A season of auctions, exhibitions and books devoted to Irma Stern upends perceptions of her stuffy legend
		
	 
	
		
		Vick Bester, Pebofatso Mokoena and Jade Palmer, this year’s Wits Young Artist Award winners, each engage with with the particularities of the places where they live, inviting us in to their personal spaces
		
	 
	
		
		Characters have been a central part to Athi-Patra Ruga’s practice since the early days of his artistic career. Here he lets us in on their backstories