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Ben Luke

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

This was one of the shows that burned brightly in 2020 before another coronavirus wave forced its doors shut. It returns with some additions, reflecting the progress in the South African artist’s work in the intervening years.

And it confirms that Muholi is one of the supreme purveyors of photographic art today, exploring Black queer life in South Africa – and their own place within that culture and more widely – with unflinching directness, touching intimacy and technical virtuosity.

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