Joël Andrianomearisoa featured in a group exhibition at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art

Primo Marella Gallery is delighted to announce that Joël Andrianomearisoa will take part to the group exibition Here: Pride and Belonging in African Art, hosted by Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington, USA.

 

The exhibition, on view from January 23 to August 23, 2026, explores how LGBTQ+ artists from Africa and its diaspora are part of a larger, joyful story of African art history.

 

Artists’ voices are central to this exhibition, which features, alongside Joël Andrianomearisoa, works by Zanele Muholi, Toyin Ojih Odutola, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Leilah Babirye, Jim Chuchu, Ṣọlá Olúlòde, among many LGBTQ+ artists from across Africa and its diaspora. Through their art, they invite us into their worlds and explore themes of identity and belonging. Here is the largest exhibition on this subject to date, with nearly 60 artworks.

 

While their experiences are unique to them, they speak to issues that unite everyone: the importance of family, spirit, standing up for oneself and others, imagining the future, making intimate connections, finding belonging, embracing potential and, above all, experiencing joy. They are united by a simple, shared declaration: We are here.