Penny Siopis
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Mandy Johnston burns art to rekindle lost traditions
The Joburg-born artist’s latest exhibition uses burning steel wool sculptures and ash paintings to explore ritual, transformation and the transitions that shape our lives
Diary: Design Week South Africa kicks off, African Women artists shine in London, look out for the inaugural Hazendal Festival
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Art of activism: 16 artists against gender violence
Artists whose work speaks against gender violence is art as activism that shows the need for more than 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence
Open City Film: 8 films, 3 days
Joan Legalamitlwa, the curator of Open City Film, knows that films deserve seated respect, not nose-around-the-corner sniffing at
Strauss & Co’s November sale explores South African art’s love affair with Paris
‘Paris was a beacon for countless South African artists’
Toich turns to the old masters
The artist, who draws on varied inspirations from baking to Irma Stern, is now studying in Florence
Ungluing a window on Siopis’s mind
By opening the doors on her process, the artist is inviting the public to be an active part of her work
Penny Siopis does it time and again
After 30 years, Penny Siopis’s work still takes chances with materials, inventing images and, in the process, negotiating happenstance.
Seen is believing in the art world
A number of young South African artists, including the prodigy Nicholas Hlobo, are making waves in the international art world.