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Khaled Sabsabi, a middle-aged Lebanese Australian man with thin, should-length black hair, gray beard, wearing black shirt and pants, standing against a graffitied brick wall.
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Khaled Sabsabi twice cancelled – Monash University 'indefinitely postpones' exhibition

Monash University's Board is behind the decision to pull an upcoming exhibition including Khaled Sabsabi's works from its art museum.

A black and white photograph, taken in 1962, of a large modern light-filled gallery space showing an exhibition with paintings on the walls and sculptures installed in the space. There are three well-dressed people in the gallery looking at the art.
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Short history of Australian artists at Venice Biennale reveals some irony within current furore

What does an eye over the history reveal about the Creative Australia Board’s recent Venice Biennale decision?

The Australia Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Creative Australia.
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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…

Khaled Sabsabi (left) and Michael Dagostino (right).
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Exclusive: Letter to the Minister for the Arts, Tony Burke MP: Reinstate Khaled and rebuild trust in Creative Australia

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

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The impact of art: does it reside with the public’s perception without regard for the artist’s intent?

Statements made at the Senate estimates hearing over the Creative Australia Board’s Venice Biennale decision raise questions about how the…

South Australian Greens Senator and arts spokesperson Sarah Hanson-Young, centre, together with L-R: Katie McCusker, the Greens candidate for Sturt and the Greens candidate for the Federal seat of Adelaide, Mat Monti. Photo: Supplied.
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Australian Greens launch new arts policy, make explosive allegations regarding Creative Australia’s CEO

Creative Australia’s CEO Adrian Collette "misled" the Senate Estimates hearing last Tuesday according to the Greens’ arts spokesperson Senator Sarah…

Creative Australia CEO Adrian Collette AM. A middle-aged, fair-skinned man with a shaved head, and wearing glasses and a blue suit, smiles at the camera.
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Australian Pavilion may be empty at Venice 2026; no resignations forthcoming

CEO Adrian Collette and Board Chair Robert Morgan will not be resigning, despite the damage caused by Creative Australia’s abrupt…

Creative Australia has been widely criticised by its decision to drop Khaled Sabsabi and Michael Dagostino from the 2026 Venice Biennale.
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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.

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Creative Australia back-pedals on 2026 Venice Biennale selection in response to ‘divisive debate’

Khaled Sabsabi and Michael Dagostino have been dropped as the artistic team with a Senator criticising earlier work featuring the…

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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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.

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