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Who is representing Australia at the 2026 Venice Biennale?

Artist Khaled Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino will take charge of the Australian Pavilion at the 2026 Venice Biennale.

7 Feb 2025 14:01

Celina Lei

Artist Khaled Sabsabi (right, a middle-aged man wearing all black) and curator Michael Dagostino (left, a middle-aged man with long gray hair wearing all black) for the 2026 Venice Biennale. They are standing at the corner of a graffitied shopfront.

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L-R: Artist Khaled Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino. Photo: Anna Kucera.

Creative Australia announced today (7 February) that Australia’s representation at the 2026 Venice Biennale will be led by artist Khaled Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino.

The 61st La Biennale di Venezia international art exhibition will see the two collaborate for the Australian Pavilion in a project that “hopes to build empathy and connection between all people”. The two were among the shortlisted for the 2024 Venice Biennale.

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Celina Lei

Celina Lei is ArtsHub's Content Manager. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram @lleizy_