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Sonia Boyce wins the GOLDEN LION at the 59th Venice biennale

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APALAZZOGALLERY is proud to announce that Sonia Boyce OBE RA has been awarded the Golden Lion at the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, titled The Milk of Dreams, for Best National Participation with the British Pavilion. The artwork focuses on the vocal experimentation of five outstanding black female musicians as they embody feelings of power, freedom and vulnerability. Awarding the accolade, the jury said: ‘Sonia Boyce proposes … another reading of histories through the sonic. In working collaboratively with other black women, she unpacks a plenitude of silenced stories.’

23 April 2022

59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy