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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle
Dee Jefferson

After a turbulent year, Australia’s Khaled Sabsabi will present two works at the Venice Biennale

Khaled Sabsabi.
Australian artist Khaled Sabsabi’s exhibition at Venice follows Archie Moore’s 2024 installation, which won the prestigious Golden Lion. Photograph: Bec Lorrimer/The Guardian

Australia’s presentation at the Venice Biennale in May will be a “nurturing experience” designed to bring people together – in the aftermath of one of the most turbulent and divisive periods in the country’s 72-year history at the prestigious international art festival.

Artist Khaled Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino, who were controversially dumped and then reinstated as Australia’s representatives, will present not one but two major works at the Venice Biennale in May – both informed by Sabsabi’s practice as a Sufi Muslim and exploring “spirituality, migration, and the vastness of shared humanity”.

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