11-03-2021
Architect Hashim Sarkis, curator of the 17th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, recommended Lina Bo Bardi as this year’s recipient of the Special Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in memoriam, proposal accepted by the Board of Directors of the Venice Biennale. The announcement was made on March 8, 2021, on the occasion of Women’s Day. For Hashim Sarkis, the Italian-born architect, designer, scenographer, artist and critic, naturalised as a Brazilian citizen, most fittingly embodies the theme of the Biennale Architettura 2021, identifying in the design of the São Paulo Museum the greatest example of her ability to transform architecture into a social art.