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Australia faces ‘international shame’ over removal of Khaled Sabsabi from Venice Biennale, senators told
The CEO of Creative Australia yesterday admitted to an estimates committee that the country's pavilion could be empty in 2026 ...
Creative Australia head Adrian Collette won’t resign over dumping of Venice Biennale artist Khaled Sabsabi
Creative Australia CEO Adrian Collette has told parliament he won’t resign over the dumping of artist Khaled Sabsabi as ...
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Venice Biennale team wants apology as supporters rally
The artist and curator dumped from their Venice Biennale commission have called for Creative Australia to explain and ...
Like Sabsabi, my art was cancelled. Instead of outrage, there was barely a whimper
Creative Australia admitted just over a year ago, via public statement on their website, to cancelling and maligning another ...
The Google search that could have averted Khaled Sabsabi art disaster
Artworks depicting Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah and the 9/11 attacks were missed by bureaucrats choosing Khaled Sabsabi for ...
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More Australian art world figures condemn decision to cancel Khaled Sabsabi’s Venice Biennale project
Last year’s Golden Lion winner Archie Moore and the National Association for the Visual Arts are among those to speak out in ...
Local Artist Khaled Sabsabi ‘Hurt’ After Being Dropped As Aus Choice For Venice Biennale
Creative Australia reversed its decision following backlash over his past artwork, citing concerns about "divisive debate".
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Instead of defending its artists, Creative Australia hangs Sabsabi and Dagostino out to dry
Instead of defending the artists — and their own processes — Creative Australia has hung Sabsabi and Dagostino out to dry, folding under pressure. Its actions reveal an institution ill-equipped to ...
How Creative Australia's perplexing backflip on Khaled Sabsabi defines our current moment of turmoil
What happened? Future historians might puzzle over this seismic shift in sentiment at the top of Australia's foremost public ...
‘A shameful call by Creative Australia’: the arts community reacts to Khaled Sabsabi being dropped from the Venice Biennale
Creative Australia has said artist Khaled Sabsabi will no longer represent Australia at the Venice Biennale. The artistic ...
Artists criticise Creative Australia's decision to drop Khaled Sabsabi and Michael Dagostino from Venice Biennale 2026
Artists shortlisted to represent Australia at the Venice Biennale have spoken out against Creative Australia's decision to ...