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Need cash for the arts? Try donor finance, inquiry told

Australia's cash-strapped arts sector could be helped by repayable loans from private donors, an inquiry has been told.

AAP · Mar 25

Creative Australia chief executive facing mounting pressure to resign after Khaled Sabsabi controversy

Senior arts figure says board and CEO ‘didn’t seem to understand or at least trust the power and complexity of the visual arts’

The Guardian - AU · Jul 4, 2025

Little trust in Creative Australia after Venice snafu

Trust in Creative Australia is at an all-time low due to the Venice Biennale controversy, but the decision to reinstate the artistic team may bring healing.

AAP · Jul 4, 2025

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Embattled Creative Australia boss served angry letters from staff and 600 literary figures amid Sabsabi fallout

Letters from staff expressed ‘complete lack of confidence in your ability to lead this organisation effectively’ and fears over participating in external inquiry

The Guardian - AU · Apr 16, 2025

Mass letter urges arts minister to act over Venice snub

Protests against the dumping of Australia's art team for the Venice Biennale continue, with hundreds of artists and curators demanding government action.

AAP · Mar 24, 2025

Creative Australia’s decisions should be peer reviewed and at arm’s length. Where did things go wrong?

For the past three weeks the arts have been dominated by a recent decision made by the board of Creative Australia. On February 7 it was announced Khaled Sabsabi and Michael Dagostino had been chosen as the artistic team to represent Australia at the Venice Biennale in 2026.

The Conversation · Mar 5, 2025

Creative Australia boss forced to refute rumour he had resigned as fallout over Khaled Sabsabi dumping continues

Adrian Collette sends all-staff email denying that he and the chair of Creative Australia’s board had quit amid calls for resignations

The Guardian - AU · Feb 28, 2025

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Greens call for scalps over dumping of biennale artists

The boss of Australia's arts funding body should be sacked after revoking an artist pair from a prestigious biennale, the Greens claim in an election manifesto.

AAP · Feb 27, 2025

Khaled Sabsabi pledges to show Venice Biennale work despite Creative Australia decision to drop him

Artist and curator Michael Dagostino break silence following Creative Australia decision to withdraw them as representatives

The Guardian - AU · Feb 26, 2025

Call for resignation of arts chief after fiery hearing

Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has called for Creative Australia's chief executive to resign, over the decision to ditch the Venice Biennale team.

AAP · Feb 25, 2025

Venice Biennale pavilion could be empty, Creative Australia chief tells senators

Adrian Collette admits decision to drop Khaled Sabsabi risks having nothing on show but he and chair won’t quit

The Guardian - AU · Feb 25, 2025

Arts awards postponed amid Venice selection uproar

The Asia Pacific Arts Awards have been postponed, amid a row over the decision to ditch the team picked for the Venice Biennale.

AAP · Feb 24, 2025

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

Open letter from some of the country’s most distinguished artists ‘strongly protests’ at the removal of Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino

The Guardian - AU · Feb 22, 2025

Creative Australia says it won’t reinstate artist Khaled Sabsabi for Venice Biennale at tense all-staff meeting

Exclusive: The western Sydney artist was dropped from representing Australia just days after being selected

The Guardian - AU · Feb 20, 2025

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The Guardian - AU · Feb 18, 2025

‘No artist’ will want to represent Australia at Venice Biennale after Sabsabi dumped, former museum head says

Elizabeth Ann Macgregor says Tony Burke has questions to answer after Khaled Sabsabi’s offer was rescinded but the arts minister has denied involvement

AAP · Feb 17, 2025

Minister made phone call before Venice pick reversal

The arts minister spoke to the chief of Creative Australia after questions were asked in parliament about the artist chosen to go to the Venice Biennale.

The Guardian - AU · Feb 17, 2025

Albanese says RBA rate cut ‘won’t have an impact’ on timing of federal election – as it happened

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AAP · Apr 9, 2024

Tuning out: party ends for a third of music festivals

A landmark report into Australia's live music festival sector has revealed at least one in three events lose money.

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AAP · Feb 2, 2023

Hopes music body could take fans from Beyonce to Briggs

Music Australia should be able to work out how to get Spotify and Apple Music to feature more Australian tunes, the national arts funding body chief says.

AAP · Feb 2, 2023

Will government arts sector cash injection be enough?

It's hard to say if the government's increased arts funding will be enough to restore underfunded parts of the sector, the Australia Council chief says.

The Guardian - AU · Sep 14, 2022

‘A national scandal’: Australian authors take aim at ‘woefully underfunded’ literary sector

Richard Flanagan, Helen Garner and Kate Grenville call for ‘vast inequity’ to be corrected, as planning continues for national cultural policy

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