African Aesthetics

At Decorex Africa 2026, soft life shifts from aesthetic trend to cultural enquiry, asking how design can hold space for rest, identity and a more intentional way of living

Artist Nolan Oswald Dennis’s installation turns theory into soil, questioning who gets to decide what’s important — and why

Mtshali’s latest collection renders death not as absence, but presence — grief draped in beauty, ritual and defiance

Exhibiting internationally is important as far as opportunity goes, says Sibiya, but returning home is as necessary

British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare offers us a mongrelised vision for the future with his new hybrid forms