Panel Talk with Zanele Muholi
Join us on Friday, September 11, at 8:00 PM at Soho House Amsterdam for a special panel talk with internationally acclaimed South African visual artist and activist Zanele Muholi.
Known for their powerful documentation and celebration of Black LGBTQIA+ lives, Muholi has presented major solo exhibitions at institutions including the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (2017) and Tate Modern, London (2024).
The conversation will center on Muholi’s landmark project Faces and Phases, which marks its 20th anniversary this year. Muholi will be joined by Gabi Ngcobo, director of Kunstinstituut Melly, and performance artist, choreographer, and chair of Black Pride NL, Naomie Pieter to discuss the importance of queer archival documentation.
The talk takes place on the eve of the opening of Muholi’s exhibition ‘Hlanganani’ at Galerie Ron Mandos, featuring 100 Faces and Phases portraits, including new portraits created in Amsterdam during WorldPride 2026.
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RSVP hereABOUT 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.
