Lesley Lokko to Curate 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale
Lesley Lokko has been named curator for the 18th International Architecture Exhibition at the Venice Architecture Biennale, scheduled from May 20 to November 26, 2023. Born in Dundee and raised in Accra, Lokko is the founder of the African Futures Institute and previously established the Graduate School of Architecture in Johannesburg. Despite a brief tenure as dean in New York, she resigned due to discontent with treatment towards Black women. A prominent figure with 30 years of experience in architecture, Lokko emphasizes the significance of an Africa-centered perspective in shaping future equitable designs.
Key facts
- Lesley Lokko will curate the 18th Venice Architecture Biennale.
- The exhibition runs from 20 May to 26 November 2023.
- Lokko is founder and director of the African Futures Institute in Accra, Ghana.
- She previously founded the Graduate School of Architecture at the University of Johannesburg.
- She resigned as dean of the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture in New York after one year.
- Lokko has written twelve novels and the academic book White Papers, Black Marks.
- Her thirteenth novel, The Lonely Hour, is forthcoming in 2023.
- The Biennale was postponed from 2020 and now occurs in odd years.
Entities
Artists
- Lesley Lokko
- Diébédo Francis Kéré
- Hashim Sarkis
- Umberto Eco
Institutions
- Venice Architecture Biennale
- African Futures Institute
- Graduate School of Architecture at the University of Johannesburg
- Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture
- The Bartlett, London
- University of Oxford
- La Biennale di Venezia
- Pritzker Architecture Prize
- Artribune
- City College of New York
- Graduate School of Architecture
- University of Johannesburg
- Bartlett School of Architecture
- University of London
- Kingston University
- London Metropolitan University
- Iowa State University
- University of Illinois at Chicago
- UTS Sydney
- University of Cape Town
- Council on Urban Initiatives
- UCL Press
- RIBA
- Mondadori
Locations
- Venice
- Italy
- Accra
- Ghana
- Johannesburg
- South Africa
- New York
- United States
- Dundee
- Scotland
- United Kingdom
- London
- Africa
- Europe
- Australia
- Giardini
- Arsenale
- Kingston
- London Metropolitan
- Iowa
- Illinois
- Chicago
- Sydney
- Cape Town