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Athi-Patra Ruga’s new exhibition: The stain at the end of rainbow

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Athi-Patra Ruga’s latest exhibition, ‘Interior/Exterior/ Dramatis Personae’, takes his characters on transformative journeys
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Toich turns to the old masters

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The artist, who draws on varied inspirations from baking to Irma Stern, is now studying in Florence
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Expert finds SA painting valued at £1m in London kitchen

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An art expert discovered the Irma Stern painting, once sold to help fund Nelson Mandela's legal defence, being used as a noticeboard in a London flat.
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Oh, so Irma! Exhibition brings Stern’s eccentricities to life

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Artists Lien Botha and Clementina van der Walt have staged an intervention in Irma Stern's house that interacts directly with her art in the museum.
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Stolen Pretoria Art Museum artworks found

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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.
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DA: Tshwane metro was warned about poor security at Pretoria Art Museum

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The Democratic Alliance says the Tshwane metro had been repeatedly warned about the lack of adequate security measures at the Pretoria Art Museum.
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Stern, Sekoto among stolen paintings

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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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Irma Stern painting sells for R17.2m

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Irma Stern's painting "Arab" has been sold at an auction for R17.2-million - the second-highest price ever for a painting sold in South Africa.
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Currency of culture

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Deciding what constitutes a South African heritage work of art seems to be a guessing game.
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‘Arab Priest’ may come and go from SA

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The painting, sold to Qatar in March, could find its way back to the Irma Stern Museum.
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Irma Stern export ban challenged

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This week a decision is made about whether an important work by the late Irma Stern can leave the country in the hands of a foreign owner.
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Spike in art theft creates ugly picture

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The recent theft of four works on paper by William Kentridge from the David Krut Gallery has shaken the South African art world.
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South African women bring in the big bucks

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It was the year South African female artists soared to bold new heights in terms of value and esteem.
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