Nude Art Gallery Tours Scheduled at Australian Museum
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(Image Source: Museum of Contemporary Art Australia)
BY NATHAN BYRNE
ANCHOR CARISSA LOETHEN
The eternal question — does life imitate art, or does art imitate life?
A new tour at an Australian art gallery might not give any new insights, but a writer for news.com.au says it might uncover a thing or two.
“Melbourne artist Stuart Ringholt will lead the tour of his new exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney by getting naked - and all those who wish to join the tour must be in the buff. Of course, it’s an adults-only event on at night time outside the normal operating hours of the museum.”
The museum’s curator covers the bare essentials in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.
“Museums, through a variety of rules such as ‘No touching’, ‘No pictures’, ‘No food’, and ‘No running’, have garnered a reputation of being kind of stuffy. But the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney added another rule to the list … ‘No clothing’.”
The gallery’s website promises a new perspective for patrons.
“Remove the material barriers between artist and audience (literally) when you join artist Stuart Ringholt’s tour followed by a nude reception. … the work deals with themes of fear and embarrassment.”
Other reports had a more buttoned-up focus on changes to the museum itself.
Radio program, PM covered reaction to the multi-million-dollar development that took 18 months to finish.
“Some have disparaged the box-like design, comparing it to a Rubik’s Cube. Others have called it a triumph.”
Sky News reports the new wing opens to the public Thursday.
“Melbourne artist Stuart Ringholt will lead the tour of his new exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney by getting naked - and all those who wish to join the tour must be in the buff. Of course, it’s an adults-only event on at night time outside the normal operating hours of the museum.”
The museum’s curator covers the bare essentials in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.
MCA CURATOR, RACHEL KENT: “It’s a nude gallery tour at night, outside of opening hours. … all participants of the tour must be naked.”
REPORTER: “Is that legal?”
KENT: “It must be. [Melbourne artist Stuart Ringholt has] done it before, and Sydney loves nude people, if the nude beaches are anything to go by.”
The art museum is rebuffing a haughty stereotype, says one writer for The Huffington Post.“Museums, through a variety of rules such as ‘No touching’, ‘No pictures’, ‘No food’, and ‘No running’, have garnered a reputation of being kind of stuffy. But the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney added another rule to the list … ‘No clothing’.”
The gallery’s website promises a new perspective for patrons.
“Remove the material barriers between artist and audience (literally) when you join artist Stuart Ringholt’s tour followed by a nude reception. … the work deals with themes of fear and embarrassment.”
Other reports had a more buttoned-up focus on changes to the museum itself.
Radio program, PM covered reaction to the multi-million-dollar development that took 18 months to finish.
“Some have disparaged the box-like design, comparing it to a Rubik’s Cube. Others have called it a triumph.”
Sky News reports the new wing opens to the public Thursday.
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