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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

Afternoon Update: more backlash over Biennale artist axing; NZ tourism campaign ridiculed; and what it’s like living with OCD

The abrupt dumping of Khaled Sabsabi from the event prompted artist Lindy Lee to quit the board of Creative Australia

The Guardian - AU · Feb 17, 2025

Creative Australia Facing Backlash & Inquiry Demands As Venice Biennale Furore Deepens

“To award the submission to two of Australia’s great creative minds, only to revoke it six days later after political interference sets a dangerous precedent."

Pedestrian.tv · Feb 17, 2025

National Gallery of Australia’s $14m behemoth artwork unveiled – and it’s a showstopper

Lindy Lee’s 13-tonne sculpture, Ouroboros, the most expensive work in NGA history, is in place after three years of anticipation – and questions about cost

The Guardian - AU · Oct 24, 2024

Holey moley! Massive Ouroboros sculpture eats limelight

A massive metal sculpture has been unveiled at the National Gallery of Australia, with artist Lindy Lee relieved it turned out better than she imagined.

AAP · Oct 24, 2024

Ouroboros: NGA’s polarising new four-year $14m artwork to close roads on its journey to Canberra

Lindy Lee told ‘to be as ambitious as you possibly can’ and to not even consider the cost of her project to ‘announce the NGA is here’

The Guardian - AU · Jun 12, 2024

‘Everyone has a story about Hotel Hollywood’: art show invites Sydney upstairs at iconic pub

The beloved art deco pub in Surry Hills has opened the untouched apartment above to showcase work from more than 100 artists – and offer a rare glimpse into old Sydney

The Guardian - AU · Sep 15, 2023

Treasurer releases intergenerational report – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Aug 23, 2023

‘Brisbane has come of age’: the queer and migrant artists helping shed the city’s ‘cringe’

Artists who once endured racism and homophobia in Queensland are bringing exciting new works celebrating their stories to the 2022 Brisbane festival

The Guardian - AU · Sep 5, 2022