The announcement comes after a court dismissed Gabrielle Goliath’s attempt to have her project reinstated—a ruling that has been met with anger by members of South Africa’s art world

The artist and the curator Ingrid Masondo will be challenging the decision handed down by a judge from South Africa’s high court

The move by the artist and her team comes as South Africa’s culture ministry has allegedly begun approaching new artists about making work for the 2026 pavilion

Gabrielle Goliath’s video-based project Elegy was pulled by Gayton McKenzie, seemingly over a planned Gaza-related segment