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

Creative Australia’s removal of the artist from the 2026 Venice Biennale over political scrutiny has sparked backlash over artistic freedom.

An artist and curator were selected to represent Australia at the Venice Biennale. A week later, they were dumped.

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

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

Amid political pressure, Creative Australia says deselecting the Lebanese-born artist will avoid ‘divisive debate’

Australia's winners of the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale have added their voices to calls to reinstate the nation's 2026 artistic team.

The federal government’s peak arts body suddenly dumped an artist it had selected to represent the country at the world’s most significant art...

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

Elizabeth Ann Macgregor says Tony Burke has questions to answer after Khaled Sabsabi’s offer was rescinded but the arts minister has denied...