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Court dismisses Gabrielle Goliath’s Venice Biennale challenge against Gayton McKenzie | SA News

South Africa is unlikely to be represented at the 61st Venice Biennale this year after the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria dismissed Gabrielle Goliath’s urgent application to reinstate her artwork Elegy for the international exhibition.

Not only did the court dismiss the application, which would have seen Goliath represent SA at the prestigious international art event this year, but it also ordered that costs be awarded to the respondents, including Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie.

Judge Mamoloko Kubushi gave no reasons in the written order handed down on Wednesday, 18 February 2025.

Goliath, in a statement from her team, said she was “profoundly disappointed” with…

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