HERE African Art Exhibit Rainbow Wall Acrylic Painting Washington DC USA // WASHINGTON, District of Columbia — A vibrant rainbow-striped title wall for the "HERE: Pride and Belonging in African Art" exhibition stands adjacent to Kudzanai-Violet Hwami's large-scale acrylic painting, *Hossanna, hossanna*. Created between 2018 and 2019, the acrylic-on-canvas work depicts two intimately intertwined women, serving as a monumental representation of a chosen family built on love. The Zimbabwean-born, London-based figurative painter intentionally fragments and dissolves her subjects, drawing inspirati

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