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True blue: Nico Phooko transforms old denim garments into works of art with his signature technique using paint and bleach.  (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Nico Phooko: The music painter who makes art you can wear

Artist blends music and art to transform live performances into spontaneous masterpieces using his signature bleach technique on denim

Pro tips: Seasoned FNB Art Joburg fair-goers say buyers can purchase valuable art, especially from emerging artists, young artists and women artists, and after the VIP pre-viewing sales frenzy has passed.

Your guide to FNB Art Joburg

It’s a busy, buzzy day of viewing, so make sure you’re wearing comfy shoes, and carry water

Sam Nhlengethwa

Fashioning meaning in art

Artist and jazz fan Sam Nhlengethwa’s new show has roots in his interest in clothing

Repurposed: The Ellis House Art Building (above) in Bertrams, Johannesburg, was previously a textile factory and houses galleries, studios, a coffee shop and curated spaces

Open Studios Joburg: Art for inner-city explorers

In the past few decades the Johannesburg inner city, like many urban centres worldwide, has become home to painters, photographers, printers and their imaginative brethren. In…

An image of a colour pastel drawing reproduced as a print that was hawked by Aisatic merchants in black townships.

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

Off-kilter: Sam Nhlengethwa’s My Grandmother’s Kitchen in the 60’s

The bleak shelter of Yellow Shade

Dimakatso Sedite’s poems emerge from the shattered futures of South Africa’s townships

Images from Sam Nhlengethwa’s show ‘Joburg Select’ remind us of spaces that repel us

The fiction, fantasy and horror of ‘Joburg Selected’

The solo show by Sam Nhlengethwa explores the many sites and scenes of the city, caught in a loop of ambition and horror

Artist Sam Nhlengethwa.

Sam Nhlengethwa’s palate for fine things

Artist Sam ­Nhlengethwa is ­passionate about art and music and his home is a testament to that.