All the fun of the art fair

Art fairs aren’t just for high-powered investors, collectors and sellers. They’re lively, inclusive spaces that offer a cultural experience, education — and a ...

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