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Ann Dingli surveys the 59th Venice Art Biennale following its opening week at the end of last month, highlighting this year’s spotlighting on forgone arti

From Simone Leigh’s stark, self-assured sculptures to a show exploring neuroscience at Fondazione Prada’s Venice palazzo – here are the highlights from the Venice Biennale

The 59th Venice Biennale reflects on the unpredictability of the contemporary moment. We select 10 must-see shows from the 2022 edition.

The exhibition’s coveted Golden Lion Awards went to trailblazers Simone Leigh and Sonia Boyce, who became the first Black women to receive the accolade.

SONIA BOYCE OBE RA has won the prestigious Golden Lion award for Best National Participation at La Biennale di Venezia 2022 for her exhibition ‘Feeling Her Way’.

The 59th Venice Biennale's top prize, the Golden Lion, has been awarded to Great Britain's Sonia Boyce OBE RA for Best National Participation

In a historic moment, the Venice Biennale awarded artists Sonia Boyce and Simone Leigh with its highest honors.

Winning piece, Feeling Her Way, described as ‘perfect selection for this time in UK history’

Sonia Boyce, representing Britain with Black and female artists, makes ‘a collective attempt against amnesia’

Reflecting her own childhood yearning for a sense of belonging, the British artist’s multiscreen spectacular – some of it filmed at Abbey Road – is like a music-mad teenager’s bedroom wall