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Get matched →History Doesn't Repeat Itself, but It Does Rhyme is a new programme at the Museo Reina Sofía that establishes a dialogue between Pablo Picasso's Guernica (1937) and other significant works of art from different historical and cultural contexts. In this first instalment, curated by Tamar Garb, Picasso's emblematic work is displayed alongside African Guernica (1967) by Dumile Feni (Worcester, South Africa, 1942–New York, 1991), one of the key artists of African modernity.
Dumile Feni's work, markedly biographical in nature, emerged in the context of state violence and institutionalised racial oppression under South African apartheid. Created during the 1960s, African Guernica invokes Picasso's work in title and visual vocabulary, employing simplification and expressive distortion of figures, monochromatic tone, dramatic lighting, abstraction, and dislocation of space. Although frequently exhibited in South Africa, African Guernica has never travelled abroad until this presentation.
The exhibition runs from 25 March 2026 to 22 September 2026 at the Museo Reina Sofía.
Curated by Tamar Garb, with the collaboration of Mr Dennis Martin, Mr Frank Kilbournm Stellenbosch University, Spier Arts Trust, and Fundación Amigos Museo Reina Sofía.
The exhibition features an Inaugural Conversation by Tamar Garb and Premiere of the Musical Piece Inkomo iwile by Philip Miller and Tshegofatso Moeng, as well as seminars and lectures on Thinking with African Guernica by Dumile Feni, presenting curatorial, historical, museological and psychoanalytic perspectives.
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