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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle
Kelly Burke

Artists who represented Australia at Venice Biennale call for Khaled Sabsabi to be reinstated

Khaled Sabsabi
Several high-profile Australian artists have signed an open letter to Creative Australia calling for the reinstatement of Khaled Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino, who were sacked from the Venice Biennale. Photograph: Bec Lorrimer/The Guardian

Living artists who have represented Australia at the Venice Biennale over the past five decades – and the estates of a number of now deceased artists who have done the same – have signed an open letter to the board and chief executive of Creative Australia to reinstate sacked artist Khaled Sabsabi and his curator Michael Dagostino.

Some of Australia’s most distinguished living artists, including Imants Tillers, Mike Parr, Susan Norrie, Fiona Hall, Judy Watson, Patricia Piccinini and Tracey Moffat have signed the petition, as has the estate of Howard Arkley who represented Australia in Venice more than a quarter of a century ago.

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