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Creative Australia’s decisions should be peer reviewed and at arm’s length. Where did things go wrong?

For the past three weeks the arts have been dominated by a recent decision made by the board of Creative Australia. On February 7 it was announced Khaled Sabsabi and Michael Dagostino had been chosen as the artistic team to represent Australia at the Venice Biennale in 2026.

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Call for resignation of arts chief after fiery hearing

Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has called for Creative Australia's chief executive to resign, over the decision to ditch the Venice Biennale team.

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Arts awards postponed amid Venice selection uproar

The Asia Pacific Arts Awards have been postponed, amid a row over the decision to ditch the team picked for the Venice Biennale.

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Artists who represented Australia at Venice Biennale call for Khaled Sabsabi to be reinstated

Open letter from some of the country’s most distinguished artists ‘strongly protests’ at the removal of Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino

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Minister made phone call before Venice pick reversal

The arts minister spoke to the chief of Creative Australia after questions were asked in parliament about the artist chosen to go to the Venice Biennale.

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Demands for inquiry into dumping of Aust Venice art duo

How and why did Creative Australia uninvite the team it picked for the Venice Biennale? There are calls for an independent inquiry to find out.

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‘A shameful call by Creative Australia’: the arts community reacts to Khaled Sabsabi being dropped from the Venice Biennale

To be selected as the artist and curator team to represent Australia at the Venice Biennale is considered the ultimate exhibition for an artistic team. To have your selection rescinded, as has now happened to the 2026 team of Khaled Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino, is without precedent.

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Aussie Venice picks 'extremely hurt' after being dumped

The artist and curator who were to represent Australia at the Venice Biennale say they are hurt and disappointed, after their selection was reversed.

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Creative Australia ditches Venice Biennale artistic duo

Arts funding body Creative Australia has dumped the artist and curator it selected to represent Australia at the Venice Biennale.

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Emotional abstracts recount Zimbabwe’s struggles and strength

Zimbabwe’s dramatic landscapes and enduring struggles resonate in Gillian Rosselli’s abstract paintings, which reveal her homeland’s resilience amid drought, poverty and environmental decline. Rosselli has made her European debut this year with two major exhibitions – at the Zimbabwe pavilion in the Venice Biennale and at the “Also Known as…

Radio France Internationale

The Venice Biennale: Redressing the post-colonial balance through art

In this episode of Arts24, Eve Jackson takes you to Italy for the oldest and largest cultural exhibition in the world – the Venice art Biennale. The breathtaking floating city hosts the Olympics of the art world every two years. It’s the original biennale on which others in the world…

France 24

Who is Julien Creuzet, the Caribbean artist representing France at the Venice Biennale?

Julien Creuzet – the first French-Caribbean artist to represent France at the Venice Biennale – is showing a multi-sensory exhibition that reflects on the intercultural identities of African and Caribbean diasporas.

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Part protest, part rave: the Indigenous artists stunning the Venice Biennale

From Gold Lion winner Archie Moore to Brazilians the Tupinambá collective, First Nations artists are making their voices heard at ‘the Olympics of art’. They talk hammocks, hunting and human connection

The Guardian - UK

Venice Biennale pre-opening 2024: all the gossip and glamour from inside the billionaire's playground

Spritz-soaked parties, hundreds of exhibitions and big fashion sponsors counting Burberry and Charles & Keith — Joe Bromley reports on the glamour and gossip from inside the Venice Biennale pre-opening 2024

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'Kith and kin' inspire Indigenous artist to major win

Indigenous artist Archie Moore has shared the personal stories and wider meanings behind his work that won big at the Venice Biennale art exhibition.

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African feminism pumps the heart of Benin’s debut at Venice Biennale

For the first time since its inception in 1895, the Venice Biennale contemporary art fair has invited the West African nation of Benin to host a pavilion. Curator Azu Nwagbogu and his team of four artists have created a warm, homely space where visitors are encouraged to slow down, reconnect…

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Émigrés, exiles and refugees: Venice Biennale welcomes foreigners

It’s the oldest, largest contemporary art show in the world: the Venice Biennale has kicked off its 60th edition under the heading "Foreigners Everywhere". Arts editor Eve Jackson brings us the latest from the event, explaining why the artist and curator selected for the Israeli pavilion chose to keep it…

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Aindrea Emelife on bringing the Nigerian Pavilion to life at the Venice Biennale 2024

Curator Aindrea Emelife has spearheaded a new wave of contemporary artists at the Venice Biennale’s second-ever Nigerian Pavilion. Here, she talks about what the world needs to learn about African art

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Venice crowds line up to view Australia's cosmic art

Crowds of artlovers have gathered to see Australia's official entry at the Venice Biennale, kith and kin, by Aboriginal artist Archie Moore.

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‘Not even a pipe dream’: John Akomfrah represents Britain at Venice Biennale

Founder of Black Audio Film Collective says he would have laughed if someone had said he’d someday be in the UK pavilion

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Israeli Artist Boycotts Venice Show In War Protest

Israeli artist boycotts Venice Biennale in protest against Israel-Palestine conflict, emphasizing art's role in activism and peace advocacy.

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Lap-See Lam’s giant dragon head and tail takes over the Nordic Pavilion at the Venice Biennale

Lap-See Lam takes over The Nordic Pavilion with a giant dragon head and tail, while her dynamically composed ‘Altersea Opera’ considers language and representation

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John Akomfrah explores the sonic for the British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2024

We spoke with John Akomfrah ahead of the 60th Venice Biennale on what to expect from his British Pavilion

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In a first, the U.S. picks an Indigenous artist for a solo show at the Venice Biennale

The U.S. State Department selected Jeffrey Gibson to create an installation for the U.S. Pavilion at the prestigious international arts event.

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