INSIGHTS
Not All Lives Are Legible | A Look Back in 2026 | Notes from the Director
Not All Lives Are Legible looks back on three exhibitions, Lost Souls, The Repenters, and Darkness Rising, reflecting on how each engaged with the construction of the “other” within political and cultural systems. Moving from absence to misinterpretation to self-definition, Director Shamiela Tyer revisits questions of visibility, representation, and narrative control that remain deeply relevant today.
Loyiso Mkize | A Nation Still Reckoning with Winnie | Notes from the Director
Notes on the creation of an artwork that would find it's way into becoming the cover image of the Netflix documentary "The Trials of Winnie Mandela" - Shamiela Tyer reflects on Loyiso Mkize's artistic process of capturing Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's essence, in relation to the complexities of her life in the public eye as a prolific political figure.
Johannes Phokela | Exploring Virtue, Contradiction and Power at the 2026 Venice Biennale | Notes from the Director
An atmosphere of virtue, thick with contradiction. Director and curator of Eclectica Contemporary, Shamiela Tyer, revisits Johannes Phokela's inclusion in the 2026 Venice Biennale.