African Art History

When art returns, who does it belong to?

As masterpieces by William Kentridge and Pablo Picasso return to Johannesburg, Homecoming becomes less about art on walls and more about who gets to claim it

Lesego Chepape

8 min read

In colour: Cheri Samba’s Une Femme Conduisant le Monde is part of the exhibition titled When We See Us: A Century of Black Figuration in Painting, which opens at the Zeitz Mocaa in Cape Town later this month.

AFRICAN ART HISTORY

4 NOV 2022

When We See Us Celebrates 100 Years of Black figuration in painting

Inspired by the Ava DuVernay television series with a similar title, When We See Us is a conversation between black and African artists

Kim M Reynolds

9 min read