An exhibition at the Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA), which includes the work of Khaled Sabsabi, has been “indefinitely postponed”, making this a double blow for the Lebanese Australian artist following the saga of Creative Australia’s decision to withdraw his appointment for the 2026 Venice Biennale.
It’s been widely speculated that this decision by the Monash University Board was driven by the same political pressure that Creative Australia faced, which drove its knee-jerk decision to sack the artist within a week of Sabsabi’s selection based on “controversial” works from nearly two decades ago.
