What do you do when you have millions of dollars and a huge art collection? Well, of course you create a state-of-the-art museum, including work-specific galleries, and open it to the public. Mona’s David Walsh is thought of as a bit of an eccentric character, but his museum has changed how people perceive galleries, not just in Australia but overseas as well. The annual MONA FOMA and Dark Mofo festivals combining art, music and performance in often perverse ways shouldn’t be missed.

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