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Pablo Picasso’s Buste Modern Style.
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
Jazz rehersals at home. Zola Madyaka and Eric Nomvete.
AFRICAN ARTISTS

Photography as a listening tool: Beata America puts it all on record

Beata America transforms photography into a medium of listening and memory in her Cabinet section, Record, at the Investec Cape Town Art Fair

  • Kibo Ngowi
3 min read
Shamilla Aasha’s The Healing Alchemy 2025
AFRICAN ARTISTS

Generations in conversation: Tandazani Dhlakama curates across time

Tandazani Dhlakama’s Generations section at the Investec Cape Town Art Fair pairs artists across borders and eras to reveal the quiet continuity shaping contemporary African art

  • Kibo Ngowi
3 min read
Joseph Ndandarika, who was once described as one of the three greatest living stone sculptors. (Image courtesy of the National Gallery of Zimbabwe)
AFRICAN ART

In praise of African art: How Shona sculpting emerged

How Shona stone art came into its own after independence

  • Percy Zvomuya
35 min read