Bathing in Paradox: An Interview with Athi-Patra Ruga - ArtThrob The following is an edited conversation between Athi-Patra Ruga and Nkgopoleng Moloi, a few months before the opening of Ruga’s exhibition at the  Leslie Lohman Museum, titled ‘Athi-Patra Ruga: Lord, ...

Interview with Artthrob Chief Editor Nkgopoleng Moloi for my first US institutional .
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Here: Pride and Belonging in African Art@smithsonian_africanart ! Curated by Kevin Dumouchelle & Serubiri Moses.
This exhibition is the largest and first show (outside of Africa) to focus on out artists making work about their identities, experiences, worldviews, and communities.
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Versatile Queen: A Transhuman Proposal
2016
Wool and thread on tapestry canvas
Smithsonian Museum purchase, 2024-8-1.
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Thank you to all with eyes to see and hearts to feel .
“Lord I gotta keep on (moving)”
Leslie Lohman Museum
Manhattan, NY.
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Stainedglass series loading …
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Merry Xmas from us to You ⛱️
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…after he left .
2007
Video
ed. 5/5 x 2AP
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Watusi Queen by Irma Stern
Bruecke Museum , Berlin
July 2025
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uFanon eSalon
Tapestry in Petit Point
70 cm x 90 cm
2022
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