Zanele Muholi’s exquisite images of South Africa’s black LGBT and township communities are a magnificent act of solidarity
Ce livre très attendu est la première monographie en langue française de Zanele Muholi artiste et activiste sud africaine. Militante engagée de longue
Zanele Muholi ha dedicado su trabajo a fotografiar comunidades gays de Sudáfrica como una denuncia al estigma que aún rodea a lesbianas y homosexuales en su país
L’exposition de Zanele Muholi fut l’exposition vedette du Aspen Art Fair 2024. Zanele Muholi, activiste visuel, humanitaire et praticien de l'art
During a visit to the Ottawa Art Gallery a few years ago, I finally felt able to truly see myself in a museum. It was visual activist, Zanele Muholi's...
Zanele Muholi teases apart one of her favorite images from her 2016 series of self-portraits in an exclusive conversation with LensCulture.
Non-binary South African visual activist and artist Zanele Muholi presents an excellent monograph, Somnyama Ngonyama: Hail the Dark Lioness. A rare photographic tour de force.
In New York, South African visual activist Zanele Muholi, best known for chronicling South Africa’s Black trans, queer and intersex communities in photography, unveils their largest exhibition of paintings
Southern Guild Los Angeles is pleased to present ZANELE MUHOLI, an autobiographical panorama of the visual activist and artist as their creative practice evolves over time
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A Compelling Look At Queer Black Identity In Post-Apartheid South Africa (NSFW)
Art21 is the world’s leading source to learn directly from the artists of our time. The mission of Art21 is to educate and expand access to contemporary art through the production of documentary films, resources, and public programs.
Zanele Muholi celebrates Black LGBTQ+ lives through evocative visual activism in a powerful narrative that confronts societal norms and champions resilience.
South African photographer Zanele Muholi's black, queer and trans images go on show in London.
Zanele Muholi celebrates Black LGBTQ+ lives through evocative visual activism in a powerful narrative that confronts societal norms and champions resilience.
Through more than 60 photographs, South African visual activist Zanele Muholi’s first solo exhibition in London is a vast confrontation of the politics and history of race and representation. The ongoing self-portrait series, Somnyama Ngonyama, was shot throughout Europe, North America and Africa and Muholi’s “psychologically charged” portraits present subtlety disturbing images of the black […]
The striking portraits of South African photographer and activist Zanele Muholi (previously) are easily recognizable. Shot in stark black-and-white, the images utilize heavy contrast and center on single subjects dressed in elaborate garments. These wearables are sculptural in construction and made from commonplace objects: clothespins are strung together as a necklace, dried grasses splay outward like the brim of a hat, and rolls of toilet paper cascade over a figure’s shoulders. More
Art21 is the world’s leading source to learn directly from the artists of our time. The mission of Art21 is to educate and expand access to contemporary art through the production of documentary films, resources, and public programs.
For this visual activist, coming of age in South Africa’s Apartheid era wasn’t easy — and neither is setting the path for the next generation.
Quatre ans après une exposition annulée au bout de quelques semaines pour cause de pandémie, Zanele Muholi retrouve la Tate Modern de Londres.
Zanele Muholi’s new sculpture exhibition on display at Southern Guild in Cape Town offers a response to South Africa’s femicide and LGBTQ+ stigmatization.
Following hospitalisation last week, businesswoman and Ukhozi FM presenter Zanele Mbokazi's illness has been revealed.
Visual activist Zanele Muholi has received France's premier cultural award the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres - loosely translated as a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters. Muholi has dedicated her life to raise awareness about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights in South Africa and internationally.
South Africa might have been the continent’s first country to legalise same-sex marriage, but its LGBT community remains the target of hate crimes. Assault is common, and so-called “corrective rape” continues.
For this visual activist, coming of age in South Africa’s Apartheid era wasn’t easy — and neither is setting the path for the next generation.
The celebrity status that photographer Zanele Muholi has come to enjoy is paradoxical, considering the relatively incendiary tenor of their earlier work vis-à-vis the general atrophy of activist art in…
Art21 is the world’s leading source to learn directly from the artists of our time. The mission of Art21 is to educate and expand access to contemporary art through the production of documentary films, resources, and public programs.
Zanele would never forget this moment. She knew she was bound to this stranger with a deep love forever. When her twin sister dies Zanele is oppressed by family and tradition. In turning to the strangers she hopes to find the comfort she longs for.
Zanele Muholi releases their anticipated sequel to 'Somnyama Ngonyama', filled with with 100 new photographs as well as essays, letters and poems.
