This morning we announced MONA - Museum of Old and New Arts DAVID WALSH will be a guest of SWF in November. This evening we give you a little homework assignment by way of this required reading: a piece by Festival favourite Richard Flanagan on David from The Monthly earlier this year. Walsh wanted his visitors to ascend to the museum from the water, as the ancient Greeks did to their temples. But at first sight from the Derwent River – from which most museum-goers approach by ferry from central Hobart – MONA looms above like a post-apocalyptic fortress, waffled concrete walls intersecting with great trapezoidal battlements clad in rusting steel. Set on a small peninsula, the four-storey complex is close to twice the size of New York’s Guggenheim. Do yourself a favour and book your tickets now because this event is destined to sell out. Details and tickets here: bit.ly/1rI33Mn
Posted on: Wed, 01 Oct 2014 09:00:01 +0000
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