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"The reinstatement of artist Khaled Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino as
Australia’s representatives for the 2026 Venice Biennale closes a bruising
recent cultural episode and exposes the fragility of the systems meant to
protect artistic freedom in Australia.
An independent review released this week confirms this was not simply a
communications misstep.
It was a full-scale institutional failure inside Australia’s peak cultural
agency, Creative Australia, marked by poor risk management, inadequate
escalation protocols, and a fundamental confusion about how to respond when
artistic expression meets political controversy."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
