Naked art fans attended an hour-long nude tour at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra on Wednesday night . The tour took place outside regular exhibition hours , as it is illegal to be naked in public . Fans viewed the exhibition , 'James Turrell : A Retrospective ' led by experienced nude tour guide Stuart Ringholt . ' In a statement released after the tour, curator and director of exhibitions The 70-year-old artist has put on a nude exhibition before in Japan , and was keen to replicate the experience for his body of work in Australia .
Naked art fans attended an hour-long nude tour at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra on Wednesday night . The tour took place outside regular exhibition hours , as it is illegal to be naked in public . Fans viewed the exhibition , 'James Turrell : A Retrospective ' led by experienced nude tour guide Stuart Ringholt . 'Everyone 's all in it together , so it 's not weird or anything , ' said one man . The 70-year-old artist has put on a nude exhibition before in Japan , and was keen to replicate the experience for his body of work in Australia .