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Zanele Muholi: queer South African visual activist cements their global influence

South African visual activist Zanele Muholi’s celebrated work centres the lives and experiences of Black lesbians and trans people. For more than two decades Muholi has used photography to courageously open space for queer representation within and outside of art galleries in South Africa and across the world.

The Conversation

South African photographer Zanele Muholi: ‘My mother worked for a white family. I remember the pools I wasn’t allowed to swim in’

The artist has spent three decades changing the face of African art, and has just won the prestigious Hasselblad award. But they say the win isn’t about them – it’s for under-represented people still living with the echoes of Apartheid

The Guardian - UK

These photos just won the world’s largest prize in photography – worth a staggering US$224,000!

The Hasselblad Foundation names the latest Hasselblad Award laureate, honoring one of today's most influential photographers

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The best exhibitions in London this summer, from Barbie to Vincent van Gogh

From rare works from Renaissance masters, to photography series celebrating play, the city is packed with dazzling art shows

Evening Standard

Zanele Muholi celebrates South Africa’s Black LGBTI communities in LA and London

Zanele Muholi's portraits and sculptures are currently on show at Southern Guild Los Angeles and the Tate Modern, London

Wallpaper

Zanele Muholi at Tate Modern review: delightful but devastating show by one of today's supreme photographic artists

This is one of the greatest exercises in self-portraiture of this, or any, age

Evening Standard

Photographer Zanele Muholi: 'I want to educate people about our community'

Charting the history of South Africa’s queer community starts with their gaze, says artist Zanele Muholi. Isobel Van Dyke meets them

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The inaugural Design Miami LA explores living with design

Inside the debut of Design Miami LA, staged at the Holmby Hills Estate until 20 May 2024

Wallpaper

Southern Guild LA opens just in time for Frieze

Southern Guild LA has opened with two inaugural shows ahead of Frieze, a natural next step for the South African gallery and its wide US fanbase

Wallpaper

The most exciting US art exhibitions of 2024

Rather than a sole focus on the bigger, established names, major exhibitions this year are expanding to include a range of diverse and innovative names

The Guardian - US

Black Venus review – defiantly face to face with the inhuman past

The shocking life of 19th-century ‘Hottentot Venus’ Saartjie Baartman haunts a riveting show in which 18 artists respond to objectification and Black femininity

The Guardian - UK

Commentary: The ‘soft girl era’ is sweeping social media, but the idea of a soft life for Black women isn’t new

In the last several years there has been a growing conversation among Black women about what it means to live outside of the struggle of survival. A widespread intention to reclaim and recommit to what social media has coined as a “soft life.”

Los Angeles Times

Zanele Muholi and the coming out of Black queer South African communities

The first retrospective in France devoted to renowned South African photographer and activist Zanele Muholi has opened in Paris. The exhibition brings together more than 200 works documenting the life of Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual communities.

Radio France Internationale

From Ancient Egypt to Gainsbourg and Picasso: The Paris exhibits to see in 2023

Paris is gearing up for a new year of must-see exhibits, from a rare chance to view the sarcophagus of Pharaoh Ramesses II to a Harry Potter “experience” or a deep dive into rival Impressionists Edouard Manet and Edgar Degas.

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‘My story deserves to be told’ – what Qatar could learn from Zanele Muholi’s LGBTQ+ portraits

As the World Cup kicks off in repressive Qatar, where same-sex sexual activity is illegal, Muholi’s moving, dignified photographs of marginalised South Africans feel more urgent than ever

The National (Scotland)

‘Past history of struggle has shaped the present moment’

ZANELE Muholi is a major figure in photographic art today.

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