Artist Lindy Lee quits Creative Australia board after ‘heartbreaking’ decision to dump Biennale pick

<p>Lee calls unanimous decision a ‘violation’ of principle of valuing an artist’s voice</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/feb/17/australia-news-live-victoria-police-sydney-trains-industrial-action-interest-rates-election-campaign-cost-of-living-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></li><li>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></li></ul><p>The Creative Australia board meeting that led to Lebanese-Australian artist Khaled Sabsabi being dumped as the nation’s representative for the 2026 Venice Biennale was “fraught and heartbreaking”, the artist Lindy Lee has revealed.</p><p>On Monday the federal arts funding organisation announced an immediate, independent, external review of the selection process.</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed">Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email</a></strong></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/feb/17/artist-lindy-lee-quits-creative-australia-board-after-decision-to-dump-biennale-artist-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>