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Detail of ‘Al Hurra’ by Thania Petersen. Photo: Hayden Phipps courtesy of Whatiftheworld.

INVESTEC CAPE TOWN ART FAIR

Embedding value into material culture at the Investec Cape Town Art Fair

Chaze Matakala writes of encountering Thania Petersen and Ibrahim Mahama at the Investec Cape Town Art Fair.

Chaze Matakala

Spiritual milestones: The artworks have been described as having the reclamation of African spirituality and indigenous faith as practised by black women, at its core.

Art and the heirs of redness

Buhlebezwe Siwani’s latest exhibition grew out of a trek and conversations with several women

Nobhongo Gxolo

Bitter taste: Art historian Thembinkosi Goniwe says the democratic art scene is a sad illusion and that the commercial aspects of the industry are still white business as usual. (Photo: Renata Larroyd)

The sour pleasure of the art industry

Black artists and curators are on the rise but the art world is still owned and governed by white people

Staff Reporter