<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[artWeb Africa]]></title><description><![CDATA[ArtWeb Africa is an independent digital arts and culture publication ]]></description><link>https://www.artweb.africa/all-articles</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 22:13:03 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.artweb.africa/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Who Is Buying Zimbabwean Contemporary Art? Inside the Collections of Billionaires, Celebrities and the World’s Leading Art Museums.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Celebrity billionaire Jay Z in from of The Tengwe Farms, by Moffat Takadiwa, at his Roc Nation Offices in Los Angeles. (image: Renell Medrano for the New York Times) by artweb The recent auction performance of Zimbabwean painter Portia Zvavahera has once again brought international attention to the country's contemporary art market. Yet behind every headline-making auction result lies a much larger and often less visible network of collectors, galleries, museums, foundations and cultural...]]></description><link>https://www.artweb.africa/post/who-is-buying-zimbabwean-contemporary-art-inside-the-collections-of-billionaires-celebrities-and-t</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ad5cc315b0b12ce936cf546</guid><category><![CDATA[Art Market Watch]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:47:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c4ea_a0db62a7fc4f4ec4b57e61d0fd957e39~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Staff Writer</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Rising Value of Zimbabwean Art: Portia Zvavahera's $406,200 Record at Christie's London]]></title><description><![CDATA[Portia Zvavahera- This is where I travelled (3) mixed media on canvas (sold for GBP 307,200 at Christie's London) by artweb On 14 October 2026, Zimbabwean contemporary artist Portia Zvavahera reached another important milestone in her international career when her painting This is where I travelled 3 (2020) sold for £307,200 (approximately US$406,200) at Christie's London, establishing a new personal world auction record. Offered as part of Monsoon: The Peter Simon Collection, the painting...]]></description><link>https://www.artweb.africa/post/the-rising-value-of-zimbabwean-art-portia-zvavahera-s-406-200-record-at-christie-s-london</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ad235585f4dfa83f7825f0a</guid><category><![CDATA[Art Market Watch]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 14:54:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c4ea_95a2d8371f444cfd86ca618bd25ec052~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_630,h_625,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Staff Writer</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[From Harare to Budapest: Loft 3 Gallery Makes Its Mark on the International Art Fair Circuit]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 with its growing...]]></description><link>https://www.artweb.africa/post/from-harare-to-budapest-loft-3-gallery-makes-its-mark-on-the-international-art-fair-circuit</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ad1e614156a3d784681ac31</guid><category><![CDATA[Exhibitions]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:03:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c4ea_e5c1252dd2b144d2b56cb227d3eab1e9~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_829,h_626,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Staff Writer</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zeitz MOCAA Heads to Harare.]]></title><description><![CDATA[by artweb Harare's contemporary art scene is preparing for an extraordinary November. With the 58th Annual Conference of the International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art (CIMAM) approaching, another major African art institution has announced plans to bring international patrons, collectors and cultural supporters to Zimbabwe's capital. The Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA) has unveiled its 2026 Curated Art Tour to Harare, a three-day programme...]]></description><link>https://www.artweb.africa/post/zeitz-mocaa-heads-to-harare</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ad1e614156a3d784681ac58</guid><category><![CDATA[Museums & Heritage]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 20:38:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c4ea_24dbf8b69c3841f8882ba7b283ca6acb~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_564,h_686,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Staff Writer</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Countdown to CIMAM 2026: Harare’s Art Spaces Take Centre Stage as Global Museum Leaders Prepare to Arrive.]]></title><description><![CDATA[by artweb National Gallery of Zimbabwe in Harare, venue of the CIMAM conference 2026 The countdown has begun. In just over five weeks, Harare will welcome an international gathering of museum directors, curators, researchers and cultural professionals for the 58th Annual Conference of the International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art (CIMAM), scheduled for 20–22 November 2026. For Zimbabwe's visual arts community, the significance of this gathering extends far beyond the...]]></description><link>https://www.artweb.africa/post/countdown-to-cimam-2026-harare-s-art-spaces-take-centre-stage-as-global-museum-leaders-prepare-to-a</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ad1e614156a3d784681ac5e</guid><category><![CDATA[Museums & Heritage]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 19:14:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c4ea_3a9f99d90e83462f9b4c7330ee215d2d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_881,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Staff Writer</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zimbabwe’s Art Power Couples: partnerships that have helped shape Zimbabwe's art history.]]></title><description><![CDATA[by artweb The late Helen Lerios and Derek Huggins at Gallery Delta in Harare (photo supplied) Art history often celebrates the achievements of individuals. We remember the painters whose canvases challenged conventions, the sculptors who transformed materials into powerful expressions of identity, and the curators and gallerists who brought new artistic voices into public consciousness. Yet behind some of Zimbabwe's most important artistic developments lies another story, that of couples...]]></description><link>https://www.artweb.africa/post/zimbabwe-s-art-power-couples-partnerships-that-have-helped-shape-zimbabwe-s-art-history</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ad1e614156a3d784681ac3e</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:03:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c4ea_c6363c41bf264a82bd8ca31b03d487a4~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_874,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Staff Writer</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zimbabwe’s Art Future Cannot Be Built in Harare Alone.]]></title><description><![CDATA[by Richard Mudariki There are moments in the cultural life of a country when an apparently simple gesture carries a much greater meaning. The donation of 10 hectares of land at Mount Worsley Estate in Mutare for a new branch of the National Gallery of Zimbabwe is one of those moments. The Masamvu and Rodgers families have not simply donated land. They have made a statement about the importance of culture, about the future of Manicaland, and about the responsibility of those who have the means...]]></description><link>https://www.artweb.africa/post/zimbabwe-s-art-future-cannot-be-built-in-harare-alone</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ad1e612156a3d784681abc3</guid><category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 07:12:11 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Richard  Mudariki</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[From Harare to Tokyo: Wycliffe Mundopa’s Ritual of Everyday Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 presentation of Hunters in...]]></description><link>https://www.artweb.africa/post/from-harare-to-tokyo-wycliffe-mundopa-s-ritual-of-everyday-life</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ad1e612156a3d784681abc2</guid><category><![CDATA[Exhibitions]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 21:46:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c4ea_ca6ae69d123245a787541f8d95a0b81b~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_945,h_517,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Richard  Mudariki</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kwatiri Kubva Nekwatiri Kuenda - Rizhi Solo Exhibition in California]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 2024, tracing...]]></description><link>https://www.artweb.africa/post/kwatiri-kubva-nekwatiri-kuenda-rizhi-solo-exhibition-in-california</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ad1e614156a3d784681ac57</guid><category><![CDATA[Exhibitions]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:48:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c4ea_896bc024fd324dc6a9a57a4f5dd64e43~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_893,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Staff Writer</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wallen Mapondera Asks: How Do You Even Sleep At Night?]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 Sleep At Night? It...]]></description><link>https://www.artweb.africa/post/wallen-mapondera-asks-how-do-you-even-sleep-at-night</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ad1e612156a3d784681abe4</guid><category><![CDATA[Exhibitions]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c4ea_497bf2513a1346ebb2a1ec9e31d83c10~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_635,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Richard  Mudariki</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gresham Tapiwa Nyaude: Becoming the Alter Ego]]></title><description><![CDATA[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, importantly, to his...]]></description><link>https://www.artweb.africa/post/gresham-tapiwa-nyaude-becoming-the-alter-ego</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ad1e612156a3d784681abd6</guid><category><![CDATA[Exhibitions]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c4ea_c379226ae73b47cba73b01f104135048~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_804,h_796,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Richard  Mudariki</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 Things Not to Miss at the Venice Biennale If You Are Interested in African Art]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 polished version of...]]></description><link>https://www.artweb.africa/post/10-things-not-to-miss-at-the-venice-biennale-if-you-are-interested-in-african-art</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ad1e613156a3d784681ac02</guid><category><![CDATA[Exhibitions]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c4ea_ba6bff824e894738bf7154fa630b1f00~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_954,h_641,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Katica Kocsis</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 Emerging Artists from Zimbabwe You Should Keep an Eye On]]></title><description><![CDATA[by Katica Kocsis Zimbabwe’s contemporary art scene is not waiting to be discovered. It is already alive, sharp, and full of artists who work with strong material intelligence. In this younger generation, figuration returns again and again, but never as simple representation. Bodies, textiles, gestures, hands, plants, patterns, and found materials become ways of speaking about memory, survival, community, womanhood, and social pressure. Here are ten Zimbabwean emerging artists worth following....]]></description><link>https://www.artweb.africa/post/10-emerging-artists-from-zimbabwe-you-should-keep-an-eye-on</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ad1e613156a3d784681ac03</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c4ea_527bb18a4898450d8d94df39cde48efc~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Katica Kocsis</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unyanzvi hwemaArtist Gumi Nerimwe emuZimbabwe Uri Kuwedzera Mukurumbira Pasi Rose.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Na Richard Mudariki Basa raRichi Madyira rakaitirwa pa oiri iri pa canvas (mugore ra2025) Maartist eZimbabwe ari kuramba achisimbisa kukosha kweart yemuZimbabwe pasi rose. Kubvira kuLondon, Bucharest, Dallas, Singapore, Cape Town, neJohannesburg, maartist eZimbabwe ari kuwedzera kuoneka muzviratidziro zvikuru zvinotarisa nyaya dzakaita sechimiro chemunhu, zvechitendero nemweya, ndangariro, zvematongerwo enyika. Pamwe chete, maratidziro aya anoratidza kusiyana kukuru uye simba remifungo riri...]]></description><link>https://www.artweb.africa/post/unyanzvi-hwemaartist-gumi-nerimwe-emuzimbabwe-uri-kuwedzera-mukurumbira-pasi-rose</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ad1e612156a3d784681ab91</guid><category><![CDATA[Articles in SHONA]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 11:38:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c4ea_7edef4047ea94b6f8c0006945b0ca760~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Richard  Mudariki</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[These 11 Artists Continue the Global Expansion of Zimbabwean Contemporary Art this Winter.]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 individual...]]></description><link>https://www.artweb.africa/post/these-11-artists-continue-the-global-expansion-of-zimbabwean-contemporary-art-this-winter</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ad1e612156a3d784681abd5</guid><category><![CDATA[Exhibitions]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 08:54:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c4ea_283437d536a140f09b984d948e7c4ed3~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Richard  Mudariki</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contemporary Zimbabwean Artists Command International Attention in 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[by Richard Mudariki Onlookers to Portia Zvavahera's work at Norval Foundation in Cape Town (image: NF Instagram) From Venice to Munich, Rotterdam to New York, and Cape Town to Umbria, Zimbabwean contemporary artists are increasingly occupying major institutional and commercial spaces across the global art world. What was once viewed as a peripheral scene is now asserting itself with confidence, intellectual depth, and strong curatorial relevance. The current wave of exhibitions and...]]></description><link>https://www.artweb.africa/post/contemporary-zimbabwean-artists-command-international-attention-in-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ad1e612156a3d784681abaf</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 17:54:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c4ea_351661ac5af04cb7b2bbe26016493fd4~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_757,h_826,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Richard  Mudariki</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A historic moment: South Africa has today handed over the Zimbabwe Soapstone Bird and ancestral remains to Zimbabwe in Cape Town.]]></title><description><![CDATA[by Richard Mudariki Dr Bongani Ndhlovu, Acting CEO of Iziko Museums of South Africa, formally handed over the Zimbabwe Bird and ancestral remains to Dr Paul Mupira of the National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe. At Groote Schuur in 2014 For me, this is especially meaningful. I wrote and advocated for the return of the Zimbabwe Bird in an article in 2014, and I remember visiting Groote Schuur to see the bird in person. To witness its return today is both deeply satisfying and rewarding. The...]]></description><link>https://www.artweb.africa/post/a-historic-moment-south-africa-has-today-handed-over-the-zimbabwe-soapstone-bird-and-ancestral-rema</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ad1e612156a3d784681abc1</guid><category><![CDATA[Museums & Heritage]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:23:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c4ea_577ca4a4b92744a69fb825e00e00d403~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Richard  Mudariki</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nhau Dzakakosha: South Africa nhasi yapa zviri pamutemo Zimbabwe Bird pamwe chete nemapfupa emadzitateguru kuZimbabwe muCape Town.]]></title><description><![CDATA[naRichard Mudariki Shiri yeZimbabwe (mufananidzo wakatorwa naRichard Mudariki ku Groote Schuur 2014) Dr Bongani Ndhlovu, vari Acting CEO veIziko Museums of South Africa, vakapa zviri pamutemo shiri yenyika (Zimbabwe Bird) pamwe chete nemapfupa emadzitateguru kuna Dr Paul Mupira veNational Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe kuCape Town. Ndiri PaGroote Schuur muna 2014 Kwandiri, izvi zvine chirevo chikuru zvikuru. Ndaigaronyora ndikakurudzira kudzoserwa kwenhaka yedu iyi muchinyorwa...]]></description><link>https://www.artweb.africa/post/nhau-dzakakosha-south-africa-nhasi-yapa-zviri-pamutemo-zimbabwe-bird-pamwe-chete-nemapfupa-emadzita</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ad1e612156a3d784681ab9d</guid><category><![CDATA[Articles in SHONA]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c4ea_577ca4a4b92744a69fb825e00e00d403~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Richard  Mudariki</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kupinduka: Virginia Chihota’s Major European Museum Solo]]></title><description><![CDATA[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. ]]></description><link>https://www.artweb.africa/post/kupinduka-virginia-chihota-s-major-european-museum-solo</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ad1e614156a3d784681ac5d</guid><category><![CDATA[Exhibitions]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 20:39:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c4ea_d3a2cd6b611d44be9a6b4d4221819b52~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Staff Writer</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When War Breaks the Portfolio: Why Art Deserves to Be Considered a Hedge]]></title><description><![CDATA[by Richard Mudariki Richard Mudariki (2025), 19 October, oil on canvas and painted wood (artist collection - IMAGE: RESERVIOUR) As I work in my studio on my latest body of work, news arrives of bombs falling again in the Middle East. The contrast between the quiet concentration of the studio and the violence unfolding elsewhere in the world is impossible to ignore. It reminds me why, in 2011, I began a body of work with my first solo exhibition in Cape Town titled My Reality . That exhibition...]]></description><link>https://www.artweb.africa/post/when-war-breaks-the-portfolio-why-art-deserves-to-be-considered-a-hedge</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ad1e612156a3d784681abae</guid><category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 22:26:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c4ea_2086684cba14431cba1dec71dd374938~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Richard  Mudariki</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>