Sean Mpetiwa: I Paint the Beauty in the Chaos We Live In
Sean Mpetiwa’s works are self-portraits of a generation: vibrant, fleshy, ever-moving figures that map the everyday life, joys, anxieties, and survival strategies of Zimbabwean youth.
Frank Nkosiyabo: Healing begins by naming what we see in the night.
When we first met with Frank Nkosiyabo, I was struck by his exuberance—an active, focused energy that informs not only the way he handles paint, but the way he steers his own career
Amanda Shingirai Mushate: I’m expressing myself as a colorful person
Amanda Shingirai Mushate’s paintings resemble maps, where fluid lines and vibrant color blocks unfold into complex universes. As she explains, they are emotional landscapes, charting her past, present, and imagined future. Their fluidity and sensitive rhythm also convey a distinctly female experience, while for the artist painting is a way of following music, rhythm, and flow—her brushstrokes moving fast or slow, in tune with the song.
Tashinga Majiri: Hands are metaphors — they represent people and carry memory, family, livelihood
First Floor Gallery Harare presents Maoko Maranda, a new body of work by Zimbabwean artist Tashinga Majiri. Here, hands are never just hands — they become metaphors for identity, memory, and resilience. They carry stories of labor and struggle, but also of tenderness and creation. In this conversation, Majiri also speaks about hands as characters, the rhythm linking his poetry and paintings, and the dialogue between tradition and contemporary life.
I celebrate black people and the simplicity of life
I celebrate black people and the simplicity of life
To See Is An Act Of Love—Amoako Boafo: Proper Love
The Belvedere in Vienna is hosting the first European museum exhibition of the Ghanaian artist Amoako Boafo.
Sometimes showing humanity is like a piece of art
Sometimes showing humanity is like a piece of art
By recognizing our shared humanity, we may discover something greater than ourselves
By recognizing our shared humanity, we may discover something greater than ourselves