Loft 3 Gallery space in Harare (image - web) In just a few years since its establishment, Loft 3 Gallery, has emerged as an increasingly visible participant in the international art market. Its latest appearance at Art Market Budapest in Hungary, taking place from 15 to 18 October 2026, marks another significant milestone in the gallery's ambitious international expansion. Led by founder and director Peter Morrisby, Loft 3 Gallery presenting a selection of artists associated

by Richard Mudariki Installation shot - Wycliffe Mundopa's Ritual (image courtesy of Space Un) Wycliffe Mundopa’s Ritual at space Un, Tokyo, follows his June 2026 solo exhibition Hunters in the Garden at First Floor Gallery Harare, extending a distinctly Harare-centred visual language into one of Asia’s most sophisticated contemporary art environments. There is something significant about encountering Wycliffe Mundopa’s paintings in Tokyo only a few months after his presentat

Julio Rizhi installation shot - Kwatiri Kubva Nekwatiri Kuenda (Where We Are Coming From and Where We Are Going) at Simchowitz ( image courtesy of Simchowitz website) by artweb Zimbabwean artist Julio Rizhi will present a new solo exhibition, Kwatiri Kubva Nekwatiri Kuenda (Where We Are Coming From and Where We Are Going), at Hill House in Pasadena, California, opening on 11 October 2026. Presented by Simchowitz, the exhibition brings together 22 works made between 2020 and 2

by Richard Mudariki Installtion shot - Wallen Mapondera solo exhibition at Mitterrand Gallery (image courtesy of Mitterrand Gallery website) At Mitterrand Gallery in Paris, Wallen Mapondera turns a deeply personal encounter with state power into a broader meditation on legality, responsibility and the human consequences of bureaucratic decisions. There is something deliberately uncomfortable about the question at the centre of Mapondera’s latest exhibition: How Do You Even Sl

by Richard Mudariki GRESHAM TAPIWA NYAUDE (2026) Down the Ladder, Oil and charcoal on canvas (image courtesy of Vanguard Gallery I have known Gresham Tapiwa Nyaude for more than a decade. I have watched his career develop from the early days of his practice in Harare, and what has always struck me about Nyaude is not simply the recognisability of his visual language, but his consistency. He has remained steadfast in his commitment to painting, to his subject matter and, impor

Cameroon Pavilion. Courtesy of La Biennale di Venezia, Photo: Andrea Avezzú by Katica Kocsis k It is hardly surprising that one of the biggest stars of contemporary Black art has now arrived at the Biennale, contemporary art’s Olympics. His first solo exhibition in Italy gives us the Boafo everyone knows: the sensual, finger-painted faces, the frontal figures, the vibrant colors, and the constant play between identity and style. But here, Boafo does not simply give us the pol

Richie Madyira (2025), Oil on Canvas By Richard Mudariki Yet another powerful wave of international exhibitions featuring Zimbabwean contemporary artists continues to affirm the country’s growing importance within the global art world. Across London, Bucharest, Dallas, Singapore, Cape Town, and Johannesburg, Zimbabwean artists are increasingly participating in ambitious exhibitions that explore identity, migration, spirituality, memory, politics, and belonging through highly

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.

by Wadzanai Machirirori Visitors to the artworld passport booth at the Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2026 At the 2026 edition of the Investec Cape Town Art Fair, the Artworld Passport returned not as a speculative proposition but as an activated system. The booth operated less as a commercial stand and more as an art border post, archive, and civic registration office. Throughout the week at the CTICC, dense queues formed as new passport holders waited to be issued, photographe

by Wadzanai Machirirori At the National Gallery of Zimbabwe in Harare, Option Dzikamai Nyahunzvi’s solo exhibition ' Zvatiri' unfolds not simply as an exhibition of new work, but as a declaration. Translating to “The Way We Are,” the title carries the weight of assertion rather than description. It signals presence. It insists on continuity. In a Zimbabwe still negotiating the layered realities of post-colonial identity, spirituality, and institutional memory, Nyahunzvi posi

by artweb Installation shot of exhibition of Portia Zvavahera's latest exhibition (image from David Zwirner website) Yesterday, Los Angeles witnessed the opening of Portia Zvavahera’s latest exhibition, Zvibereko zvemweya wangu , at David Zwirner’s Western Avenue space. For those who have followed Zvavahera’s meteoric rise over the past decade, this exhibition confirms what many already know: she is one of the most singular, emotionally attuned, and spiritually resonant paint

by artweb Image: South African Department of Sports, Arts and Culture Instagram Post. As countries around the world announce their participation in the 61st edition of La Biennale di Venezia, the recent statement from South Africa’s Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC) confirming the nation’s participation in the Venice Biennale Arte 2026 marks a significant shift in how one of its most prominent cultural showcases will be governed and delivered. Traditionally, natio