<iframe src="//www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-K3L4M3" height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden">

Features Australia

The art of dying

David Walsh sees fear of death and access to sex as integral to old and new art

7 February 2015

9:00 AM

7 February 2015

9:00 AM

‘People can go and die [in my science museum] – and then I want to bury them,’ says David Walsh looking me straight in the eye. Australia’s infamous multi-millionaire, art collector, and gambler-turned author, is not joking. In 2011 Walsh opened his private Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) in his hometown of Hobart, Tasmania.

Already a subscriber? Log in

Subscribe for just $2 a week

Try a month of The Spectator Australia absolutely free and without commitment. Not only that but – if you choose to continue – you’ll pay just $2 a week for your first year.

  • Unlimited access to spectator.com.au and app
  • The weekly edition on the Spectator Australia app
  • Spectator podcasts and newsletters
  • Full access to spectator.co.uk
Or

Unlock this article

REGISTER

You might disagree with half of it, but you’ll enjoy reading all of it. Try your first month for free, then just $2 a week for the remainder of your first year.


Comments

Don't miss out

Join the conversation with other Spectator Australia readers. Subscribe to leave a comment.

Already a subscriber? Log in

Close