New directions for provocateur artist Brett Murray
The satirist speaks to the FM about his exhibition titled Brood and the new sense of tenderness and vulnerability in his work
A journey through a century of South African art
Gems of local art are up for grabs at Strauss & Co‘s auction
Joburg art attack
Top art and design events offer a silver lining to gloomy recent events in the city of gold. Here’s what to expect
Lady Skollie: the hole truth, and nothing but the truth
The winner of the 2022 Standard Bank Young Artist for Visual Arts has launched a new exhibition at the National Arts Festiva that is deeply personal for her
Oppenheimers save African art from crumbling Johannesburg Art Gallery
Rare collection finds a refuge in Oppenheimers’ Brenthurst Library
Another gavel-banging art auction
It’s time for another gavel-banging art auction at Strauss & Co. The showstopping ‘Modern & Contemporary Art Auction’ takes place on May 16 and is part of the ...
A cackling cauldron of female creativity
Bitches Brew is a vivid and darkly amusing display of covetable and topical artworks from the coven of three leading South African artists
Hooked on the South African art classics
South African masterpieces form part of a Strauss & Co auction of artworks from the Naspers collection
EXHIBITION: Head to head with a modern master
Norman Catherine’s take on the gangster state features in a new exhibition, his first solo show in 10 years
Big Parisian debut for KZN weavers
A bench designed by a Zulu woman, with a woven back made by women from a rural Zululand village, is on display at one of Europe’s largest modern art museums ...
Pieter Hugo wants to look unapologetically
Faces in the frame say nothing, or tell a lot, as his exhibition at the Stevenson shows
Hammer Hype: a whole week of Strauss & Co art auctions
A glut of excellent pieces is up for grabs. The FM picks our top lots in this approaching bonanza of buying
OBITUARY: Farewell to a master of SA art – Harold Voigt
Harold Voigt, dead at 83, left a rich legacy of evocative landscapes and interiors
Everard Read’s deep dive into the past
A new online exhibition at Everard Read aims to stoke local appreciation for traditional African art by exploring its influence on contemporary works
Aspire Art: contemporary notions of masculinity
Aspire Art’s sale of a single-owner collection later this month presents a fascinating take on contemporary notions of masculinity
Something new for SA abstract art
WAV, a new exhibition of abstract work by artists Pebofatso Mokoena and Frederick Clarke, shows signs of new life in abstraction
STREET ART: Zoo Lake basketball court gets a facelift
SA is picked as the second country to host a new initiative by cognac brand Hennessy
The state of the arts
Graham Wood spoke to nine insiders to cobble together a picture of where the art world is now, and what the post-pandemic art landscape might look like as 2022 ...
History of SA art, on the block
From Pierneef to Kentridge, museum-grade SA art is now up for auction
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