Tim alone: Mona's human artwork is still sitting in the empty gallery for six hours a day

Since 2011 the tattooed man has spent each day of his long Tasmanian seasons sitting on a plinth on a mezzanine. The lockdown hasn’t stopped himOn 18 March the Museum of Old and New Art in Tasmania, Australia, closed to visitors due to the coronavirus lockdown. Mona is now empty, except for the art. Except for Tim.Tim is hard to explain neatly. He is a man, a former tattoo parlour owner from Zurich. He is also an artwork by the Belgian artist Wim Delvoye. Continue reading...