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Picasso artworks put in female toilet as part of art gallery response to court ruling (www.abc.net.au)
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  • In short: Tasmanian art gallery Mona has hung artworks by Pablo Picasso in a female toilet cubicle in response to a failed court bid to exclude men from a women-only art installation.
  • In April, a court ruling found Mona discriminated when it refused a New South Wales man entry to its Ladies Lounge.
  • What's next? Mona curator Kirsha Kaechele is appealing the discrimination ruling in the Supreme Court.
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[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (14 children)

"Ms Kaechele described the Ladies Lounge as a response to the lived experience of women forbidden from entering certain spaces throughout history," Mr Grueber said.

Fortunately, modern legislation prohibits sex-segregated art displays, so the practices Ms Kaechele is responding to are no longer legal in Australia.

If Ms Kaechele would like to campaign for a return to sex-segregated art displays, I am certain she would be displeased by the outcome of abolishing sex discrimination laws.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (6 children)

Sex segregated spaces are allowed thogh?, is it just art spaces that aren't.

Women's only gyms, women's only swimming pools.etc

Some guy who lived near a ladies only pool in Sydney sued becase he wanted to use it but he lost.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

That's the point of the court ruling right? It recognises the current climate when determining safety and disadvantage, not the past.

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