The 2026 Venice Biennale will feature a historic first for Australia. 🎭

Khaled Sabsabi’s reinstatement after a high-profile censorship scandal is a massive win for the global art community.

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#ArtWorld #KhaledSabsabi #VeniceBiennale #Culture

Ah yes, & fckd over #KhaledSabsabi …. There’s a pattern here …

The Board of Creative Australia have earned every ounce of condemnation & contempt being heaped on them

#KhaledSabsabi #InstitutionalFailure

Reinstating the artistic team of #khaledsabsabi and #michaeldagostino as originally selected is a great decision by #creativeaustralia.

#KhaledSabsabi reinstated as artist for Australian Pavilion at 2026 #VeniceBiennale.
#LaBiennaleDeVenezia #AUSPOL #Venice #Art #Venezia

Such an upstanding contribution to maintaining the “out group” status of those not from backgrounds suitable to the upper classes controlling the arts sector in Australia. #KhaledSabsabi
If you’re a leader you stand up to Zionists. If not, I guess you support the #PalestianGenocide. Shameful.

#MonashUniversity #StolonPressExhibition #KhaledSabsabi #IsraelLobby

Khaled Sabsabi says ‘common sense has prevailed’ after Monash University allows exhibition to go ahead Flat Earth: Stolon Press, which was called off after Sabsabi was dumped as Australia’s representative at the Venice Biennale, will now open on 29 May

Finally: some common sense from Monash. Now. Will”Creative” Australia have the decency to reconsider its decision & exhibit #KhaledSabsabi in #Venice?

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Khaled Sabsabi says ‘common sense has prevailed’ after Monash University allows exhibition to go ahead Flat Earth: Stolon Press, which was called off after Sabsabi was dumped as Australia’s representative at the Venice Biennale, will now open on 29 May

#KhaledSabsabi 👇

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Embattled Creative Australia boss served angry letters from staff and 600 literary figures amid Sabsabi fallout Letters from staff expressed ‘complete lack of confidence in your ability to lead this organisation effectively’ and fears over participating in external inquiry

#KhaledSabsabi
"Collette said Creative Australia condemned any form of racism or discrimination."

Problem is no one believes it.

"head of Creative Australia has been served with two letters of complaint collectively written by staff, and a third signed by more than 600 Australian literary figures"

Wise words from @louiseadler1.bsky.social on the sad story of #KhaledSabsabi & @creativeaustralia

As the cancellations of #KhaledSabsabi continue this piece I wrote escaped the Fin Review paywall . archive.md/2025.03.20-0...

Khaled Sabsabi show cancelled one month after sacking from Venice Biennale Monash University has ‘indefinitely postponed’ upcoming exhibition at Monash University Museum of Art in Melbourne, after ‘consultation with our communities’

#KhaledSabsabi cancelled by #Monash Uni.

Q'ns:

does Monash receive research funding from the US?

is Monash scared of #Trump's threats to withdraw funding if recipients don't meet his criteria?

Decision stinks!

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Who really pays the price for arts philanthropy? In the increasingly troubled relationship between donors and artists, it is becoming difficult to figure out which hand is feeding and which is being bitten.

We only need to remember the MSO debacle,the STC angst over three keffiyot, a writer’s tweet ahead of Writers’ Week ,or Creative Australia’s craven cancellation of #KhaledSabsabi to recognise the dangerous influence of donors on arts policy and programmes. www.afr.com/life-and-lux...

Governance advisory firm appointed to review Creative Australia’s 2026 Venice Biennale process Creative Australia is being questioned as to why the terms of reference exclude the decision to cancel Sabsabi and Dagostino’s contract.

Questions are already being asked as to why the terms of reference exclude the decision to cancel Sabsabi and Dagostino’s contract so abruptly.

#creativeaustralia #venicebiennale2025 #australianarts #khaledsabsabi #michaeldagostino #blackhallandpearl #statement

This open letter to the Hon. Tony Burke MP, Minister for the Arts, has been provided exclusively to ArtsHub.

Read the full letter here: https://vist.ly/3mx9bm4

#opinion #oped #openletter #creativeaustralia #venicebiennale2025 #australianarts #tonyburke #khaledsabsabi #michaeldagostino

(Woop, Woop) That's The Sound Of The Art Police I stood, staring down at an image of Duane Hanson's sculpture Woman with a Laundry Basket (1974) and was brought back to a memory of a s...

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#DuaneHanson #AndresSerrano #KhaledSabsabi
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Great '90s footage of Australian artist Khaled Sabsabi
talking about his work with underground western Sydney hiphoppers: instagram.com/reel/DGE_rvD....

Australia should be proud for this artist and community developer to represent this at the Venice Biennale #khaledsabsabi

Australian Pavilion at Venice Faces Cancellation Over Controversy Creative Australia’s decision to drop Khaled Sabsabi has sparked outrage within the arts community, raising questions around institutional decision-making.

Creative Australia's decision to drop Khaled Sabsabi last Thursday has sparked outrage within the arts community, raising questions around institutional decision-making and artistic freedom. ocula.com/magazine/art...

#KhaledSabsabi #AustralianPavilion #VeniceBiennale #OculaNews

The betrayal of Creative Australia - Pearls and Irritations The board of Creative Australia has betrayed its mission by enabling censorship and gross political interference in the arts.

Artists cannot be silenced about what is taking place in the world, and Australian arts bodies must not be dragged into the sordid practice of toeing the government line. Enough is enough. Reinstate Khaled Sabsabi now! #auspol #khaledsabsabi

Resignations and uproar follow Creative Australia's Venice Biennale decision Within hours of announcing its controversial decision, Creative Australia faced multiple high-level resignations and widespread industry backlash.

Within hours of announcing its controversial decision, Creative Australia faced multiple high-level resignations and widespread industry backlash.

#venicebiennale #venicebiennale2026 #australianarts #creativeaustralia #art #visualart #breakingnews #artshub #khaledsabsabi #michaeldagostino

What hope is there for National Cultural Policy Revive and the Creative Australia agency itself if we see a change of government at the federal election?
#ArtsNews #CreativeAustralia #KhaledSabsabi #VeniceBiennale

Artists criticise shock removal of Lebanese Australian artist from Venice Biennale Artists shortlisted to represent Australia at the Venice Biennale have spoken out against Creative Australia's decision to pull Lebanese Australian artist Khaled Sabsabi from the role.

It is hard not to see Creative Australia's backflip on Khaled Sabsabi's selection as the Australian exhibition at the Venice Biennale 2026 as anything more than political pandering.
#ArtsNews #CreativeAustralia #KhaledSabsabi #VeniceBiennale

CreativeAustralia's CEO Adrian Collette

"We are proud to support this extraordinary team... Khaled Sabsabi’s work... reflects the diversity and plurality of Australia’s rich culture, and will spark meaningful conversations with audiences around the world."

#auspol #creativeaustralia #khaledsabsabi

CA's CEO Adrian Collette said:

"We are proud to support this extraordinary team... Khaled Sabsabi’s work... reflects the diversity and plurality of Australia’s rich culture, and will spark meaningful conversations with audiences around the world."

#auspol #creativeaustralia #khaledsabsabi

Panic! in the boardroom - on Khaled Sabsabi being dropped as an Australian representative at 2026 Venice Biennale

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#auspol #biennale #art #lattouf #creativeaustralia #khaledsabsabi

Khaled Sabsabi to represent Australia at Venice Biennale: ‘I felt this wouldn’t happen because of who I am’ The western Sydney artist, who fled Lebanon’s civil war as a child, has been selected to represent Australia at the world’s oldest and most prestigious exhibition

Congratulations #KhaledSabsabi 🦋🦋🦋

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