Khaled Sabsabi / To hold the multiple lives of truth As an artist with a career spanning over four decades, Khaled Sabsabi has, by faith and by practice, pursued a balance of peace against chaos and the elevation of the human spirit from human hubris. Anchored by his Tasawuf Sufist practice (the mystic branch of […]

It’s surreal. A little over two weeks ago I was invited to a lunch celebrating the announcement of Khaled Sabsabi and Michael Dagostino as the official artistic team to represent Australia at the 2026 Venice Biennale, and was seated next to Khaled himself. The small restaurant was filled with Creative Australia senior officials and supporters, […]

To seek a moment of quietude amongst the storm of words we need only to return ourselves to Khaled’s work, any one of his works. I return often to the simple community space of Naqshbandi Greenacre engagement (2011) for which he was awarded the Blake Prize for Religious Art. But I’ve written about that work […]

In full support of Khaled Sabsabi’s work   Khaled Sabsabi’s artistic research stands as a powerful exploration of his Lebanese heritage and the realities of the Middle Eastern diaspora. Like many of his peers, he directly confronts the violent legacy of decades of conflict, refusing to shy away from the complexities it introduces. His research […]