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Mary Corrigall
Mary Corrigall is an award-winning critic, academic and founder of Corrigall & Co. She will be discussing the findings of the inaugural art report at an event hosted by Strauss & Co this Saturday. It will be followed by a panel discussion with Tokini Peterside, director of Art X Lagos art fair, Emma Menell director of London’s Tyburn gallery, Owen Martin, curator at the Norval Foundation and Matthew Partridge, contemporary specialist at the auction house.
Happy 10th birthday to Cape Town Art Fair
With the international galleries and collectors it attracts, the event has become the country’s most important art event for dealers
Heads up: Artist is firing up a ceramic storm
Zizipho Poswa’s new series of ceramic works celebrates black women via an expressive abstract language
What is pulling the plug on digital arts in South Africa?
he demand for digital products rose during lockdown but there have been challenges meeting it
Women are taking the lead at the Venice Biennale
It is where curators and artists make grand gestures but, despite the wealth of talent in South Africa, our pavilion lacked punch
Making Fashion History
Thebe Magugu keeps making headlines. The source of his success his country’s history and his own
A tale of two (art) cities in the time of Covid
The pandemic made some of the differences between Joburg and Cape Town less important to how art is made and sold in those cities
Sustainable in fashion, for some
Fashion outlets are providing ‘pre-loved’ as well as ethically and environmentally sound garments
Art and big business: the best of bedfellows
Corporates’ collections are kept relevant by sharing the works with the public and supporting artists
Forage for edible mushrooms in Cape Town
Mary Corrigall went on an expedition and turned up edibles you seldom find in a supermarket
Magugu’s new collection challenges African fashion clichés
Mary Corrigall spoke to the celebrated South African designer on the release of the Heritage capsule collection.
Johannes Phokela is on the comeback trail
A new exhibition at Zeitz Mocaa in Cape Town should reinstate the talented artist as one of South Africa’s leading painters
Artist Hussein Salim’s journey to find his place in the world
Mary Corrigall meets with the Sudanese artist on the occasion of his largest solo exhibition in Joburg
Reward outweighs the risk for artists daring to go it alone
The success of galleries owned and run by the artists themselves has led to a re-examination of the business of art
How the Joburg Contemporary Art Foundation promotes ‘slow’ looking
The new Joburg Contemporary Art Foundation compels visitors to contemplate and luxuriate in art, writes Mary Corrigall
On Jackson Hlungwani: A close encounter with an artistic deity
A survey of Jackson Hlungwani’s practice presents a transcendental experience, even for non-believers