HAVE you ever toured an art gallery and had the sudden desire to get closer to the works on display by putting yourself on display - in all your glory?

Well now you can. But no cheeky business please!

In a move hoped to literally strip the barriers between the artist and audience, an Australian museum is offering nude tours next month as part of an exhibition designed for exhibitionists.

Melbourne artist Stuart Ringholt will lead the tour of his new exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney by getting naked - and all those who wish to join the tour must be in the buff.

Of course, it’s an adults-only event on at night time outside the normal operating hours of the museum.

The artist’s work deals with themes of fear and embarrassment - and now so does the tour, which is billed as: “Preceded by a tour of the show by artist Stuart Ringholt 6-8pm (the artist will be naked. Those who wish to join the tour must also be naked. Adults only).”

It’s not a first for Ringholt but it is the first time the museum has done a naked tour.

“Sydney loves nude people, if the nude beaches are anything to go by,” curator Rachel Kent said.

The museum has just been redeveloped and expanded in what has been called a major milestone for the arts in Australia.

The tour will run from April 27-29.