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4 years

Tune in: spectra returns tonight. Live stream Saturdays sunset–sunrise until Mona reopens.

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Daddy's home. We're open. Everyone needs a ticket, even if you're Tasmanian. Pre-bookings are a must. Dad says go to the website:

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Gather tonight, on the winter solstice, for the return of @RyojiIkeda ’s spectra. From sunset to sunrise at Mona. Continues until Sunday for @Dark_Mofo . Artwork: spectra, 2018, Ryoji Ikeda

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Memo from David Walsh to staff, about vaccination at Mona.

Traffic Lights – Blog | Mona

What happens when we want to undertake a journey, but a government-mandated intervention delays it, because, they say, it serves the greater good? Is that an infringement on our rights?

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Welcome to Hobart @yumichild and @mrbenjaminlaw - enjoy your battered dick. #DDT2019

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In breaking news, @yumichild has ordered what appears to be a thick, succulent battered dick for dessert, enjoy your weekend everyone.

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Bread & circuses: it’s Opening Night of @Dark_Mofo . Dark Park, Winter Feast, music gigs & a rave till 5am. #DarkMofo

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We’ve made a new mess. Come see it. Mona reopens 26 December. Limited capacity. Pre-bookings essential. Details on the website.

Mona – Museum of Old and New Art | Hobart, Tasmania

Mona: a museum, or something. In Tasmania, or somewhere. Catch the ferry. Drink beer. Eat cheese. Talk crap about art. You'll love it.

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Back to where it (pretty much) began. spectra beams from Dark Park sunset–sunrise until Sunday. Image: spectra, 2018, Ryoji Ikeda

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6 years

An update on our hotel plans.

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7 years

Yes.

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'David Walsh really is a sad aging hipster who's about as edgy as a beachball.'

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Walsh on the future of the Tasmanian arts scene.

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Dick: Are you involved in tax avoidance? David: I’m in the privileged position of running a museum that loses $15 million a year. That’s a lot of avoidance. #DDT2018

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Thank you @clairlemon , @coldxman and @sentientist for coming to #DDT2019 . @Dark_Mofo

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5 years

Coleman with his fans

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Jesus took 3 days off. We’re open all weekend.

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Overheard in the Mona office: ‘Does anyone have a copy of the Bible?’

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Now we are naked, wondering what to wear, so it’s a little embarrassing that everybody is watching. But for Mona, any future fits. We’ve made such a mess inside the museum it won’t be before October, but we’ll be back with bells (and lights) on.’ —David Walsh, Mona

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8 years

Effing @amandapalmer ’s new effing album, Piano is Evil, is exclusively for sale during her tour. Includes Mona gigs

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7 years

Mona. A ship afloat on a sea of chance. via @abchobart

MONA founder Walsh unveils vision for riverside hotel and 'anti-casino'

Millionaire art provocateur and professional gambler David Walsh officially unveils his grand expansion vision for his Hobart art gallery MONA.

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4 years

@tmurphyNZ Wow. Ok.

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5 years

We’re flicking the switch: Ryoji Ikeda’s spectra returns this Thursday, from sunset to sunrise, at Mona. Continues until Sunday for @Dark_Mofo . Warm drinks and ferries running until late. Book here:

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6 years

We believe Hobart is a place that can tolerate a multiplicity of views. #darkmofo

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4 years

‘Mona opened ten years ago. That matters, because I have ten fingers and you, very likely, have ten fingers, so we count in tens. Our tenth anniversary—that’s a big thing to us decimal creatures, and it’s been made a bigger thing due to COVID-19.

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We’ve had a big private event cancel at the last minute, so tomorrow we’re using the leftovers to throw a party for Tassie instead. Expect performances throughout the museum. There’ll also be live music on the lawn and more than the odd frosty pilsner.

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7 years

The Prophet of Light speaks.

Interview with James Turrell – Blog | Mona

Next month, an extension to our gallery, called Pharos, will open, housing four new works by James Turrell, as well as works by Jean Tinguely, Charles Ross, Richard Wilson and Randy Polumbo.

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Artists who agreed to have their work published in a book called Art from Mona that your child could have made. A thread🧵

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David's response to Union Flag – Blog | Mona

David’s response to Dark Mofo’s cancellation of Santiago Sierra’s Union Flag. Posted on 23 March, 2021.

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You loved Ryoji Ikeda’s spectra [tasmania] at our first @Dark_Mofo . We all did. Now, on the winter solstice, join us in Mona’s grounds for its return: a towering pillar of light reaching into the night sky. Thursday 21–Sunday 24 June, sunset to sunrise.

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4 years

We’re still here. So is Tim. Watch the live stream:

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These artists dreamed of an exhibition on the moon. Perhaps Tassie is as close (or far) as they are going to get. ZERO runs at Mona until 22 April 2019.

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A changeless thing, a legacy and a totem. A temple to light, to the history of ideas, a processional and a journey through the birth canal: Walsh on Pharos, the new wing of our museum.

Journey – Blog | Mona

I bought, and years later sold, coins of Ptolemy I Soter. Ptolemy was a general of Alexander the Great. After Alexander’s death he ruled Egypt as satrap and pharaoh. He also built the world’s first...

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. @clairlemon and @sentientist agree that traditional family structures might be best for protecting society’s most vulnerable (children and the elderly). #DDT2019 @Dark_Mofo

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I love you. I love you. I love you. Patrick Hall's When My Heart Stops Beating returns to the museum. #MonaBlog

Parts – Blog | Mona

Tasmanian artist Patrick Hall made this two-part cabinet, called When My Heart Stops Beating, as a commission for the opening of Mona in 2011. It was made to sit at the entry to what used to be known...

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3 years

The art world fucks people all the time. Now you can fuck back (and stay safe) with our new anti-pretentiousness prophylactics. One size fits art. Shop now: Artwork: Dinga Dog, 2022, John Kooms

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Would you like Mona to experiment on you? The museum will remain closed until late 2020 at least, but David’s reopening Faro for experimental dining before then. Will you submit?

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David's response to the Hermann Nitsch controversy: #MonaBlog #DarkMofo @Dark_Mofo

Rising tide – Blog | Mona

In my opinion, people consume meat because they like it, and they consume art because they like it. When art (even accidentally) makes explicit what eating meat entails (slaughter, pain, blood, guts)...

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4 years

Mona will temporarily close from Wednesday 18 March while the COVID-19 situation unfolds. We will continue to review our options; more info to come. Read David Walsh's statement here:

Virus takes Mona, check – Blog | Mona

David wrote this statement on 17 March 2020, when the decision was made to temporarily close Mona due to COVID-19.

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7 years

Our current exhibition, On the Origin of Art, closes this Monday April 17. (We're open all weekend.) Pic: Daft Dank Space, 2013, Aaron Curry

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Dark Mofo 2020 has been cancelled.

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Advantage is a better soldier than rashness. —Henry V, Act III, Scene 6 Dark Mofo 2020 has been cancelled due to concerns around the impact of coronavirus. Read the full statement:

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7 years

'If you advocate for poker machines ... you are not advocating for choice, because addiction doesn't discriminate, except by chance.' —Walsh weighs in on the pokies debate

By chance – Blog | Mona

What’s the worst decision I’ve ever made? I’ve made a few bad ones. In my brief bad bridge days, I put down a cold four clubs contract, or so my mates told me. One former friend was particularly...

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6 years

'Elon Musk wants to send someone to Mars but we can’t deal with homelessness. Our priorities are all wrong.'—Peter Mares #DDT2018

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4 years

David's COVID-19 diary part four. Monday 6–Thursday 9 April 2020.

Killers, cardinals, quarantines, jellybeans and vaccines – Blog | Mona

David's COVID-19 diary part four: Monday 6–Thursday 9 April 2020

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#Monamuseum : open today & every day til the end of Jan. Back to usual hours in Feb. The Lovers, 2011, Patricia Piccinini. 📸Mona/Rémi Chauvin

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6 years

We’ve got a whole room full of Big Dick Energy.

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8 years

From the pulpit of the cult of Mona: Via @themercurycomau

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We're blushing 🙈

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@monamuseum , the greatest museum I've ever been to. So much sexy, witty, daring thought in every square centimeter.

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Party weekend, day two: @kmillerheidke , @ParisWells and @EdKuepper with Mark Dawson plus more from noon. For free. #ontheoriginofart

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2 years

Eyes on the road, David.

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2 years

When you’re chilling with a hot, spicy beverage, at @monamuseum before lunch listening to some groovy tunes, and THAT Walshy guy drives past and accidentally photo bombs your photo! PS… Visiting from SA… Loving this place! 😃

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Marina Abramović’s Private Archaeology opens at #monamuseum on June 13. http://t.co/8s5mijiTHc http://t.co/8HuRQ0OqAi

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6 years

. @primalpoly : Social justice matters. But the most important threats we face are existential ones to the future of the human race. @HawkofNewYork : Has anyone ever heard the phrase ‘white privilege’? That was it. #DDT2018

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We are sad to hear of the recent death of Jannis Kounellis. Until Thu 9 Mar, the meat version of his work Untitled, 1998, will be on display

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6 years

We like to keep things pretty low-key.

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10 years of darkness: Dark Mofo returns 8—22 June 2023. Program out 31 March. Visit @Dark_Mofo for more.

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7 years

The good life.

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'This is not us presenting art or an experience that’s easily explained or understood. There are spaces and gaps and fearful moments. They’re all a part of it. So come on in and see how you feel.' —Nicole Durling, Mona Senior Curator

A Chat About Mona’s Brain-Bending New Wing, Pharos

The latest addition to David Walsh’s museum offers respite from the subterranean sandstone fortress. Kind of.

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'The last ten years have been… Like a sportsman who has practised his whole life but finally jumped into the ring to start giving and taking punches.' –Ai Weiwei @aiww

Interview with Ai Weiwei – Blog | Mona

Ai Weiwei's White House will be installed at Mona mid next year. I spoke to him during the recent Sydney Biennale, in the days leading up to the release of his film Human Flow, which is about the...

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More than 200 artists at Mona over three days. @MONAFOMA 2016 lineup and tickets out now. http://t.co/SzzI6HV4a1 http://t.co/6EJh0XC8ST

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3 years

Come in from the cold: @Dark_Mofo program out now. Tickets on sale late May. Visit for more.

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8 years

Tickets for @MONAFOMA on sale now:

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Our certain future. #MonaBlog

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Touch me and you’ll burn. —Margaret Atwood @MONAFOMA program revealed Fri 13 Oct. Subscribe for updates: #Mofo2018

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4 years

A note from our mainland correspondent:

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10 years

If God had an architecture degree: our new #monamuseum Skyspace by James Turrell opens 4.54am tomorrow. BYO thermals. http://t.co/jMtSF82xR1

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The private life of art: The Museum of Everything has thrown its doors wide open today at Mona. Exhibition continues until 2 April 2018.

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Everyone has an alter ego. @Moorilla 's is a pirate that likes to party. Moorilla's Alter Ego launches at @Dark_Mofo

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Cheeky. @Dark_Mofo #DarkMofo

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David knows Brian who knows another David who acquired and offered Mona the REDD.17 mixing desk.

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6 years

The hour is at hand. @Dark_Mofo Program out now.

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Free the goldfish. #MonaBlog

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'I've wanted to know what art is for some time. I've made some progress…' —David Walsh

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Cameron Robbins at #MonaMuseum , and other things announced, @dark_mofo 2016 lineup out now.

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‘The world has changed. That much we know. What we don’t know is what’s for dinner.’ —David Walsh Now’s your chance to find out: we’ve extended The Faro Experiments to include Friday nights, from 21 August. Limited lunch bookings still available:

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6 years

‘But most of the people who will be killed won’t be white.’ @primalpoly #DDT2018

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4 years

Mona is (still) shut, but the feasting continues. Experimental food, juicy treats from our wineries and brewery, plus art to order off the menu. Plus live music. Plus your only way in to explore the shuttered museum. Plus plus. Bookings essential:

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10 years

Saturate all your senses. #syn2014 #restaurantaustralia http://t.co/yEvKADJvX0 http://t.co/i55KwZow4O

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Since November Tim has been sitting for us as usual—except he’s in Europe, staying up all night to sit in our time zone. Tune in 10am–4pm AEDT tomorrow for his final sitting, streamed live from Germany. Watch it in the museum or via

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‘Suck it up. Do you know what happened when my people stood up for what they believed? They hung from trees.’ @HawkofNewYork to @primalpoly #DDT2018 #darkmo @bairdjulia @Jeff_Sparrow

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@MonaFoma 2018 program out now. You in? Tickets on sale Mon 16 Oct. Explore the program:

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4 years

We’ve been forced to pause—we are thinking about the last ten years and the next ten years. The world won’t be the same, so Mona shouldn’t be the same. How it changes depends on how the world changes. Ten years ago, we were all dressed up, with no place to go.

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David’s COVID-19 diary part two. Monday 23–Sunday 29 March 2020.

'Don’t Kumbaya' – Blog | Mona

David's COVID-19 diary part two. Monday 23–Sunday 29 March 2020.

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Dick Smith: We should make the big tax payers famous, so they can feel like they’re showing off. It’s all about who has the biggest dick. #DDT2018 @DickSmithFairGo

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6 years

Does Mona reinforce existing socio-economic inequality?

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Our researcher's article for @ConversationEDU is definitely getting people talking, with the front page of the @themercurycomau today devoted to the so-called @monamuseum "defect". What do you think of Dr Kate Booth's argument? Read it here: #DarkMofo

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We’re temporarily closing (again) from 5pm Friday 15 October, while the COVID-19 situation unfolds in Tasmania. We will continue to review our options; more info to come.

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'I thought this blog was dead, and then Boltanski died.'

The Life of C.B. – Blog | Mona

I met Christian Boltanski at a restaurant in Paris, introduced by his close friend Jean-Hubert Martin. Drunk we got. And fun we had.

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'If you do not take risks for your opinion, you are nothing.' –Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb Skin in the Game Program and tickets available now. #DDT2018 @Dark_Mofo

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. @Jeff_Sparrow : domestic violence statistics are shocking; @clairlemon : yes but a very small percentage of men are causing a tremendous amount of harm. Don’t blame all men for this. #DDT2019

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7 years

Art thrives in the most unlikely places. @Musevery opens at Mona on Saturday 10 June during @Dark_Mofo . Read more:

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10 years

They're back: Cunts... and other conversations (detail), 2008 - 2009, Greg Taylor http://t.co/8pZ79w1HEy

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3 years

Black Friday. Pretty debased affair, all told. People climbing over octogenarians to get their hands on a 4K TV, etc. Gross. So we’re doing Brown Thursday instead. Different kind of gross—it’s going to be the shittest live-shopping event of the year. RSVP:

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9 years

Hello baby Walsh. http://t.co/ac9ArM6ZKU #MonaBlog

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5 years

Pull up a pew: @Dark_Mofo tickets are on sale now.

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8 years

On the Origin of Art has officially opened its doors — all four of them.

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2 years

Not every museum makes a dog skivvy. There’s probably a reason for that. Here’s the skinny (dog). Niche product. Only sixty of them. Not cheap. Handmade. 100% merino. ‘Art Critic’ embroidered on the back. Let your dog look as pretentious as you do.