Australia has dropped its artist for the next Venice Biennale in 2026 after critics dug up some of his controversial early ...
Khaled Sabsabi was announced as Australia’s artistic representative to the Venice Biennale last week, a prestigious event ...
Khaled Sabsabi had previously depicted a Hezbollah leader while also protesting Islamic State - but his invite to Venice ...
Instead of defending the artists — and their own processes — Creative Australia has hung Sabsabi and Dagostino out to dry, folding under pressure. Its actions reveal an institution ill-equipped to ...
The major Venice Biennale donor says the positions of Creative Australia’s CEO and chair are untenable after it dropped its ...
After nearly 500 days in captivity in Gaza, with little access to media, recently freed hostages have many questions.
Israel has pulled its forces from southern Lebanon but remain in five locations along the border in what the Lebanese ...
Sabah Abdullah comes to her hometown in Lebanon every morning and sits next to her destroyed home. She is waiting for experts ...
Contentious figures have always featured in Australian art – and this fact is what makes Khaled Sabsabi’s removal from the Venice Biennale so confronting.
Khaled Sabsabi removed from show after article singles out 2007 work featuring late Hezbollah terror leader; Sabsabi says he ...