5 Striking Things about the Art of Wangechi Mutu

Wangechi Mutu at her studio in Nairobi. [courtesy, Khadijah Farah]

Kenyan-American multidisciplinary artist Wangechi Mutu becomes the first living female artist to exhibit at the Galleria Borghese in Rome. 'Black Soil Poems,' her solo exhibition curated by Cloe Perrone, opened on June 10 and runs until September 14, 2025, at the world-famous art museum.

It features multimedia works of sculpture, installation, and moving image on display at the 17th-century museum's facade, rooms, and garden. Known for her fantastical, life-size sculptures, some of them here are placed on surfaces, and others are hanging from the ceilings, giving visitors new visual experiences in the static, historical space.