PRESS RELEASE: Tšhipa E Taga Mohlabeng Wa Gayo – Mid-Career Survey Exhibition by Chepape Makgato
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Polokwane Art Museum Presents Chepape Makgato’s Mid-Career Survey Exhibition Honouring the Legacy of Es’kia Mphahlele The Polokwane Art Museum proudly announces the opening of Tšhipa E Taga Mohlabeng Wa Gayo, a mid-career survey exhibition by acclaimed artist, curator, and art writer Chepape Makgato, on Thursday, 11 December 2025. This landmark exhibition coincides with the 106th birthday anniversary of the late Professor Es’kia Mphahlele, whose philosophical and literary contributions profoundly shaped Makgato’s artistic and intellectual formation. Father Of African Humanism, Mixed Media on Canvas, 90cm x 72cm, 2019 The opening also coincides with the Mapungubwe Arts Festival, a major annual highlight on the Limpopo Province’s cultural calendar. Though independent of the festival, the timing symbolically aligns with the spirit of artistic celebration and heritage that the festival represents. For Makgato who was the inaugural recipie...
