23 October 2026

Selected source-grounded coverage. Source dates are shown on each story; the edition date is a curation date in Africa/Accra.

InterviewSouthern Africa

Fadzai Veronica Muchemwa on Zimbabwe’s Venice pavilion

In an ART AFRICA interview with Suzette Bell-Roberts, curator Fadzai Veronica Muchemwa discusses Second Nature | Manyonga, Zimbabwe’s presentation at the 2026 Venice Biennale. Work by Franklyn Dzingai, Gideon Gomo, Pardon Mapondera, Eva Raath and Felix Shumba connects material processes with memory and change. Muchemwa questions celebratory accounts of resilience, describing adaptation as uneven rather than automatically liberating.

ART AFRICA·22 Oct 2026

InterviewSouthern Africa

Anastasia Pather discusses Mother Tongue in Kimberley

Anastasia Pather and curator Chepape Makgato discuss Mother Tongue at the William Humphreys Art Gallery in an ART AFRICA interview with Suzette Bell-Roberts. Pather describes finger-painting as a way to explore memory, belonging and identity. Her first solo museum exhibition is presented alongside works by women printmakers from the gallery’s collection and remains on view in Kimberley, South Africa, until 26 November 2026.

ART AFRICA·22 Oct 2026

NewsSouthern Africa

Maputo Fast Forward opens a festival of art and artificial realities

Maputo Fast Forward’s tenth-anniversary festival runs from 23 October to 1 November 2026 at JFS Tower in Mozambique’s capital. ART AFRICA reports that Artificial Realities: The Infinite Mirror brings exhibitions, discussions and workshops together around technology and cultural knowledge. Installations and projects by Russel Hlongwane, Dilayla Romeo, Zayaan Khan, Malik Afegbua and Adilson De Oliveira explore territory, memory and image-making.

ART AFRICA·22 Oct 2026

InterviewDiaspora

Ranti Bam reflects on Black Ifa at the Venice Biennale

In an ART AFRICA interview with Suzette Bell-Roberts, Ranti Bam discusses the five Ifa Ile Oja – Black Ifa sculptures presented at the Arsenale in the 2026 Venice Biennale. She describes a physical, intuitive approach to clay, considering memory, vulnerability and spiritual connection. Rather than prescribing a single interpretation, Bam leaves viewers room to find their own relationships with the forms and their surroundings.

ART AFRICA·22 Oct 2026

NewsDiaspora

Studio Museum names its 2026–27 artists in residence

Turiya Adkins, Timothy Yanick Hunter and Clifford Prince King have been selected for the Studio Museum in Harlem’s 2026–27 residency, Hyperallergic reports. From November 2026 through October 2027, the artists will receive individual studios, material support and professional-development guidance in the museum’s new building. The programme concludes with a group exhibition, continuing the institution’s support for artists of African descent.

Hyperallergic·22 Oct 2026

NewsCentral Africa

Tanga BD brings comics and drawing to young readers in Kinshasa

A Tanga BD gathering at Planète J Socimat in Kinshasa is scheduled for 25 October, ACP reports. Organisers plan comics reading, drawing and activities around traditional objects to encourage young audiences to explore art and heritage. Barly Baruti describes the initiative as an accessible route into reading, with Hallain Paluku and Rodriguez Muladika expected to guide participants’ first steps in comics.

Agence Congolaise de Presse·22 Oct 2026