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Outdoor art: Mankebe Seakgoe’s When the Sky Opened Up and Swallowed us Whole (2023), charcoal on canvas. Photos: Supplied
ART FUNDING

Outside the white cube, art learns to breathe again

A group exhibition in North West challenged institutional norms, inviting artists and audiences to rethink experimentation, community and artistic freedom

  • Gillian Fleischmann
8 min read
Depth of feeling: Zanele Muholi’s photographs ‘Manzi III’, from a series which shows them swimming in the Atlantic Ocean
ART

Split does nothing to slow down artist

Zanele Muholi has left her long-time gallery but they are as alive and productive as ever

  • Sean O Toole
8 min read
Makamo opened possibly the largest exhibition of his works to date at Botho Project Space in November last year. (Image courtesy of Botho Project Space)
ANNE REVERDY

Reward outweighs the risk for artists daring to go it alone

The success of galleries owned and run by the artists themselves has led to a re-examination of the business of art

  • Mary Corrigall
8 min read
A work from Udludlilali by Mawande Ka Zenzile
BACK OF THE MOON
Video

The Virtual Lists

For good vibes and an arts fix from your home, watch this

  • Zaza Hlalethwa
2 min read
‘Audience’ by Thenjiwe Nkosi forms a part of the ‘Gymnasium’ series that will be on show at Stevenson art gallery in Johannesburg. (Thenjiwe Nkosi) (Nina Lieska)
EUROCENTRIC

Thenjiwe Nkosi’s ‘Gymnasium’ moves into white space

Thenjiwe Nkosi’s paintings, done in a muted palette, are not of athletes’ gymnastics but of the moments before and after their performance

  • Zaza Hlalethwa
7 min read
The process of dying or forgetting the old and starting anew can be seen in ‘Gliding on My Knees to Heaven’ (2019) (Portia Zvavahera)
DREAMS

In the world — but not of it

Portia Zvavahera uses her dreams and experiences to create her otherworldly works

  • Zaza Hlalethwa
6 min read
Following the money: The Stevenson gallery is moving to new premises in 7th Avenue, Parktown, to reach a wider audience and ‘broaden the gallery’s accessibility’. (Courtesy Stevenson gallery)
BRAAMFONTEIN

Art moves to buyers’ doorstep

Braamfontein’s Stevenson gallery heads to suburbia and the city’s gallery strip

  • Zaza Hlalethwa
4 min read