Artists speak out over Creative Australia's dumping of Kahled Sabsabi | 7.30

Australia's art community was plunged into chaos late last week with the cancellation of artist Kahled Sabsabi as Australia's representative to the 2026 Venice Biennale. The body who made the decision, Creative Australia, has not clearly explained why the decision was taken following questions about Mr Sabsabi's work by the Opposition in parliament. Tomorrow 20 leading Australian artists, all former representatives to the prestigious event, will publish a letter saying the decision "signals a fundamental disregard for the role of artists in our society”. 7.30's Sarah Ferguson interviews Simryn Gill, who represented Australia at the Venice Biennale in 2013 and she's a close friend of Khaled Sabsabi. Subscribe: https://ab.co/3yqPOZ5 Welcome to ABC News In-depth, where you'll find our long-form journalism and other videos to help you understand what's going on in the world around you. Watch more ABC News content ad-free on ABC iview: https://ab.co/2OB7Mk1 For more from ABC News, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZY Get breaking news and livestreams from our ABC News channel:    / newsonabc   Like ABC News on Facebook:   / abcnews.au   Follow ABC News on Instagram:   / abcnews_au   Follow ABC News on Twitter:   / abcnews   Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNewsIndepth #ABCNewsAustralia