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Exclusive: Khaled Sabsabi faces fresh attacks as government envoy calls for arts funding crackdown

Just a week after being reinstated by Creative Australia as Australia's representative to the 2026 Venice Biennale, artist Khaled Sabsabi is under renewed attack from pro-Israel activists and News Corp.

Khaled Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino are understood have been approached for comment by News Corp journalists, after a new attack dossier is circulated about the artist. (Photo: Anna Kucera)

Just one week after being reinstated by Creative Australia as Australia's representative to the 2026 Venice Biennale, artist Khaled Sabsabi is under renewed attack from pro-Israel activists and News Corp, with a fresh 113-page dossier being circulated with the intent of further damaging the artist's reputation.

In a move that appears to be deliberately timed to the release of a new government review into anti-semitism that recommends terminating funding to artists who "facilitate anti-semitism", the dossier accusing Sabsabi of a history of anti-semitism and supporting terrorism has been circulated throughout the arts community.

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