These 11 Artists Continue the Global Expansion of Zimbabwean Contemporary Art this Winter.

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

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Zimbabwe’s Art Future Cannot Be Built in Harare Alone.

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 w

From Harare to Tokyo: Wycliffe Mundopa’s Ritual of Everyday Life

by Richard Mudariki 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 the Garden in Harare. The distance between the two exhibi

Kwatiri Kubva Nekwatiri Kuenda - Rizhi Solo Exhibition in California

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 Rizhi’s sustained engagement with migration, memory, identity and the possibilities of transformation. The title, drawn from Shona, establishes the exhibi