Opening: You will find us in the best places - a survey exhibition of Moshekwa Langa

Join us at Kunstinstituut Melly on Saturday, 24 October 2026, to mark the opening of You will find us in the best places, a major survey exhibition of Moshekwa Langa.

The exhibition will unfold across all four floors of Kunstinstituut Melly, bringing together Moshekwa Langa’s practice, from 1995 to 2026. You will find us in the best places is the most comprehensive presentation of Moshekwa’s work in the Netherlands to date, curated by Gabi Ngcobo, Director of Kunstinstituut Melly, together with co-curator Kabelo Malatsie.

Moshekwa works across mediums including drawing, collage, video, photography, and installation, using readily available materials collected from his surroundings in places he has lived and traveled to. These materials collide with phrases, names, and songs drawn from memory and particular moments, constructing dense, layered works that are perhaps best described as fictions or otherworldly dreamscapes, infused with real events, figures, and places. Rather than reaching conclusions, ideas in Moshekwa’s practice return, repeat, and begin again. Works may start and only be finished years later; chronology and linearity are not employed, things begin again, beginnings are continuous, and instead of conclusions there are pauses and ellipses. Time is nebulous and elastic.

You will find us in the best places offers a pause to reflect on Moshekwa’s practice across three decades. The exhibition is choreographed to reveal recurring themes, questions, and interests, marking time not linearly, but through a continuous unfolding across his practice.

Opening program

The exhibition opens to the public at 12:00 PM, with the official opening program beginning at 2:30 PM.

2:30–3:00 PM
Welcome and opening words by Gabi Ngcobo, director of Kunstinstituut Melly, and curator Kabelo Malatsie.

3:00–3:30 PM
Timeline, presented by Elijah Rhode and Thato Makatu in the Space for Education and Participation, traces three decades of Moshekwa Langa’s practice.

From 3:30 PM
A playful education activity for children and families in the Space for Education and Participation.

From 3:30 PM
MELLY Cantina opens, with music from 4:00 PM and food from 5:00 PM, continuing into the evening.

7:00 PM
End of the opening program.