07 Feb 2025 → 17 Aug 2025
'Courtesy of Jorge M. Pérez Collection, Miami

'Courtesy of Jorge M. Pérez Collection, Miami

'Kudzanai-Violet Hwami, An evening in Mazowe, 2019, Courtesy of Jorge M. Pérez Collection, Miami

'Kudzanai-Violet Hwami, An evening in Mazowe, 2019, Courtesy of Jorge M. Pérez Collection, Miami

How have artists from Africa and its vast diaspora depicted daily life over the past century? Koyo Kouoh, Executive Director and Chief Curator of Zeitz MOCAA in Cape Town, and her team have sought to answer this question with a landmark exhibition. Bozar proudly presents this vast kaleidoscope of Black figurative painting from the 1920s to the present day.?  Inspired by Ava DuVernay's series When They See Us, the exhibition title "When We See Us" reflects a fundamental perspective exploring Black self-representation and global Black subjectivities. The approximately 140 works by around 100?artists are grouped into six themes: "The Everyday”, "Joy & Revelry”, "Repose”, "Sensuality”, "Spirituality”, and "Triumph and Emancipation”.?  By focusing on these themes, the exhibition offers a rich,...

Opening Hours

Monday Closed
Tuesday 10:00 - 18:00
Wednesday 10:00 - 18:00
Thursday 10:00 - 21:00
Friday 10:00 - 18:00
Saturday 10:00 - 18:00
Sunday 10:00 - 18:00
Gallery Info → Map →
07 Feb 2025 → 17 Aug 2025
07 Feb 2025 → 17 Aug 2025
'Courtesy of Jorge M. Pérez Collection, Miami

'Courtesy of Jorge M. Pérez Collection, Miami

'Kudzanai-Violet Hwami, An evening in Mazowe, 2019, Courtesy of Jorge M. Pérez Collection, Miami

'Kudzanai-Violet Hwami, An evening in Mazowe, 2019, Courtesy of Jorge M. Pérez Collection, Miami

How have artists from Africa and its vast diaspora depicted daily life over the past century? Koyo Kouoh, Executive Director and Chief Curator of Zeitz MOCAA in Cape Town, and her team have sought to answer this question with a landmark exhibition. Bozar proudly presents this vast kaleidoscope of Black figurative painting from the 1920s to the present day.?  Inspired by Ava DuVernay's series When They See Us, the exhibition title "When We See Us" reflects a fundamental perspective exploring Black self-representation and global Black subjectivities. The approximately 140 works by around 100?artists are grouped into six themes: "The Everyday”, "Joy & Revelry”, "Repose”, "Sensuality”, "Spirituality”, and "Triumph and Emancipation”.?  By focusing on these themes, the exhibition offers a rich,...

Opening Hours

Monday Closed
Tuesday 10:00 - 18:00
Wednesday 10:00 - 18:00
Thursday 10:00 - 21:00
Friday 10:00 - 18:00
Saturday 10:00 - 18:00
Sunday 10:00 - 18:00
Gallery Info → Map →