Viviane Sassen is featured in Seeing Words, Reading Images at the PalaisPopulaire in Berlin. The show highlights the historicity of writing in art, and the subsequent 'contemporary network that makes global perspectives and new cultural references visible.'

Pieter Hugo presents a solo exhibition, Affinità / Affinities at Fondazione Sandra E Giancarlo Bonollo in Thiene. Curated by Federica Angelucci, the exhibition 'reveals the photographer's approach, which focuses on exploring truth and possibilities of the photographic medium.'

Pieter Hugo, Sosa Joseph and Jo Ractliffe feature in Column Rota / Broken Column at Museo de la Ciudad de México. The exhibition takes its name from Frida Kahlo's painting Broken Column (1944).

Portia Zvavahera features in Magical Women at Draiflessen Collection. The exhibition 'explores how female artists in particular engage with the image of the feminine, drawing on various aspects of the magical to question and reinterpret clichés'.

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. 

Meleko Mokgosi features in ECHO DELAY REVERB: American Art, Francophone Thought at Palais de Tokyo, curated by Naomi Beckwith, which 'explores the history of the transatlantic circulation of forms and ideas.'

Frida Orupabo features in The World of Tomorrow Will Have Been Another Present at mumok, Vienna. Alongside other artists, Orupabo was invited to select works of classical modernism from the Collection, entering into a new dialogue with them.

On her mind by Frida Orupabo features in GIRLS. On Boredom, Rebellion and Being In-Between at MoMu, Fashion Museum Antwerp. The exhibition interrogates girlhood as 'more than just a theme, but a way of seeing – of remembering and imagining.'

Robin Rhode features in A Protea Is Not a Flower at Zeitz MoCAA. Curated by Khanyi Mawhayi, the exhibition centres around Don Mattera, becoming a conversation between South African practitioners who contend with the complexity of the exilic experience.

As Terras do Fim do Mundo by Jo Ractliffe features in Histoires en séries, at Musée d'art contemporain in Charleroi, spotlighting the photographic collection of the A foundation, which comprises some '6000 photographs collected over the last thirty years.'

Jo Ractliffe features in Into the Unseen – The Walther Collection, at Deichtorhallen Hamburg. 'The exhibition unfolds a poetics of the unseen through artistic works and vernacular photographs that focus on spirituality, trauma, transformation, and multisensory perception.'

Thato Toeba is among 13 artists featuring in I Still Dream of Lost Vocabularies at Autograph. Curated by Bindi Vora, the exhibition examines 'how photographs can be deconstructed and reassembled through the idea of collage, offering new perspectives on complex histories and contested social realities'.

Jo Ractliffe features in Histoires en séries. Astrid Ullens de Schooten Whettnall’s collection at the Musée de la Photographie in Charleroi, bringing together the work of almost 40 photographers with areas of focus spanning social documentary, architecture and life stories.

Hidden Battles/Hondo dzakavanzika, Portia Zvavahera's first institutional show in the US, takes place at ICA Boston. Comprising paintings centered around the theme of animals, the exhibition considers how they 'populate her work and the collective imagination'.  

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'. 

Thato Toeba is the recipient of the 15th FNB Art Prize, the jury noting, 'what set Toeba apart was the clarity of vision, the formal maturity of the work and the considered pace of their trajectory'. As part of the prize, they will present a solo exhibition at the JAG in 2026. 

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.

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.  

Odili Donald Odita presents Songs From Life at the Museum of Modern Art. The site specific installation, created over six weeks, envelops the entirety of the museum's lobby. For the first time in the artist’s unfolding process, music serves as the primary source of inspiration.