Following the cancellation of the South African Pavilion, friendships and solidarities are carrying the work forward.

The Venice presentation of Elegy is made possible through the contributions of a broad network of collaborators and supporters, enabled by the generous support of Bertha Foundation, along with Ibraaz and Galleria Raffaella Cortese. Following a three-month run at the Chiesa di Sant’Antonin in Venice, the exhibition will travel to Ibraaz in London in October 2026.

Gabrielle Goliath and the Friends of Elegy oversight committee are grateful to the following organisations and individuals, whose generous support has made this exhibition possible:

Bertha Foundation
Ibraaz
Galleria Raffaella Cortese

Friends of Elegy:

Christina Sharpe
Center for Experimental Ethnography (CEE), UPenn
Deborah A. Thomas
Institute for Creative Arts (ICA), University of Cape Town
the Goldblatt family
Michael Dagostino & Khaled Sabsabi
SARChI Chair in African Feminist Imagination