In Minor Keys, Khaled Sabsabi, Louvre Heist Film
Hyperallergic reports on Lebanese-born, Sydney-based artist Khaled Sabsabi and the controversy around his selection to represent Australia at the 2026 Venice Biennale, his removal within a week after government intervention, and his later reinstatement following public backlash and an independent review. Curator Koyo Kouoh invited Sabsabi into the Biennale’s main exhibition, “In Minor Keys,” where his installation “khalil” appears alongside his Australia pavilion work “conference of one’s self,” both drawing on painting, sound, moving image, and Tasawwuf (Sufi) teachings to address identity and collectivity. The piece notes that critic Aruna D’Souza interviewed Sabsabi about migration trauma and a 132-foot-long work he said came to him in a dream. The roundup also mentions separate headlines including a planned film adaptation of the infamous Louvre heist and a New York gallerist using AI to colorize Ansel Adams’s black-and-white photographs.
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