‘We put our heads above the parapet’: Lubaina Himid on winning her 40-year battle to storm the Venice Biennale
- Posted on May 5, 2026
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‘We put our heads above the parapet’: Lubaina Himid on winning her 40-year battle to storm the Venice Biennale
In the 1980s, she had to show her work in a corridor by the ICA’s toilet. Now she’s representing Britain at the ‘art Olympics’. So is the artist feeling a bit establishment? Quite the reverse
