Meleko Mokgosi features in Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica, the first major international exhibition to examine the cultural manifestations of Pan-Africanism from the 1920s to the present. A previous iteration of the exhibition took place at the Arts Instituite of Chicago. 

Portia Zvavahera has her first institutional solo exhibition in Germany at the Fridericianum in Kassel. The show brings together works from between 2019 and 2024, 'offering a concentrated insight into Zvavahera’s practice'.

Simphiwe Ndzube features in Personal Stories / Political Realities, at Musée d'art contemporain in Lyon, highlighting how 'art can often provide key insights into the political, social and cultural changes of an era'.  

On Lies, Secrets, and Silence, Frida Orupabo's acclaimed exhibition, travels to the 19th edition of the MOMENTA Biennale d’art contemporain. Titled In Praise of the Missing Image, this edition prizes 're-establishing the voice of the Other and the memory of different knowledges'. 

Viviane Sassen's retrospective exhibition Phosphor: Art & Fashion 1990-2023, encompassing 30 years of creative development, travels to Fotografiska Stockholm. Bringing together Sassen's fine art and fashion photography, the show features almost 200 works from a variety of series, several never-before-seen works and video installations.

Deborah Poynton features in Microcosm - The World in a Wunderkammer at Drents Museum. The exhibition is conceptualised as 'an ode to a world in which wonder, beauty and curiosity are central'. 

Neo Matloga features in and I, a newly evolved fish, curated by Rory Tsapayi at Iyatsiba Lab. The show engages with 'oceans, bodies of water and beaches to challenge gender binaries and their intersections with coloniality, patriarchy, global capitalism and the Anthropocene'. 

Edson Chagas, Frida Orupabo and Moshekwa Langa feature in From the surrounds, we build the present at Galeria do Torreão Nascente da Cordoaria Nacional. Curated by Cindy Sissokho, 'the exhibition explores everyday realities and moments of freedom that people generate within the environments they inhabit'. 

Call Me When You Get There by Mame-Diarra Niang features in On View, Encounters with the Photographic at Pinakothek der Moderne. For the first time, the Collection of Photography and Time-Based Media and the Ann and Jürgen Wilde Foundation jointly present key photographic works from their holdings.

Mame-Diarra Niang and Viviane Sassen feature in Memento. Photography, interrupted at Huis Marseille. The exhibition highlights key works collected by the museum over 25 years, reflecting 'the important changes that have taken place in society and art practice in particular'.

Robin Rhode presents Der Botanische Garten, his largest mural to date, in the historic city of Potsdam. The mural combines representations of indigenous South African plants with Potsdam's cultural heritage, creating a dialogue between local history and global perspectives.

Mame-Diarra Niang features in What Is Parasite and What Is Kin? at the Museum of Modern Art. This showing, forming part of the museum's permanent collection displays, combines artworks that reimagine the portrait format to 'describe human and nonhuman forms of selfhood'.  

In recognition of her 'innovative contributions to contemporary painting', Ruth Ige has been awarded the 2025 Rydal Art Prize. The prize is presented by the seeds trust and Te Uru Contemporary Art Gallery, where she present a solo exhibition in 2026.

Penny Siopis is included in Afrosonica - Soundscapes at Geneva’s Museum of Ethnography. Co-curated by Madeleine Leclair and Ntshepe Tsekere Bopape, the exhibition aims to highlight the 'power of sound as a tool for memory, connection and change'. 

Jane Alexander and Serge Alain Nitegeka are included in VILLA + the Next Generation, taking place across the Nirox Sculpture Park and indoor galleries. The show plays tribute to the influence of Edoardo Villa, offering a conversation rooted in sculptural mastery, innovation and cultural diversity.

Georgina Gratrix, Deborah Poynton and Penny Siopis are included in Motherhood: Paradox and Duality at the Iziko South African National Gallery. Bringing together the works of over 70 artists, the exhibition aims to challenge, redefine, and expand understandings of motherhood in a rapidly changing world.  

Viviane Sassen presents This Body Made of Stardust at Collezione Maramotti as part of the 20th Fotografia Europea festival. This solo exhibition comprises over fifty photographs and video created over 20 years, alongside new works made specifically for the occasion. 

Good Mom/Bad Mom – Unraveling the Mother Myth featuring works by Frida Orupabo, takes place at Centraal Museum. Drawing from the museum's collection, the exhibition aims to deconstruct myths surrounding motherhood by presenting perspectives that have long been invisible. 

Jane Alexander, Wim Botha, Steven Cohen, Simon Gush, Pieter Hugo, Mawande Ka Zenzile, Moshekwa Langa, Serge Alain Nitegeka, Deborah Poynton and Penny Siopis feature in We, the People: 30 Years of Democracy in South Africa at the Norval Foundation. Curated by Liese van der Watt, the exhibition frames the country's democratic journey as a 'an ongoing process'. 

Paulo Nazareth presents Esconjuro (Conjuration) at Inhotim Museum. He occupies various parts museum over the course of 18 months, divided into seasons, as a way of highlighting new ways of relating to the earth, its cycles.