A new dawn As COVID-19 vaccines arrive in South Africa, the outlook for the future has taken an upturn. In keeping with this newfound positivity, Decorex Africa is pleased to announce its dynamic new plans for Decorex Cape Town 2021. Decorex Cape Town has been agilely re-strategised, with the entire month of June pegged for […]Read More
Many South Africans yawned through this year’s budget speech and commentary. But maybe we should have been looking to our artists instead of the usual suspects for clear-eyed analysis Aside from the ENCA mask incident, 2021’s budget passed without much of a flicker. Tito Mboweni delivered roughly what everyone expected within the constraints of Covid-19, […]Read More
The Power of Art and Storytelling With the COVID -19 vaccines being a prominent topic in the news over the last few months, it is only natural that people would have questions about their safety and effectiveness. But how do you know if the information that you are reading is reliable? We live in a […]Read More
The expressions of Blackness in The Shape of Blackness Virtual Exhibition (February – March 2021) In the tiniest corner of the globe where the sun finds home for a day and in a grandmother’s kitchen Blackness lives. We come face-to-face with it daily; it is in everything, in us. In the dictionary, blackness is […]Read More
The City of Johannesburg offers itself as a cultural canon for creative development; professional practice and offers rich historical inspiration pertinent to contemporary artists local to South Africa. The Riboville Boutique Hotel is pleased to present a mixed array of contemporaries to the Northern Suburbs of Johannesburg in an attempt to highlight Artists whom reflect […]Read More
The National Arts Festival is planning for a hybrid edition in July 2021 with a digital (online) festival and live elements as allowed within the prevailing Covid-19 restrictions. The National Arts Festival has opened the call for artists to express their interest in participating in the 2021 National Arts Festival Fringe. The Festival went online […]Read More
The premise of Seth Pimentel’s new body of work is a cathartic release. There is a collective sense of woe lingering in the world. He had recently been put in a very intense emotional space, feeling as though his life had started shifting out of control and he couldn’t balance the weight of it all. […]Read More
The Melrose Gallery, in association with Sandton City, present ‘INTROSPECTION – Art of Contemporary Africa’, a thought-provoking group exhibition featuring established and emerging artists from the continent of Africa. Definition: Introspection is the examination of one’s own conscious thoughts and feelings. In psychology, the process of introspection relies on the observation of one’s mental state, […]Read More
Craig Cameron-Mackintosh’s debut solo exhibition ‘Nowhere Better to Be’ continues the artist’s exploration of the cinematic effects of light and shade on figures. In his latest body of work Cameron-Mackintosh pushes the two extremes that trick the eye to create different ways of seeing the same things. In a reversal of the typical order of […]Read More
Artist Proof Studios’ Printmaking Education Programme offers a wide range of printmaking techniques. Students create drawings to be translated into prints. For this year, 2020 students will exhibit their prints and drawings, sharing their 2020 Education journey. All prints and drawings are available for sale at affordable prices, from R500 to R2000. i/24 Stands for […]Read More