‘Luminous’ truck strap artwork wins prestigious Biennale prize in first for New Zealand
by The Guardian
The Guardian— Collective of Māori artists wins Golden Lion at Venice Biennale for Takapau, a large-scale installation inspired by woven matsA Māori artist collective’s dazzling, intricate canopy woven from reflective trucking straps has been awarded a prestigious global art prize – the first time a New Zealand artwork has won the award.On Saturday, the jury of the 60th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale awarded New Zealand’s Mataaho Collective the Golden Lion for best international...
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The Guardian—Activist wins Goldman prize for effort to clean up California trucking and railway sectors. Andrea Vidaurre helped persuade regulators to adopt rules that will improve air quality for millions in one of US’s smoggiest areasA grassroots organizer from one of the US’s smoggiest communities has been awarded the prestigious Goldman prize for environmental activists, after leading a successful campaign to clean up California’s trucking and railway sectors.Andrea Vidaurre from Inland Empire, a sprawling metropolitan region in southern California, helped persuade state regulators to adopt two...
The Guardian—First Nations woman one of seven global winners of prestigious Goldman prize for environmental activism. Murrawah Johnson recognised for role in landmark legal case to block coalmine backed by Clive PalmerGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastFor Murrawah Johnson, the impacts of the climate crisis and the destruction of land to mine the fossil fuels that drive it are more than simple questions of atmospheric physics or environmental harm.“What colonisation hasn’t already done, climate change will do in terms of finalising the assimilation process for First Nations...