Mo Laudi and James Webb have turned their passion for music and sonic mischief into art, and are winning audiences in France
However, contemporary artists such as Cinga Samson, Zanele Muholi and Mohau Modisakeng found a liberating ally in self-portraiture
The ‘neuf-3’ art project, curated by Riason Naidoo, aims to pay tribute to the African communities of Saint-Denis — and of Paris
Khubu Zulu wanted a way to deal with PTSD and landed on an accidental practice
These artworks would sell well online, but lesser-known artists might struggle. Photos: Courtesy Sanlam Art Collection
Gardener-turned-artist Moses Tladi’s life is a study in stifled promise at a time when black art should have thrived
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From David Kau’s ‘MoJokes’ to the Fine Arts and Collectable Sale, here are this week’s hot ticket events.
Rory Bester highlights some lost curatorial opportunities in the Song for Sekoto show, but I would have been none the wiser had I not read his review.
It is time to celebrate Sekoto’s place in South African art history, but this major exhibition doesn’t get it quite right, writes Rory Bester.
It is interesting to see who has laid claim to the legacy of Gerard Sekoto, now the subject of a massive exhibition commemorating his 100th birthday.
Four of five paintings stolen from the Pretoria Art Museum have been found on a bench in a cemetery in Port Elizabeth, police said on Tuesday.
The Democratic Alliance says the Tshwane metro had been repeatedly warned about the lack of adequate security measures at the Pretoria Art Museum.
The five paintings stolen from the Pretoria Art Museum in Arcadia included an Irma Stern, worth R9-million, and a Gerard Sekoto, worth R7-million.
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/ 20 October 2011
Paintings by a late South African artist and musician who made his mark as a pioneer of urban black art, will go on sale in London next week.
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/ 19 September 2008
Anthea Buys looks at an exhibition featuring some of the works of a world-renowned artist, the late Gerard Sekoto.
A kaleidoscope of African images and themes is a fitting backdrop for the debate the Jo’burg Art Fair, which opened to the public on Friday, has sparked about what it means to be African and an artist. The fair also has the art world buzzing about tensions between art and commerce.