{"id":408210,"date":"2026-05-02T10:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T10:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/408210\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T10:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T10:24:09","slug":"smithsonian-show-includes-works-from-toyin-ojih-odutola-zanele-muholi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/408210\/","title":{"rendered":"Smithsonian show includes works from Toyin Ojih Odutola, Zanele Muholi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-apitype=\"text\" data-contentid=\"AC3H5YSI3NESDMCHJSSPKM5DEQ\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-heFNVF wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\">The Smithsonian\u2019s first major exhibition of African LGBTQ+ artists is a colorful, vibrant affirmation of queer life, celebrating such universal themes as joy, family and belonging. Yet at a time when LGBTQ+ communities around the world are under threat, <a href=\"https:\/\/africa.si.edu\/exhibitions\/here-pride-and-belonging-african-art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u201cHere: Pride and Belonging in African Art\u201d<\/a> at the National Museum of African Art also encompasses its share of darkness and loss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Smithsonian\u2019s first major exhibition of African LGBTQ+ artists is a colorful, vibrant affirmation of queer life, celebrating&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408211,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[442,498,499,500,501,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-408210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}