Lesley Lokko to become first Black curator of Venice Architecture Biennale
Scottish-Ghanaian architect, academic and novelist Lesley Lokko has been appointed to curate the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2023, becoming the first Black architect to lead the biannual event.
Lokko, who is the founder of the African Futures Institute in Ghana and editor-in-chief of FOLIO: Journal of Contemporary African Architecture, will oversee the 18th edition of the prestigious architecture exhibition.
Her appointment marks the first time the Venice Biennale board ? currently led by president Roberto Cicutto ? has selected a curator of African descent.
It is also only the third time a woman has been chosen, following Kazuyo Sejima in 2010 and Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara in 2018.
"Speaking to you from the world's youngest continent, I would like to thank President Cicutto and the entire team of La Biennale di Venezia for this bold, brave choice," said Lokko. Lokko founded African Futures Institute
Cultural and racial identity is an important theme in much of Lokko's work across both architecture and writing.
She founded the African Futures Institute in Accra in 2020, positioning Africa as "the laboratory of the future".
She has a PhD in Architecture from the University of London and is the author of White Papers, Black Marks: Race, Space and Architecture, as well as 13 novels including the bestselling Sundowners.
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