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Pulane Kingston was for the second time part of the judging panel for this year’s FNB art prize. She says that professionals like her can help artists in a number of ways
2018 FNB JOBURG ART FAIR

​Pulane Kingston, a patron of Africa’s art

Nkgopoleng Moloi spoke to art collector Pulane Kingston ahead of the FNB Joburg Art Fair.

  • Nkgopoleng Moloi
8 min read
Bitter taste: Art historian Thembinkosi Goniwe says the democratic art scene is a sad illusion and that the commercial aspects of the industry are still ‘white business as usual’. (Photo: Renata Larroyd)
ART COLLECTOR

The sour pleasure of the art industry

Black artists and curators are on the rise but the art world is still owned and governed by white people

  • Staff Reporter
9 min read
Value: Artists feel useless if they’re not recognised while they’re alive
ART COLLECTING

Art ‘doesn’t give a shit’ about price

American filmmaker Nathaniel Kahn explores different perspectives on the value of art

  • Nkhensani Manabe
5 min read
Until his mysterious disappearance,Nicholas Penny devoted much of his time to travelling the continent collecting African art. Now his collection will be auctioned. (Supplied)
A CONGERIES OF AFRICAN ARTEFACTS

Adventurer’s artefacts fall under the hammer

The collection of a young man who ?courted danger across the continent, Nicholas Penny, is to be sold as "tribal art".

  • Brent Meersman
5 min read