"A South African artist is suing the arts minister after he blocked her from representing the country at the Venice Biennale, having called her work addressing Israel's killing of Palestinians in Gaza highly divisive. Gabrielle Goliath filed the lawsuit last week, with Ingrid Masondo, who would have curated the pavilion, and the studio manager, James Macdonald. It accuses Gayton McKenzie of acting unlawfully and violating the right to freedom of expression and demands the high court reinstates her"
"Goliath, whose video work Elegy pays tribute to a Palestinian poet killed by an Israeli airstrike, told the Guardian: We hope to reclaim the pavilion, which we believe is rightfully ours. But more importantly than that, it is the significance of the work that speaks far more eloquently to these very difficult questions of whose life is recognised as a life worth grieving after."
"McKenzie responded to the backlash in a statement earlier this month, indicating his concern originated from the suggestion that a foreign country had offered to fund South Africa's exhibition, and alleging that South Africa's platform was being used as a proxy by a foreign power to endorse a geopolitical message about the actions of Israel in Gaza. The statement seemed to refer to Qatar Museums' inquiry about the possibility of funding South Africa's pavilion and buying the artworks, before Goliath was selected by an independent"
A South African artist, Gabrielle Goliath, has sued the arts minister for blocking her from representing the country at the Venice Biennale, citing a claim that her work was highly divisive. The lawsuit names the curator Ingrid Masondo and studio manager James Macdonald and accuses Gayton McKenzie of unlawful conduct and breaching freedom of expression. The legal action demands reinstatement by 18 February to meet Biennale confirmation deadlines. Goliath's video Elegy honours a Palestinian poet killed in an Israeli airstrike. The minister cited concerns about foreign funding and geopolitical messaging; funding talks reportedly did not proceed.
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