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Landmark £100 million wind farm deal for Belfast Harbour

The developers of two wind farms have agreed the deal with Belfast Harbour.

Evening Standard

How Xpeng Aims To Out-Tesla Tesla In Europe—And Beyond

Chinese brands like BYD and MG are thriving. But Xpeng, with both affordable and high-tech EVs, deserves attention too. It's even making robots.

InsideEVs

Coffin Selfies, Pagan Rituals, And… Families: Has Dark Mofo Lost Its Edge?

"After the coffin closes on me, in the darkness I realise I’ve just waited over an hour to lie in a glorified bed for two minutes."

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A sculpture made from 80 tonnes of sand, Mirrorscape is remarkable – but too much is left unsaid

The first impulse is to kick it. After all, it’s a sand sculpture. And as everyone who has grown up near a beach appreciates, if it’s made of sand, then it’s asking to be kicked. But for the wall-high protective glass, Mirrorscape, by the French artist Théo Mercier, may not…

The Conversation

Eighty tonnes of sand and junk: why Mona’s latest exhibition is destined to collapse in front of our eyes

Mirrorscape, an intricate sand sculpture by French artist Théo Mercier, is a ghostly scene of decay that resembles the aftermath of a disaster – or perhaps ‘a fossil from the future’

The Guardian - AU

Cane toads on the barbie? How eating invasive species might help manage them

Eating rabbit, camel, carp, feral cat, deer and cane toad might sound extreme to some, but it’s gaining attention as a solution to tackle the growing impact of invasive species.

The Conversation

MONA’s C*nty Ladies Lounge Will Reopen For A ‘Victory Lap’, Only Allowing Men In For Housework Lessons

“We’ll bathe in champagne and enjoy the kind of ecstatic release that comes only after a hard-won battle.”

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Victorious 'patriarchy smashing' Ladies' Lounge reopens

The Museum of New and Old Art is reopening its notorious and lavish Ladies' Lounge following a court win over a man who claimed the space was discriminatory.

AAP

Julia Leigh’s The Hunter at 25: a ruthlessly unsentimental tale of nature betrayed

Some time in the late 1990s, a man is hiking through Tasmania’s Central Plateau, hoping to kill a thylacine. He’s a mainlander, and he has come to a Tasmania that no longer exists: before MONA, before Jetstar, before secret saunas and mountain bike trails, before the Tasmanian Forest Agreement, before…

The Conversation

Patriarchy 'smashed': ladies' win in lounge legal fight

A legal decision that forced the closure of an art gallery's ladies' lounge because it "discriminated" against men has been overturned.

AAP

MONA’s Ladies Lounge Wins Legal Discrimination Battle And Can Re-Open & Continue Excluding Men

Catch y’all in the Ladies Lounge!!!!!

Pedestrian.tv

‘Flipped universe’ Ladies Lounge exhibit intended to expose gender inequality, Mona’s lawyer tells court

Lawyer says installation was ‘not about bringing another group down’ as gallery appeals decision ordering it to admit men

The Guardian - AU

'Male supremacy': ladies lounge discrimination appeal

An art gallery will argue a tribunal decision to label its ladies-only lounge discriminatory didn't take into account ongoing disadvantage faced by women.

AAP

Critics are calling MONA ‘childish’, but history shows us how much the public love an art forger

Art forgery is a devilish attempt to deceive its audience.

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The Independent UK

These Picassos prompted a gender war at an Australian gallery. Now the curator says she painted them

An Australian art museum curator has divulged that she was the creator of three paintings that she presented as works by Pablo Picasso -- and which prompted a gender discrimination case when she only permitted female gallery patrons to view them

The Conversation

Fake Picassos in a ladies toilet: why the saga at MONA is one of the most effective pieces of performance art I’ve seen

In the latest instalment of the Ladies Lounge saga at Hobart’s Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), curator Kirsha Kaechele has revealed she faked a number of Pablo Picasso paintings hanging in the gallery’s new ladies toilets, established in response to the forced closure of the Ladies Lounge earlier…

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MONA Artist Confesses She Faked Three ‘Priceless’ Picasso Paintings And Nobody Had A Clue

"I waited for weeks. Nothing happened."

Inverse

This Sleek EV Looks Like a Super Affordable Tesla Model 3

Xpeng revealed the MONA M03, an affordable EV inspired by Tesla’s Model 3 but will be targeting a starting price below $27,500.

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The Guardian - AU

Namedropping: is Mona’s latest exhibition its most annoying yet?

Framed as an exploration of why we prize fame, this sprawling, defensive exhibition is overshadowed by one man’s quest for status via his museum

The Independent UK

Australian museum hangs Picasso collection in women’s toilet after court ruling

Museum was sued for discrimination after a man was denied entry to a women-only exhibit

Pedestrian.tv

MONA Fires Back To That Discrimination Ruling By Hanging Priceless Picassos In The Ladies’ Toots

Big win for the girls (and bathroom mirror selfies).

The Guardian - AU

Mona hangs Picassos in women’s toilet in response to court ruling

Picassos were among artworks hanging in Ladies Lounge exhibition that closed after a court ruled it must admit men

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Wu-Tang Clan's Rare Album 'Once Upon A Time In Shaolin' Displayed In Australian Museum

Experience Wu-Tang Clan's rare 'Once Upon a Time in Shaolin' album at MONA in Australia. Limited tickets available for private listening sessions from June...

The Independent UK

Wu-Tang Clan's unreleased 'Once Upon a Time in Shaolin' is headed to an Australia museum

The sole physical copy of Wu-Tang Clan’s unreleased “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin” is headed to Australia’s Museum of Old and New Art

The Independent UK

One-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album set to be played in public for first time

Only a single copy of the album Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, which the band intended as an artwork, exists

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