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Contemporary Zimbabwean Artists Command International Attention in 2026
by Richard Mudariki Onlookers to Portia Zvavahera's work at Norval Foundation in Cape Town (image: NF Instagram) From Venice to Munich, Rotterdam to New York, and Cape Town to Umbria, Zimbabwean contemporary artists are increasingly occupying major institutional and commercial spaces across the global art world. What was once viewed as a peripheral scene is now asserting itself with confidence, intellectual depth, and strong curatorial relevance. The current wave of exhibitio
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Contemporary Zimbabwean Artists Command International Attention in 2026
by Richard Mudariki Onlookers to Portia Zvavahera's work at Norval Foundation in Cape Town (image: NF Instagram) From Venice to Munich, Rotterdam to New York, and Cape Town to Umbria, Zimbabwean contemporary artists are increasingly occupying major institutional and commercial spaces across the global art world. What was once viewed as a peripheral scene is now asserting itself with confidence, intellectual depth, and strong curatorial relevance. The current wave of exhibitio
A historic moment: South Africa has today handed over the Zimbabwe Soapstone Bird and ancestral remains to Zimbabwe in Cape Town.
by Richard Mudariki Dr Bongani Ndhlovu, Acting CEO of Iziko Museums of South Africa, formally handed over the Zimbabwe Bird and ancestral remains to Dr Paul Mupira of the National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe. At Groote Schuur in 2014 For me, this is especially meaningful. I wrote and advocated for the return of the Zimbabwe Bird in an article in 2014, and I remember visiting Groote Schuur to see the bird in person. To witness its return today is both deeply satisfying a
Kupinduka: Virginia Chihota’s Major European Museum Solo
The title, in Shona, speaks to a notion of turning or transformation, a shift from one state into another, often understood as a passage that is both psychological and spiritual.
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