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Painting

Diary: Generation of Hope,  Balinese Girl, Choreographies of the Impossible
Friday
/ 13 September 2024

Diary: Generation of Hope, Balinese Girl, Choreographies of the Impossible

Your essential dose of art and culture

By Lesego Chepape
Yolanda Mazwana’s artistic journey offers the body as site of eroticism and self-discovery
Friday
/ 9 September 2024

Yolanda Mazwana’s artistic journey offers the body as site of eroticism and self-discovery

Her artwork examines the physicality of a woman’s body

By Nkgopoleng Moloi
Zandile Tshabalala exhibits for the first time in SA with BKhz Gallery
Friday
/ 26 June 2022

Zandile Tshabalala exhibits for the first time in SA with BKhz Gallery

Pandering to the art world is no longer a prerequisite for success. Zandile Tshabalala has proved this in the last two years by exhibiting abroad before coming home

By Palesa Segomotso Motsumi
Wycliffe Mundopa: ‘I think the idea of beauty as a kind of grace and finesse is a Eurocentric notion’
Article
/ 16 March 2022

Wycliffe Mundopa: ‘I think the idea of beauty as a kind of grace and finesse is a Eurocentric notion’

Award-winning Zimbabwean painter Wycliffe Mundopa has a reputation as a recluse who prefers to let his art speak for itself. However, he recently agreed to do this Q&A with Percy Mabandu

By Percy Mabandu
The current infatuation with portraiture has colonial roots
Friday
/ 2 March 2022

The current infatuation with portraiture has colonial roots

However, contemporary artists such as Cinga Samson, Zanele Muholi and Mohau Modisakeng found a liberating ally in self-portraiture

By Percy Mabandu
The Portfolio: ‘neuf-3’ — a public art project in Saint-Denis, Paris
Friday
/ 17 September 2021

The Portfolio: ‘neuf-3’ — a public art project in Saint-Denis, Paris

The ‘neuf-3’ art project, curated by Riason Naidoo, aims to pay tribute to the African communities of Saint-Denis — and of Paris

By Riason Naidoo
Reimagining Rasta, the father of Art Comedy
Friday
/ 31 March 2021

Reimagining Rasta, the father of Art Comedy

In theorising his oeuvre, it seems that the ‘people’s painter’ is most likely working in a new mode

By Lehlohonolo Peega
The Portfolio: Robyn Field’s recurring archetypes
Friday
/ 20 March 2021

The Portfolio: Robyn Field’s recurring archetypes

For the artist, creating work helps her make sense of her feelings around complex and heated subjects

By Robyn Field
The Portfolio: Levy Pooe
Friday
/ 1 September 2020

The Portfolio: Levy Pooe

Artist Levy Pooe conceptualises his work as ‘a social diary of being black in the city’

By Levy Pooe
The Portfolio: Neo Matloga
Friday
/ 4 June 2020

The Portfolio: Neo Matloga

The artist shares how his practice has evolved: initially he was an oil painter, but now he works in mixed media, marrying painting with collage

By Neo Matloga
Trump hangs painting of himself at bar with Republican presidents
Article
/ 16 October 2018

Trump hangs painting of himself at bar with Republican presidents

Trump’s likeness has been ruthlessly disfigured by ‘high’ and ‘low’ artists alike, who have made no secret of their dislike of the president

By Olivia Hampton
Stolen moments of prison life
Article
/ 5 September 2017

Stolen moments of prison life

The art anti-apartheid activist Fatima Meer produced in jail not only documented prison life but became a form of resistance in itself

By Same Mdluli
Trace Zuma’s trajectory by muted reaction to ‘shock art’
Article
/ 15 July 2016

Trace Zuma’s trajectory by muted reaction to ‘shock art’

Four years ago, a painting of Zuma got half the country up in arms. This year, another one is hardly commented on.

By Kwanele Sosibo
Overlooked late artist Albert Adams remembered
Article
/ 9 May 2016

Overlooked late artist Albert Adams remembered

The artist did not seek popularity, but new exhibition ‘Bonds of Memory’ may be the collection that finally puts him on the art map.

By Mary Corrigall
Keeping up with the Joneses
Article
/ 15 January 2016

Keeping up with the Joneses

SA artist Beezy Bailey looks back on his 20-year friendship with David Bowie.

By Raeesa Pather
Painting and the miracle of representation
Article
/ 31 July 2014

Painting and the miracle of representation

For artist Ian Grose, painting is a mysterious challenge that has real rewards.

By Staff Reporter
An interrogation of post-colonial history
Article
/ 26 June 2014

An interrogation of post-colonial history

For Meleko Mokgosi, painting – as an act, object and commodity – is always political. And his approach to his work is unrelentlingly uncompromising.

By Staff Reporter
Artist’s strongest ?suit is black
Article
/ 8 August 2013

Artist’s strongest ?suit is black

Norman Catherine’s introspective works leave room to wonder about the artist’s state of mind in the current South Africa.

By Matthew Krouse
Jo’burg’s ghostly trail of Stones
Article
/ 8 August 2013

Jo’burg’s ghostly trail of Stones

Simon Stone’s works, often containing juxtapositions of seemingly unrelated images, resist easy ?interpretation by the viewer – and by the artist.

By Matthew Krouse
Artist who transcended apartheid
Article
/ 12 July 2012

Artist who transcended apartheid

He may be the best watercolourist South Africa has ever seen, but Durant Sihlali went largely uncelebrated during his lifetime, writes Phillip de Wet.

By Phillip De Wet
Lawyer ‘hijacks’ art treasure
Article
/ 12 July 2012

Lawyer ‘hijacks’ art treasure

Soweto’s great art ‘rip-off’ – Late artist Durant Sihlali’s family is in a bitter dispute with ex-SABC lawyer Mafika Sihlali over his art collection.

By Phillip De Wet
After Freud, the camera will rule supreme
Article
/ 29 July 2011

After Freud, the camera will rule supreme

The death of Lucien Freud highlights a specific crisis in the art of the ­traditional portrait.

By Mark Lawson
Face to face with the woman who is Tretchi’s Chinese Girl
Article
/ 19 May 2011

Face to face with the woman who is Tretchi’s Chinese Girl

It took a long haul and a keen eye to pick away at the layers to find out the truth about one of the world’s most popular images.

By Boris Gorelik
Sculpted paintings
Article
/ 18 May 2010

Sculpted paintings

Nicholas Hlobo’s topographies on canvas have extended pictorial space into three dimensions, writes <b>Anthea Buys</b>.

By Anthea Buys
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Article
/ 9 October 2008

Tate spends £5,7m on Rubens sketch

The Tate Britain museum has bought a rare sketch by Peter Paul Rubens to keep it from being sold abroad.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 19 August 2008

Leonardo da Vinci, the matchmaker?

Five hundred years ago, your best bet for a dream match would have been getting your portrait done by Leonardo da Vinci.

By Marta Falconi
No image available
Article
/ 17 July 2008

Colour me happy

Colour at work is apparently not just some fluffy nonsense in recruitment brochures.

By Mira Katbamna
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Article
/ 29 June 2008

Thrift-store painting worth $40 000

An old painting dropped off at a rural thrift store turns out to be a work by a French Impressionist.

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Article
/ 24 June 2008

Mary Magdalene painting the work of Titian

A painting of Biblical ”sinner” Mary Magdalene has been revealed as the work of Italian Renaissance master Titian.

By Staff Reporter

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