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What counts as queer art? New book expands the boundaries of identity and expression

Queer Art, by curators Mollie E. Barnes and Gemma Rolls-Bentley, isn’t afraid to ask questions: what queerness is, what queer art can be, and why queer art matters.

The Conversation · May 29

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 · Mar 19

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 · Mar 13

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

Evening Standard · May 28, 2024

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 · May 19, 2024

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 · Feb 29, 2024

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 · Jan 9, 2024

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 · Jul 23, 2023

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 · Mar 16, 2023

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 · Feb 19, 2023