Musa Nxumalo

How digital technology through NFTs can bring artists financial success

Non-fungible tokens of art traded on digital marketplaces can boost creatives’ incomes but it is at an early stage in South Africa

Lesego Ndala

7 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

29 OCT 2021

‘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

Makamo opened possibly the largest exhibition of his works to date at Botho Project Space in November last year. (Image courtesy of Botho Project Space)

ANNE REVERDY

13 MAR 2021

Reward outweighs the risk for artists daring to go it alone

The success of galleries owned and run by the artists themselves has led to a re-examination of the business of art

Mary Corrigall

8 min read

ALTERNATIVE KIDZ

23 OCT 2009

Nu-school calls the shots

Whether or not you’re excited about the future of photography, there’s no denying the central role it plays in the art scene.

Percy Zvomuya

7 min read