The Venice Biennale's Golden Lion Award goes to the Australia Pavilion
Congratulations are in order for artist Archie Moore and curator Ellie Buttrose.
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Congratulations are in order for artist Archie Moore and curator Ellie Buttrose.
Mataaho collective's takapau installation has clinched the golden lion for best artist at the venice art biennale 2024.
First Nations artist Archie Moore, who is representing Australia at the Sixtieth Venice Biennale, has won the event’s prestigious Golden Lion for best pavilion, becoming the first Australian artist to do so.
The 'kith and kin' exhibition received accolades for its poignant confrontation of first nations australian history whilst celebrating connective notions of identity, and lineage.
The four wāhine Māori practitioners: Erena Arapere-Baker (Te Atiawa ki Whakarongotai, Ngāti Toa Rangātira), Sarah Hudson (Ngāti Awa, Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Pūkeko), Bridget Reweti (Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Te Rangi) and Terri Te Tau (Rangitāne ki Wairarapa) have won the Golden Lion.