Zanele Muholi
latest news & developmentsZanele Muholi’s 20-year fight against forgetting
World-renowned visual activist Zanele Muholi's latest solo exhibition, 'Kanye Nawe', opens at Southern Guild Cape Town. The show spans two decades of their practice, including…
Opera singer Pumeza Matshikiza on joining the global fight against child abuse
Renowned soprano Pumeza Matshikiza steps off the stage and into advocacy, using her art and influence to fight child abuse
A day of art, vibes and black joy
BMW Art Generation fused music, fashion and community ambiance in an event that outshone traditional notions of art
Picturing the future with care and collaboration
At a three-day gathering in Johannesburg, the Black Women in Photography Conference centres their voices, struggles and legacies
Diary: Ardmore Studio’s Armoured Warriors, Nominations open for Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards, Javett-UP presents We, The Purple this September
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Diary: Jokes & Jazz for UKZN, Strauss & Co photography auction, Locarno comes to Cape Town
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Split does nothing to slow down artist
Zanele Muholi has left her long-time gallery but they are as alive and productive as ever
Art meets philanthropy as Zanele Muholi embarks on a new chapter
The photographer has created a nurturing space for young creatives to tell their own stories by setting up the Muholi Art Institute in Cape Town
Art of activism: 16 artists against gender violence
Artists whose work speaks against gender violence is art as activism that shows the need for more than 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence
South African artists taking over Chicago, Bonteheuwel style
The city has long had a fascination with South African jazz — and now with its visual artists
The current infatuation with portraiture has colonial roots
However, contemporary artists such as Cinga Samson, Zanele Muholi and Mohau Modisakeng found a liberating ally in self-portraiture
‘Any Given Sunday’: Public art as politics in the streets of Cape Town
Performances for ‘Any Given Sunday’ shook up Cape Town’s public spaces in a decolonial gesture in 2015
‘We only write about them when they are dead’: Hate killings of black lesbians in South Africa
In her book ‘Femicide in South Africa’, journalist and researcher Nechama Brodie examines the violent history the country’s black lesbians have endured
The Portfolio: Deseni Soobben
Deseni Soobben’s sensibilities have changed over the years, but she keeps revisiting the composition and design techniques she learned from her mentors
Talking Bodies: Photographers use self-portraits to tell stories
Mandisa Buthelezi and Thembi Mthembu are adding depth to the photographic archive through their self-portraits with captions and historical reframing