Kieran Swann
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Senior Curator, Create London. Formerly Wellcome Collection, Arnolfini, Metro Arts. Australian in the UK. Big homo.
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June 4, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Thrilled to be heading back to Brisbane, to lead an organisation that I've carried in my heart for years. metroarts.com.au/article/metr...
Reposted by Kieran Swann
Arts Minister Tony Burke made some remarks earlier this week about Creative Australia’s decision to ditch Lebanese Australian artist Khaled Sabsabi as the pick for the 61st Venice Biennale.
They didn’t get much coverage but I can’t get them out of my head.
So here you go.
They didn’t get much coverage but I can’t get them out of my head.
So here you go.
February 17, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Arts Minister Tony Burke made some remarks earlier this week about Creative Australia’s decision to ditch Lebanese Australian artist Khaled Sabsabi as the pick for the 61st Venice Biennale.
They didn’t get much coverage but I can’t get them out of my head.
So here you go.
They didn’t get much coverage but I can’t get them out of my head.
So here you go.
The decision to rescind Sabsabi & Dagostino's invitation to Venice "was made in good faith", AND it violated a member of the board's core values? There is a dissonance here that points to deep and unsettling interference that violates everything Creative Australia should stand for.
“I could not live with the level of violation I felt against my core values - that the artist’s voice must never be silenced.”
Artist Lindy Lee’s statement after her resignation from the Creative Australia board, following the dumping of Khaled Sabsabi as Australia’s artist at the Venice Biennale.
Artist Lindy Lee’s statement after her resignation from the Creative Australia board, following the dumping of Khaled Sabsabi as Australia’s artist at the Venice Biennale.
February 16, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The decision to rescind Sabsabi & Dagostino's invitation to Venice "was made in good faith", AND it violated a member of the board's core values? There is a dissonance here that points to deep and unsettling interference that violates everything Creative Australia should stand for.
Had the joy of working on this with Delaine Le Bas for the past few months - as we approach 2025, keep your dance card free for a visit to Dagenham for a new exhibition of work, co-created with and for Roma & Traveller communities… createlondon.org/event/atchin...
November 19, 2024 at 12:15 PM
Had the joy of working on this with Delaine Le Bas for the past few months - as we approach 2025, keep your dance card free for a visit to Dagenham for a new exhibition of work, co-created with and for Roma & Traveller communities… createlondon.org/event/atchin...