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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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US artist Leigh recasts colonial imagery at Venice Biennale

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Simone Leigh’s sculptures are making a monumental impression at the Venice Biennale contemporary art exhibition.

The first Black woman to headline the U.S. Pavilion at the international show, the American sculptor installed a monumental 24-foot sculpture outside the Palladian-style brick building, which she topped with a thatched raffia roof on wooden columns.

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