Golden Lion For Sonia Boyce GB and Simone Leigh US Venice Biennale
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
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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