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Passage of time: Irma Stern (above) working in her studio in Cape Town in 1936.Photo (above): Irma Stern Museum
ATHI PATRA RUGA

Rethinking Irma Stern and the style of whiteness

A season of auctions, exhibitions and books devoted to Irma Stern upends perceptions of her stuffy legend

  • Sean Otoole
12 min read