Kate Middleton may be putting on a brave face, but the Duchess of Cambridge claims to be "very pleased" with the result.
2012 was a year where art made headlines. But there was more to the art world than the hype around Brett Murray’s controversial work.
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/ 14 December 2012
The National Portrait Gallery in London has unveiled a new portrait of Amy Winehouse by South African-born, Netherlands-based artist Marlene Dumas.
The new Cape Town exhibition from a cult artists’ collective delves into Africa’s war-torn history.
Sindiso Nyoni believes artists have the power to address society’s ills with their work.
An innovative festival takes audiences through Jo’burg and brings fairy-tale fantasies to life.
Nirox has hosted some impressive artists, but its latest guest has installed something that is certain to capture the wonder of future visitors.
An artwork from Brett Murray’s controversial "Hail to the Thief II" exhibition has been snatched up by hip-hop royalty Sean "Puffy" Combs.
In a South African first, a local financier is sharing his private collection with the public.
Having showed across the world for the past 15 years, the blockbuster Body Worlds exhibition has now berthed in Cape Town.
Salvador Dali’s larger-than-life figure was beamed into millions of homes in the 1960s, bringing huge fame, but burning bridges with the art world.
Tate will reflect its new international focus through a two-year programme of activities focused on Africa, beginning on November 24.
The eyes of the deceased icons in Conrad Botes’s paintings bring them back to life.
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.
The giants of US art are backing Barack Obama for president. But then, writes Jonathan Jones, America’s artists have always leaned left.
The visions conjured in On this Earth, a show by artist Blessing Ngobeni at Gallery Momo in Johannesburg, are scary.
His performance in Grahamstown has been given a second airing in a more limited and profound form.
Sean Christie goes on a seven-day mission into South Africa’s ‘exploding’ cartoon culture.
The wild child of the local art scene enjoys his whisky and also works damned hard.
A new collaboration sees a handful of fine artists joining up with local designers to create unique designer objects.
There has been little speculation about what changing depictions of the Western body in history may mean in Africa today.
Brett Bailey’s new work recreates the museums and spectacles in Europe to which millions of people flocked to see "inferior" darker races.
Mikhael Subotzky’s new film brings the personal lives of Grahamstown’s resident tour guides into the settler discourse.
Braamfontein’s trendy Juta Street shopping strip will be the site of Zimbabwean artist Kudzanai Chiurai’s launch into international art stardom.
An exhibition about the life and work of Barbara Tyrrell features her decorative, accurate visual recordings of Southern African costume.
The Post Office has drawn on a local artist to celebrate South Africa’s contribution to astronomy.
Mpho Moshe Matheolane reflects on Kannemeyer’s new show, which offers gentle, contemplative work, rather than the artist’s usual satirical attacks.
Although quite tight-lipped about the details, the gallery wants to create an inclusive history of art.
Rory Bester believes that the violent outrage at Brett Murray’s
painting of Jacob Zuma is as unsurprising as Murray’s work itself.
Obituary – Charlotte Schaer (1946 – 2012)
Owner of the Goodman Gallery, Liza Essers defends visual art’s ability to challenge and shape consciousness and to shift people’s hearts.
Brett Murray’s artwork has brought into sharp focus the issue of black people’s representation at the hands of whites, writes Mpho Moshe Matheolane.