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The Red Queen: MONA, Hobart (Co-curator Olivier Varenne)

Past exhibition
18 June 2013 - 8 September 2014
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  • ERWIN WURM

    ERWIN WURM

  • ZHANG HUAN

    ZHANG HUAN

  • ZHANG HUAN

    ZHANG HUAN

  • ZHANG HUAN

    ZHANG HUAN

  • ZHANG HUAN

    ZHANG HUAN

  • ZHANG HUAN

    ZHANG HUAN

  • ZHANG HUAN

    ZHANG HUAN

  • ZHANG HUAN

    ZHANG HUAN

  • CAMERON ROBBINS

    CAMERON ROBBINS

  • CAMERON ROBBINS

    CAMERON ROBBINS

  • CAMERON ROBBINS

    CAMERON ROBBINS

  • CHEN ZEN

    CHEN ZEN

  • CHEN ZEN

    CHEN ZEN

  • CHEN ZEN

    CHEN ZEN

  • CHEN ZEN

    CHEN ZEN

  • CHIHARU SHIOTA

    CHIHARU SHIOTA

  • CHRIS OFILI

    CHRIS OFILI

  • HUBERT DUPRAT

    HUBERT DUPRAT

  • HUBERT DUPRAT

    HUBERT DUPRAT

  • JOSEPH DARGER

    JOSEPH DARGER

  • JOSEPH DARGER

    JOSEPH DARGER

  • JOSEPH DARGER

    JOSEPH DARGER

  • JOSEPH DARGER

    JOSEPH DARGER

  • JOSEPH DARGER

    JOSEPH DARGER

  • JOSEPH KOSUTH

    JOSEPH KOSUTH

  • JULIUS POPP

    JULIUS POPP

  • KUTLUG ATAMAN

    KUTLUG ATAMAN

  • KUTLUG ATAMAN

    KUTLUG ATAMAN

  • KUTLUG ATAMAN

    KUTLUG ATAMAN

  • LINDSAY SEERS

    LINDSAY SEERS

  • LINDSAY SEERS

    LINDSAY SEERS

  • LINDSAY SEERS

    LINDSAY SEERS

  • LINDSAY SEERS

    LINDSAY SEERS

  • LINDSAY SEERS

    LINDSAY SEERS

  • MICHEL FRANÇOIS

    MICHEL FRANÇOIS

  • PIERRE BISMUTH

    PIERRE BISMUTH

  • PING PONG

    PING PONG

  • SAM PORRITT, BRIGITA OZOLINS, HUBERT DUPRAT

    SAM PORRITT, BRIGITA OZOLINS, HUBERT DUPRAT

  • SAM PORRITT, MIKE PARR

    SAM PORRITT,

    MIKE PARR

  • ALEX RABUS, LÉOPOLD RABUS, RENATE RABUS, TILL RABUS

    ALEX RABUS, LÉOPOLD RABUS, RENATE RABUS, TILL RABUS

  • ALEX RABUS, LÉOPOLD RABUS, RENATE RABUS, TILL RABUS

    ALEX RABUS, LÉOPOLD RABUS, RENATE RABUS, TILL RABUS

  • ALEX RABUS, LÉOPOLD RABUS, RENATE RABUS, TILL RABUS

    ALEX RABUS, LÉOPOLD RABUS, RENATE RABUS, TILL RABUS

  • ALEX RABUS, LÉOPOLD RABUS, RENATE RABUS, TILL RABUS

    ALEX RABUS, LÉOPOLD RABUS, RENATE RABUS, TILL RABUS

  • RYOJI IKEDA

    RYOJI IKEDA

  • RYOJI IKEDA

    RYOJI IKEDA

  • RYOJI IKEDA

    RYOJI IKEDA

  • RYOJI IKEDA

    RYOJI IKEDA

  • SAM PORRITT

    SAM PORRITT

  • SAM PORRITT

    SAM PORRITT

  • SARKIS

    SARKIS

  • SARKIS

    SARKIS

  • SARKIS

    SARKIS

  • SARKIS

    SARKIS

  • SHACHIKO ABE

    SHACHIKO ABE

  • SHACHIKO ABE

    SHACHIKO ABE

  • MAI UEDA

    MAI UEDA

  • MAI UEDA

    MAI UEDA

  • MAI UEDA

    MAI UEDA

  • SHACHIKO ABE

    SHACHIKO ABE

  • TESSA FARMER

    TESSA FARMER

  • TESSA FARMER

    TESSA FARMER

  • TESSA FARMER

    TESSA FARMER

  • TESSA FARMER

    TESSA FARMER

  • TESSA FARMER

    TESSA FARMER

  • TESSA FARMER

    TESSA FARMER

  • TESSA FARMER

    TESSA FARMER

  • TESSA FARMER

    TESSA FARMER

  • TESSA FARMER

    TESSA FARMER

  • TOBY ZIEGLER

    TOBY ZIEGLER

  • TOBY ZIEGLER

    TOBY ZIEGLER

  • UTA UTA TJANGALA

    UTA UTA TJANGALA

  • YVES NETZHAMMER

    YVES NETZHAMMER

Overview
The Red Queen, MONA, Hobart (Co-curator Olivier Varenne)

An exhibition that continues MONA’s inquiry into the messy machinery of human nature by asking the rather big question: why do humans make art?

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  • Artists
  • Essay: Jane Clark
  • Essay: Elizabeth Pearce
  • Essay: David Walsh
  • Images: Chris Ofili
  • Images: Tessa Farmer
  • Images: The Red Queen
  • Press Release: Media Report
  • Press Release: Media Backgrounder
  • Program
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Press
  • LE MONA, UN MUSéE ICONOCLASTE

    Evasion Australie / Lifestyle
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  • What lies beneath

    John McDonald, The Sydney Morning Herald, July 6, 2014
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  • David Walsh's MONA success is the ultimate revenge of the nerd

    The Australian, July 4, 2014
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  • Run, David, run: the Red Queen stalks MONA

    Justin O’Connor, The Conversation, June 1, 2014
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  • En Tasmanie, l’incroyable musée de David Walsh

    Patricia Boyer de Latour, Le Figaro, March 1, 2014
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  • TASMANIE PÉRIODE HOBART

    PATRICIA BOYER DE LATOUR, Madame Figaro, March 1, 2014
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  • Mona Le Téméraire

    Maxime Lancien, The Good Life, February 1, 2014
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  • Mona's David Walsh: 'Now I’m the arbiter of good taste. The thing I abhor'

    Vicky Frost, The Guardian, January 1, 2014
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  • The Red Queen

    Stephanie Radok, Artlink, December 1, 2013
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  • DAVID WALSH theatre of the world

    Peter Hill, Art Press, November 2, 2013
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  • David Walsh

    Vincent Hanon, Rock & Folk, November 1, 2013
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  • David Walsh’s MONA and the cultural regeneration of Hobart

    Justin O'Connor, Monash University, July 9, 2013
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  • The art of the bowerbird

    Patrick, Museum Victoria, July 4, 2013
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  • Unweaving the Rainbow

    Alexandra Spring, Vogue Australia, July 1, 2013
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  • MONA’s The Red Queen: Art as an evolutionary advantage

    Tim Stone, ABC, June 28, 2013
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  • Journey inside The Red Queen

    Emma Hope, The Mercury, June 22, 2013
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  • On the origin of artistry

    Andrew Stephens, The Age, June 22, 2013
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  • MONA's take on art about sexual evolution in the Red Queen exhibition

    ROSEMARY NEILL, The Australian, June 19, 2013
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  • The Red Queen exhibit at MONA

    The Canberra Times, June 18, 2013
  • The Red Queen arrives at MONA

    Sarah Gillman, ABC Hobart, June 18, 2013
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  • Meet the curators of The Red Queen at MONA

    Arts Hub, June 4, 2013
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  • The Red Queen opening: Mona till Midnight

    Arts Hub, June 4, 2013
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  • Tessa Farmer’s fairies are invited to the court of the Red Queen

    Paul Isbel, Arts Hub, June 4, 2013
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  • Why do people make art?

    The Art Newspaper, June 1, 2013
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  • The Red Queen – MONA, Hobart

    The Guardian, June 1, 2013
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  • everything old is new again

    Vogue Living, June 1, 2013
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  • Survival tactics: The Red Queen and Dark MOFO

    Tracey Clement, Art Guide Australia, May 1, 2013
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  • l’hurluberlu du bout du monde

    Marie Ottavi, Next Liberation, April 1, 2013
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Publications
  • The Red Queen

    The Red Queen

    MONA, Hobart (Co-curator Olivier Varenne) 2013 Read more
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