Industry resignations and anger have followed the shock decision by Creative Australia to drop artist Khaled Sabsabi from one ...

The Lebanese-Australian artist Khaled Sabsabi has been dropped from representing the Australian Pavilion at the 2026 Venice ...

Creative Australia reversed its decision following backlash over his past artwork, citing concerns about "divisive debate".

Creative Australia has said artist Khaled Sabsabi will no longer represent Australia at the Venice Biennale. The artistic ...

Australia has dropped its artist for the next Venice Biennale in 2026 after critics dug up some of his controversial early ...

The head of Creative Australia’s visual arts department and the board member and artist Lindy Lee among those who have ...

Artists shortlisted to represent Australia at the Venice Biennale have spoken out against Creative Australia's decision to ...

The pair selected to represent Australia at next year's Venice Biennale say they are "extremely hurt" after the government's ...

All other biennale finalists have called for Creative Australia to reinstate multimedia artist Khaled Sabsabi as the nation’s ...

Khaled Sabsabi, who had previously depicted a Hezbollah leader has also criticised Islamic State, but his invite to the ...

The axing of a Sydney artist from the Venice Biennale - over works featuring a terrorist leader and a 9/11 video titled ‘Thank You Very Much’- is not censorship, it is defunding controversy, writes ...

Curator Michael Dagostino and artist Khaled Sabsabi had been selected to show at the 2026 event, regarded as contemporary art ...