Mataaho Collective wins prestigious prize at 60th Venice Biennale
The Golden Lion has been won by New Zealand’s Mataaho Collective, comprising four wāhine Māori practitioners: Erena Arapere-Baker (Te Atiawa ki Whakarongotai, Ngāti Toa Rangātira), Sarah Hudson (Ngāti Awa, Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Pūkeko), Bridget Reweti (Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Te Rangi) and Terri Te Tau (Rangitāne ki Wairarapa).
Considered one of the highest accolades for art, Mataaaho Collective have won the Golden Lion for the Best Participant in the 60th International Exhibition, Stranieri Ovunque - Foreigners Everywhere.