artHARARE at Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2025 - When Art Breaks the Frame

by Kibo Ngowi

The 2025 Artists General Election brought together a powerhouse lineup of creatives from across the globe, including South Africans Nelson Makamo, Siwa Mgoboza, Nandipha Mntambo, Farai Samurai, Thania Peterson and Blessing Ngobeni. They were joined by artists from Canada, Botswana, Nigeria, Uganda, Zimbabwe, the UK, and the US, all rallying behind a bold, imaginative take on democracy.

In this reimagined election, the usual political parties were swapped out for artist-led movements like Artists National Congress (ANC), Democratic Artist (DA), Creative Freedom Fighters (CFF), Umbrella Democratic Curators (UDC), Creative Coalition for Change (CCC), Zimbabwean Artists National Union (Zanu), Make Art Great 2025 and New Deal for the Working Artist (UK).

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