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Installation view of Requiem, from left: Paulus Fürst, Doctor Schnabel von Rom, Kleidung wider den Tod zu Rom (1656); Artist unrecorded, Lonely Soul Ex-Voto (19th century). Photo Graham De Lacy
ANA MENDIETA

What lies in between? Musings on the Joburg Contemporary Art Foundation

‘Liminality’ is a buzz word in art speak, but does the current Johannesburg Contemporary Art Foundation exhibition go far enough in meaningfully unpacking it?

  • Thabang Monoa
13 min read
Bharti Kher’s Warrior with Cloak and Shield, 2008 and Wangechi Mutu’s A Dragon’s Kiss Always End in Ashes, 2007, form part of the Contemporary Female Identities in the Global South exhibition. (Photos: Graham De Lacy)
ADI ENTHOVEN

How the Joburg Contemporary Art Foundation promotes ‘slow’ looking

The new Joburg Contemporary Art Foundation compels visitors to contemplate and luxuriate in art, writes Mary Corrigall

  • Mary Corrigall
7 min read