The Board of La Biennale di Venezia has announced that Ghanaian–Scottish architectural academic, educator, and novelist Lesley Lokko will curate the next Venice Architecture Biennale, which will take place from May to November, 2023. The title and theme of the 18th Architecture Biennale is Laboratory of the Future.

Lokko will follow Hashim Sarkis, who curated the 17th International Architecture Exhibition that recently wrapped up its six-month run at the Giardini and Arsenale, having been bumped to an odd-number year (2021) due to the coronavirus pandemic. His theme, How will we live together?, continued the trajectory the Biennale has taken since Alejandro Aravena in 2016, namely a move away from architectural form-making and toward social, environmental, and other concerns. Lokko's appointment is clearly aligned with broader shifts in architecture toward incorporating underrepresented voices and considering places often overlooked. These ideas are echoed by La Biennale di Venezia President Roberto Cicutto, who recommended Lokko's appointment.

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