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Chill: Marlene Dumas’s painting Existential Doubt was sold by Aspire Art in March this year for R4 million.
ART AUCTIONS

Art market: SA outlook is sunny

But clouds are gathering for international auction houses as concerns grow about a global slump

  • Charles Leonard
6 min read
Umbrellas, 2020. The image will be shown as part of Of Blood, Sweat and Data, which forms part of FNB Art Joburg’s Open City programme. (Photo: Nonzuzo Gxekwa)
ART

‘Of Blood, Sweat and Data’: Everyone goes to the mall

‘Of Blood, Sweat and Data’, on show as part of FNB Art Joburg’s Open City programme, hopes to alter the way art lovers view Johannesburg — and photography

  • Thato Mogotsi
6 min read
Wake-up call: Mandla Sibeko, entrepreneur and founding director of FNB Art Joburg. (Photo: Andy Mkosi)
APARTHEID

Open City: The art of invading Jo’burg

FNB Art Joburg director Mandla Sibeko speaks to Kwanele Sosibo about this year’s Open City, during which unlikely spots are turned into art spaces

  • Kwanele Sosibo
4 min read
Mandla Sibeko bought the FNB Art Fair’s assets and established the new FNB Art Joburg. (Supplied)
ARTLOGIC

Out of the old, came something new

The Mail & Guardian chats with Mandla Sibeko to receive clarity on matters surrounding Art Joburg

  • Zaza Hlalethwa
6 min read
Getting the job done: Anthea Buys, Nokwazi Nzimu, Makgati Molebatsi, Roberta Coci and Lucy MacGarry comprise the team that run the Latitudes art fair. (Delwyn Verasamy)
ART FAIRS
Video

Creating a broader art scene

Fairs such as Art Joburg and Latitudes are giving a diverse range of artists greater representation

  • Zaza Hlalethwa
7 min read
Mandla Sibeko sees his franchise as a long-term investment and not a money-making scheme. Photos: Lisa Skinner
BORN FREE MEDIA

Sibeko sows a seed

Lynley Donnelly talks to Mandla Sibeko, owner of the second Pick n Pay store in Soweto.

  • Lynley Donnelly
5 min read