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Governance advisory firm appointed to review Creative Australia’s 2026 Venice Biennale process

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

14 Mar 2025 16:49

Richard Watts

The Australia Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Creative Australia.

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The Australia Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Photo: Creative Australia.

Blackhall and Pearl – described in a media statement released this afternoon (Friday 14 March) by Creative Australia as “a specialist provider of governance and risk advice to Boards across Australia” – has been appointed to conduct the review into the governance and decision-making process for the Venice Biennale 2026.

ArtsHub was provided with an advance copy of the media statement by Creative Australia a short time ago.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts