neighbours
June 2018
Dark Mofo v Hobart's mayor: 'We're all allowed to dream, Ron'
The festival’s rapid growth has left some residents uneasy, and prompted a war of words over ‘cheap threats’ to ‘censor art’
Dark Mofo's ideas festival brings out the pitchforks as speakers rage against machine
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Dick Smith locks horns with journalist Peter Mares on migration while David Walsh projects himself in the nude
Festivals 2018
Dark Mofo: Mona founder unperturbed by controversy over inverted crosses
Festival’s creative director Leigh Carmichael says provocation is part of museum’s DNA
April 2018
Dark Mofo 2018 lineup: Laurie Anderson, St Vincent and a festival of 'dangerous thoughts'
After bringing death threats to its curators last year, the Hobart festival returns in June with an expanded program
March 2018
Mona's David Walsh donates $250,000 to Tasmania’s anti-pokies movement
Multimillionaire gambler says he wants to ‘de-bias’ a state election that has seen large amounts spent on pro-pokies advertising
January 2018
Blinded by the light: James Turrell obliterates the senses in stunning new Mona wing
Mona owner David Walsh calls his $32m new wing ‘a testimonial to the power of light as art’
Mona Foma festival 2018: a tale of two cities told in parties and protest
From a melted Trump to a thrilling Violent Femmes collaboration, the 11-day Mofo festival spanning Launceston and Hobart was an eclectic summer soiree
Onesies for everyone: Mona's summer festival makes Launceston debut
With Violent Femmes, Gotye and a block party – and a cameo from a psychic convention – city is a fun fit for Mona Foma
July 2017
‘Now I am what I used to criticise’: Mona's David Walsh plans major expansion
Walsh announces details of a hotel called Homo and moving summer festival Mofo from Hobart to Launceston
June 2017
‘The private life of art’: the Museum of Everything opens in Hobart
Initially innocuous, but dark and strange inside, the world’s first wandering museum, currently housed at Mona, is for the art that wasn’t meant to be seen
April 2017
Mogwai, Ulver and 500 litres of blood headed to Tasmania in June as Dark Mofo returns
At sunrise and sunset each day, 550 loudspeakers lining Hobart’s waterfront will ring out with incantations from featured artists
January 2017
Mona Foma: how a summer festival swamped me with ominous foreboding
The Brian Ritchie-curated festival of music and art at David Walsh’s Mona sometimes feels like a requiem for humanity
November 2016
David Walsh of Mona: on art, sex and why (gallery) size matters
In Mona’s most ambitious exhibition to date, four experts outside of the art world ask why humans make art – is it cultural, biological, or all about sex?
February 2016
David Walsh puts scientists in the curator's seat for new Mona exhibition
Mona founder chooses four ‘biocultural scientist-philosophers’ to explore the links between evolutionary biology and art
January 2016
David Walsh on Australia Day honour: 'An officer, yes, but not a gentleman'
Australia Day honours: David Walsh and Elizabeth Broderick among recipients
December 2010
Tasmania's cheekiest devil
Provocative and irreverent, the gambling multimillionaire David Walsh has built a breathtaking art gallery – billed as "subversive Disneyland" – on his beautiful vineyard outside Hobart in Tasmania
