
2024-06-05
Koyo Kuouh: exhibtion at Kunstmuseum Basel with 4 fellows
We are very excited to share about a brilliant exhibition ‘When We See Us. A Century of Black Figuration in Painting’ curated by our fellow Koyo Kouoh and Tandazani Dhlakama at Kunstmuseum Basel. The exhibition features works by so many wonderful artists, including our four fellows Gavin Janties, Mustafa Maluka, Neo Image Matloga and Mmapula Mmakgabo Helen Sebidi.
In what ways have artists from the African continent and its far-flung diaspora processed the experience of the quotidian in their painting over the last 100 years? Koyo Kouoh, Director and Chief Curator of the Zeitz MOCAA in Cape Town (, South Africa, and her team undertook extensive research to find out. The result is a comprehensive show that brings together works by 120 artists: a kaleidoscope of Black figurative painting over the last 100 years. Also scheduled to be on show at the Kunstmuseum Basel, Zeitz MOCAA has created a groundbreaking exhibition that demands to be seen.
You can see the exhibition until October 27, 2024.
Credits: Esiri Erheriene-Essi, The Birthday Party, 2021, Courtesy of Jorge M. Pérez Collection, Miami