Following two years of a COVID-19 induced online existence, FNB Art Joburg will be taking place from September 2 – 4 at the Sandton Convention Centre again this year. As Africa’s leading and longest running contemporary art fair, FNB Art Joburg’s mandate is to sustainably support and grow the continent’s contemporary art market. In “Art…
Museum exhibitions are rarely warm — neither in the degree of heat nor homely reception — but as I entered the second floor of the grain silos at Zeitz Mocaa, a sense of warmth engulfed me. From the sweet and tangy smell of citrus in Thania Petersen’s Rampies Sny (2022), the tender voices recorded in Luvuyo…
There is ‘something’ liberating underscoring our relationship to, and fear of, time. Something co-curator Sumayya Vally describes as a part of the ‘inarticulable’ tether binding the collection that makes up Customs, the latest group exhibition at A4 Gallery, by A4 Arts Foundation. “Not because [the knowledge is] not being articulated,” Vally explains in the show’s…
Black Brazilian singers and artists are “finally” talking about love and affection in their music and work — in addition to stereotypes, masculinity, patriarchy, racism and censorship. With the continuous breaking down of barriers, combined with recent access to power and the market, and above all, narratives of protagonists and valorisation, more people can be…
As heavy rain swept across KwaZulu Natal in April 2022 — causing floods and landslides — homes, cars and businesses were destroyed leaving unimaginable damage across all fronts. The whole of KwaZulu Natal was left impacted. While some people were able to replace some lost or damaged items, artists could not do the same. As…
In the day to day living of our lives, as we pass thousands — if not millions — of faces in our lifetime, it can be easy to be consumed by the seeming vastness of life on earth. One might believe, from our devastating impact on it, that we as people outsize the world. However, the ocean…
* This story is produced in the context of an editorial residency supported by Pro Helvetia Johannesburg, the Swiss Arts Council. The first in a series of performances by artist and choreographer Clara Delorme is called L’albâtre (Alabaster). Alabaster is a mineral or rock that is soft, often used for carving and is processed for plaster…
Much excitement fills the air of Makhanda, from its highest peaks at the Monument to the Valleys of Rhodes University, as the first in-person National Arts Festival takes place following the surge of the Covid-19 pandemic. Indeed, we were all ready for a return to the theatre space. That excitement found its way into the…
Over the last week or so, Dutch artist Theo Jansen and his art exhibit named Strandbeest which means “beach animals” in English went viral on Twitter. The exhibition is of “creatures” made of various materials that are engineered to walk or even fly over beaches. It’s barely surprising that such an interesting and unique mix of…
With the trajectory of film moving forward from the centralisation of big studio ideas and principles such as, Warner Brothers, Sony and Walt Disney, it is important to have a look at the new emergence of film houses producing some impactful work. Despite the cinematography, the important work that is being done is through alternative…
“There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.” Anonymous Artist Deborah Roberts’ new art exhibition titled I Have Something To Tell You, will be unveiled in London this week. The exhibition, which contains some of Roberts’ greatest paintings, highlights the barriers that Black children face…
Yin is to yang. Summer is to winter. Similarly, Art Pop is to Minimalism. The former is representative and embracing of the art within the commercialised world of mass production yet the latter recoils at the sight of that and embraces the power of less. Thus their common ground is merely the vague “art world”….
