Khaled Sabsabi show cancelled one month after sacking from Venice Biennale

Monash University has ‘indefinitely postponed’ upcoming exhibition at Monash University Museum of Art in Melbourne, after ‘consultation with our communities’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn upcoming exhibition featuring works by artist Khaled Sabsabi, who was controversially dumped as Australia’s representative at the Venice Biennale last month, has been “indefinitely postponed” by Monash University.Sabsabi, a Lebanese-born artist based in western Sydney, made headlines in February when he and curator Michael Dagostino were announced as Australia’s representatives at the 2026 Venice Biennale. But just six days later, they were both dropped by Australia’s federal arts body Creative Australia, after days of media and political pressure over Sabsabi’s use of imagery from the 9/11 terrorist attacks and former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was assassinated last year, in old works. Continue reading...

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Khaled Sabsabi show cancelled one month after sacking from Venice Biennale

Monash University has ‘indefinitely postponed’ upcoming exhibition at Monash University Museum of Art in Melbourne, after ‘consultation with our communities’

An upcoming exhibition featuring works by artist Khaled Sabsabi, who was controversially dumped as Australia’s representative at the Venice Biennale last month, has been “indefinitely postponed” by Monash University.

Sabsabi, a Lebanese-born artist based in western Sydney, made headlines in February when he and curator Michael Dagostino were announced as Australia’s representatives at the 2026 Venice Biennale. But just six days later, they were both dropped by Australia’s federal arts body Creative Australia, after days of media and political pressure over Sabsabi’s use of imagery from the 9/11 terrorist attacks and former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was assassinated last year, in old works. Continue reading...

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