Staff Writer
Since 2011, the Pavilion of Zimbabwe has taken place consecutively for seven editions; a feat which no other African country has achieved in the 21st Century, and through this continuous platforming of the brightest, best and perceptive of Zimbabwe’s visual artists, there have been insights on the development, growth and visibility of the visual art of the Republic on the global stage.
The navigation of Zimbabwe, and consequentially, the Global South, at the International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia will be interrogated, cross referenced and unpackaged in a conversation entitled Southern Thoughts on a Northern Biennale that is set to take place at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe on Friday the 20th of June 2025 at 14:00hrs.
Members of the Public, artists and art enthusiasts are invited to attend this free discussion.
The conversation is part of the National Gallery of Zimbabwe’s Public Programmes, the Harare Conversations with Laura Burocco; Visiting Researcher at Centre for Education Rights and Transformation (CERT) | University of Johannesburg and Fadzai V. Muchemwa, Curator of Contemporary Art for the National Gallery of Zimbabwe and has curated I did not leave a sign (2022) and Undone (2024) as Pavilions of Zimbabwe at the International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia.
Over the course of the last five years, the focus on Western art has been shifting, with voices and perspectives in art shifting from towards the Global South, with this recent development culminating in higher appreciation, consumption and collection of art from the Global South.
This is coupled with the emergence of a strong curatorial practice and art historical peerage from the south, which have helped cement the locus through authentic reinforcement of Global South arts.
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