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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4587/A.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Simone Leigh: 1st Black Woman to Represent US at Biennale' data-article-id='5114'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='11813'>Simone Leigh is known for creating large art works that represent and celebrate the experiences of Black women.</span> <span data-start-time='11813' data-end-time='24396'>Now she will be the first Black woman to represent the United States at the highly respected arts festival, the Venice Biennale.</span> <span data-start-time='24396' data-end-time='38458'>The State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) announced the decision Wednesday.</span> <span data-start-time='38458' data-end-time='44458'>Leigh lives in New York City and rarely speaks to reporters.</span> <span data-start-time='44458' data-end-time='60083'>However, she told The New York Times newspaper that the country’s bad racial climate, “doesn’t distract me from the fact of how amazing it is to be a Black artist right now.”</span> <span data-start-time='60083' data-end-time='65729'>Jill Medvedow is director of the Boston museum.</span> <span data-start-time='65729' data-end-time='77042'>She said in a statement: “At such a crucial moment in history, I can think of no better artist to represent the United States.”</span> <span data-start-time='77042' data-end-time='92604'>She praised Leigh’s work for the past twenty years “that centers the experiences and histories of Black women,” calling them “probing, timely and urgent.”</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4587/A.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=16048 data-hint-location='11813' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4587/what_is_the_venice_biennale.wav'>What is the Venice Biennale?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='a highly respected arts festival'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4587/a_highly_respected_arts_festival.wav'><span>a highly respected arts festival</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4587/a_famous_museum.wav'><span>a famous museum</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4587/a_trendy_restaurant_for_artists.wav'><span>a trendy restaurant for artists</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4587/a_revered_art_school.wav'><span>a revered art school</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=16049 data-hint-location='38458' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4587/where_does_simone_leigh_reside.wav'>Where does Simone Leigh reside?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='New York City'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4587/new_york_city.wav'><span>New York City</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4587/stockholm.wav'><span>Stockholm</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4587/tampa.wav'><span>Tampa</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4587/paris.wav'><span>Paris</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=16050 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4587/simone_leigh_is_known_for_creating_large_art_works_that_celebrate_the_experiences_of__blank_.wav'>Simone Leigh is known for creating large art works that celebrate the experiences of <span class='blank'>Black women</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Black women'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4587/black_women.wav'><span>Black women</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4587/white_children.wav'><span>White children</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4587/asian_americans.wav'><span>Asian Americans</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4587/playful_children.wav'><span>Playful children</span></div></div></div><div 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