Simone Leigh

From the rise of sculpture to the return of landmark art events, three frieze editors discuss the year in art

From the Cecilia Vicuña’s paintings celebrating Indigenous forms at the Giardini to Marlene Dumas’s groundbreaking exhibition at Palazzo Grassi, these are the highlights from the 59th Venice Biennale

The curator talks about her approach to the 59th International Art Exhibition and restoring energy to the Venice Biennale

The frieze editors select the projects they are most looking forward to at the National Pavilions

At Maximillian William, a group show celebrates modernist sculpture bringing Simone Leigh and Magdalene Odundo’s anthropomorphic vessels together with Thaddeus Mosley’s Brancusian forms

As the artist’s inaugural show at Paula Cooper Gallery opens in New York, Rianna Jade Parker guides us through her filmmaking trajectory

In further news: Olga Tokarczuk and Peter Handke win Nobel prizes in literature; ‘censored’ Aichi Triennale reopened

From the High Line Plinth to the Whitney Biennial and the Guggenheim, the artist’s sculptures celebrate the architecture of the Black female body

Talks are free and available on a first-come, first-served basis Friday - Sunday in the Talks Lounge

In further news: Simone Leigh commissioned for High Line Plinth; Seoul Museum of Art director suspended over harassment claim

For our second report from BB10, ahead of its public opening tomorrow, a focus on KW Institute for Contemporary Art