Yesterday I went to the most amazing place havent seen in years.The Mona Museum of Old and New Art in Hobart is breathtaking an amazing creation of architecture converting an old disused factory into Australias premier museum by far. Built by our very own Nonda Katsalidis one of Australias premier Architects,the single-story MONA building appears at street level to be dominated by its surroundings, but its interior possesses a spiral staircase that leads down to three larger levels of labyrinthine display spaces built into the side of the cliffs around Berriedale peninsula. There are no windows and the atmosphere is intentionally ominous. On entering the museum, visitors descend a seemingly endless flight of stairs, an experience one critic compared with going down into Petra.In October 2012, a writer for the Lonely Planet series of travel guides ranked Hobart as number seven of the top ten cities to visit, citing MONA as a major tourist attraction in a small city, similar to the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. Its absolutely amazing financed by maverick & larrikin millionaire gambling tycoon David Walsh who has taken the art world by storm as they absolutely despise him.If you are in Hobart & havent been to Mona then Im sorry you have missed out on an experience and a half. His ancient Greek gold coin collection is something else. Theres a Greek artist in there too Jiannis Kounellis along with a plethora of world renown modern artists. This place has a definite WOW factor I must say.
Posted on: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 10:34:54 +0000
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