Major Art Museum Appeals Court Decision to Allow Men Into Ladies’ Exhibit

The ‘Ladies Lounge’ exhibit was forced to open its doors for men after a court decision in April.

Artist Kirsha Kaechele outside the Supreme Court. She is to appeal the closure of her "Ladies' Lounge" exhibit (Courtesy of MONA).

The Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), based in Hobart Tasmania, is to appeal a ruling that it has to close its “Ladies’ Lounge” if it does not allow men entry.

Women who entered the space were pampered by male butlers and served champagne, surrounded by some of the museum’s finest pieces of art including pieces by Sidney Nolan, Pablo Picasso, and antiquities from Mesopotamia, Central America, and Africa. However, people who did not identify as women were barred from entry.