‘The violence of racist tyranny’: African Guernica goes on display alongside Picasso masterpiece

<p>Piece by late South African artist Dumile Feni is part of new series History Doesn’t Repeat Itself, But It Does Rhyme </p><p>On the second floor of the Reina Sofía, in the very spot where Picasso’s <a href="https://www.museoreinasofia.es/en/collections/artwork/guernica-0">Guernica</a> was first exhibited when it arrived in the Madrid museum 34 years ago, there now hangs a smaller, near-namesake of the Spanish artist’s most famous work.</p><p>While African Guernica, which was drawn by the late South African artist <a href="https://www.grosvenorgallery.com/artists/67-dumile-feni/overview/">Dumile Feni</a> in 1967, may lack the scale of Picasso’s masterpiece, its depth, anger and unnerving juxtaposition of man and beast, light and dark, and innocence and cruelty, are every bit as disturbing.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/mar/27/african-guernica-dumile-feni-on-display-alongside-picasso">Continue reading...</a>