and the stories we re told. the artist, alberta whittle, is the first black woman to represent scotland in venice. i think the world s more ready to accept women artists, possibly. black women artists, i don t know. i d like it if people weren t so scared to work with ideas of race or to kind of open up these conversations. but change is afoot here, certainly when it comes to whose art gets a place on the wall. katie razzall, bbc news, venice. ajapanese woman, officially certified as the world s oldest person, has died aged 119. kane tanaka got married a century ago. emily brown reports. a warning, her report contains flash photography. kane tanaka, officially certified as the world s oldest person, has died at the age of 119. she was born on the 2nd ofjanuary 1903, the same year as george orwell.