Find some impressions of the pavilions and artists' work that have been honored at the 59th Venice Biennale here.
For her participation in Cecilia Alemani’s main show and at the US Pavilion, Simone Leigh receives the Golden Lion for the Best Artist. The Golden Lion for the Best National Pavilion goes to Great Britain with works by Sonia Boyce and curated by Emma Ridgway. Special mentions received Zineb Sedira’s French Pavilion curated by Yasmina Reggad, Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath and Ugandas Pavilion with Acaye Kernen and Collin Sekajugo curated by Shaheen Merali.
Zineb Sedira, Les rêves n’ont pas de titre/ Dreams have no titles, 2022. Installation view of the France Pavilion at 59th Venice Biennale. Photo: C&
Zineb Sedira, Les rêves n’ont pas de titre/ Dreams have no titles, 2022. Installation view of the France Pavilion at 59th Venice Biennale. Photo: C&
Zineb Sedira, Les rêves n’ont pas de titre/ Dreams have no titles, 2022. Installation view of the France Pavilion at 59th Venice Biennale. Photo: C&
Zineb Sedira, Les rêves n’ont pas de titre/ Dreams have no titles, 2022. Installation view of the France Pavilion at 59th Venice Biennale. Photo: C&
Zineb Sedira, Les rêves n’ont pas de titre/ Dreams have no titles, 2022. Installation view of the France Pavilion at 59th Venice Biennale. Photo: C&
Zineb Sedira, Les rêves n’ont pas de titre/ Dreams have no titles, 2022. Installation view of the France Pavilion at 59th Venice Biennale. Photo: C&
Zineb Sedira, Les rêves n’ont pas de titre/ Dreams have no titles, 2022. Installation view of the France Pavilion at 59th Venice Biennale. Photo: C&
Sonia Boyce, Feeling Her Way, 2022. Installation view of the Great Britain Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale. Photo: C&
Sonia Boyce, Feeling Her Way, 2022. Installation view of the Great Britain Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale. Photo: C&
Sonia Boyce, Feeling Her Way, 2022. Installation view of the Great Britain Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale. Photo: C&
Sonia Boyce, Feeling Her Way, 2022. Installation view of the Great Britain Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale. Photo: C&
Simone Leigh, Sovereignty, 2022. Installation view of the USA Pavillon at the 59th Venice Biennale. Photo: C&
Simone Leigh, Sovereignty, 2022. Installation view of the USA Pavillon at the 59th Venice Biennale. Photo: C&
Simone Leigh, Sovereignty, 2022. Installation view of the USA Pavillon at the 59th Venice Biennale. Photo: C&
Simone Leigh, Sovereignty, 2022. Installation view of the USA Pavillon at the 59th Venice Biennale. Photo: C&
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![(clockwise) Manyaku Mashilo, Passage to Prayer (detail), 2023. Credit: Hayden Phipps & Southern Guild Archives. Courtesy of the artist; Tatenda Chidora, Self isolation II, 2021. Ilford Gold fibre Pearl 290gsm, 102cm x 132cm. Courtesy of the artist; Anaïs Cheleux, Mas Maten, Guadeloupe, shot on digital camera, 2016. Courtesy of the artist; Glicéria Tupinambá, Manto tupinambá [Tupinambá Mantle], 2023. Courtesy of the artist. Foto: Glicéria Tupinambá; Elizabeth Catlett, African American, 2009, MUSEUM MMK FÜR MODERNE KUNST, © Elizabeth Catlett Family Trust / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2023, photo: Axel Schneider.](https://contemporaryand.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Bildschirmfoto-2024-12-19-um-21.08.13-480x300.png)
