Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen acquires work by Zanele Muholi
We are pleased to announce that Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen has acquired a work by Zanele Muholi for its collection.
The work comes from the series Somnyama Ngonyama (Hail the Dark Lioness), an ongoing series in which the artist turns the camera on themselves. It is currently on view in our exhibition Hlanganani (‘Unite’).
We congratulate Zanele Muholi and the museum on this acquisition.
Learn MoreABOUT Zanele Muholi
Zanele Muholi (b. 1972, Umlazi, Durban) is an internationally recognized visual activist and photographer, known for a body of work that documents and celebrates the lives of South Africa’s Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex communities. Since 2006, Muholi’s practice has grown into one of the most significant visual archives of Black LGBTQIA+ life anywhere in the world.
Muholi studied photography at the Market Photo Workshop in Johannesburg and earned an MFA in Documentary Media from Ryerson University, Toronto. Muholi has received major honors including the ICP Infinity Award (2016), the Carnegie Fine Prize (2013), and a Prince Claus Award (2013). Their work has been shown at Documenta 13, the Venice Biennale, and the São Paulo Biennale, and is held in leading collections such as MoMA, Tate Modern, and the Guggenheim.
