Indigenous artists scoops Venice Biennale’s Golden Lions
Archie Moore won best national pavilion for Australia, and a group of four Māori women awarded the Best Participant Golden Lion
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00:00 Judges at the 60th Venice Biennale have awarded Australia and its curator Archie Moore its
00:06 coveted Golden Lion as this year's winning national exhibit. His work, Kith and Kin,
00:12 explores his Australian, Aboriginal and British ancestry and examines First Nation Australian
00:17 history and the impact of colonisation. The winner of the Best Participant Golden Lion
00:22 was a group of Maori women from New Zealand called the Mataua Collective. Held every two
00:27 years, the Venice Biennale is often considered as the Olympics of the art world.
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