Performance Artist Milo Moiré Goes Naked For Art Basel

The Swiss performance artist Milo Moiré recently pulled off a hell of a stunt two weeks ago. Milo got fully nude, had a friend paint words for the various articles of clothes that would have been all over her body were she not naked. 

According to The Huffington Post (link below), however, she was denied entry into the Art Basel exhibition. 

After having her skin painted with the names of the articles of clothing she wasn’t wearing (“pants” on her legs, “bra” on her chest, “jacket” on her arms), she took the bus to Messeplatz and attempted to buy entry to the fair, only to be told to go get dressed and return.

According to Le Matin, the performance artist acquiesced, pulled on a dress, and went on to explore the fair without incident. Not exactly a surprising or dramatic denouement, but certainly in keeping with Switzerland’s international reputation for neutrality.

Does that make her experiment a failure? I don't know, I'm just glad she even attempted it. We'll leave it to the art critics to determine how successful she was. 

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