Picasso artworks put in female toilet as part of art gallery response to court ruling
Picasso artworks put in female toilet as part of art gallery response to court ruling
Multiple artworks by Pablo Picasso have been relocated to a female toilet at Hobart's Mona, following an adverse court ruling which found a man was discriminated against when he was turned away from the women-only 'Ladies Lounge'.
- 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.
I think it’s a problem of enforcement. It states they weren’t letting in people self identifying as ladies.
I get the point of the exhibit and it’s fair to make the statement. Her point was made and she got international attention. She loses me at the concept of having herself or staff determining genders at the point of access.
"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.
No she thinks it's fair for women to discriminate against men, "for at least 300 years".
Unfortunately this is what a lot of people who claim to be advocates of equality want. They don't want actual equality, they want harmful inequality for the group that used to benefit from it. That doesn't provide justice for anyone, it just perpetuates injustice, especially since many people who never actually benefitted from the previous inequality will be harmed by the reversed situation. We need true inclusivity, not this role reversal bullshit that so many popular ideologies espouse.
Edit: see this comment as evidence.
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.
If your socio-policital point requires the infringement of someone’s rights, I’m immediately inclined to disagree with you.
Promoting equal opportunity by denying men seems counter productive. I feel sorry for all the young males who may want to see these pieces / who are studying fine art.
Even more ironic considering they’re paintings made by a male.
LOL, nah. Demonstrating exactly how hurtful the discrimination is by turning it against the group usually doing it is a very effective strategy. This notion that the historically-oppressed group needs to act all perfectly noble and correct in order to keep the legitimacy of its grievance is nothing but reactionary, pearl-clutching bullshit.
If those "young males" don't like it, they should blame the old males who fucked it up for them. Otherwise, the only response a male can have to this that isn't sexist is "well played."
and did not recognise how the experience of the Ladies Lounge can promote equal opportunity.
What a ridiculous argument, I don’t have much respect for the legal system but it got it right this time.