AT FEATURE: Lecture on South African Ceramics at The Clay Museum
Clive Sithole, Ukhamba, burnished and smoke-fired earthenware, 2008 Esias Bosch, Large Tile, porcelain with lustre decoration Juliet Armstrong, Untitled, porcelain, 1981 RSVP
AT FEATURE: Andrew Putter’s upcoming exhibition Flowers of the Cape Peninsula, Vol. 1 | Barnard Gallery
Flowers of the Cape Peninsula, Vol. 1 | Andrew Putter Solo Exhibition at the Barnard Gallery Archival pigment inks on paper Date: Saturday 2 December 2023 Time: 3pm – 6pm Venue: Barnard Gallery, 55 Main [...]
AT FEATURE: One of SA’s Most Beloved Art Institutions – Knysna Fine Art Turns 25
Lee-Ann Heath - Bloom Bloom Mountain, oil on canvas, 140 x 200cm For all its attractions and its significant position in the minds of South Africans, Knysna remains a small town, with a [...]
Four Men in the U.K. Have Been Charged With the Theft of Maurizio Cattelan’s $6 Million Gold Toilet Sculpture
The current state of the 18-carat gold sculpture, however, is not known. Four men in England have been arrested and charged for the 2019 theft of a golden toilet sculpture by Maurizio Cattelan worth about [...]
A 2,700-Year-Old Sculpture of an Assyrian God—Once Buried for Safekeeping—Has Been Unearthed Again in Iraq
A 2,700-Year-Old Sculpture of an Assyrian God—Once Buried for Safekeeping—Has Been Unearthed Again in Iraq The monumental, 18-ton body of the ancient winged deity will now be reunited with its head, held at the Iraqi [...]
Sculpture of Ancient Greek Boxer Still Haunts Viewers Today
The beloved ancient Greek sculpture called “The Boxer at Rest” from 330-50 BC is one of the most realistic of all ancient Greek sculptures and also the most touching and emotive works of art from [...]
Museums around the world wonder how—or if—to respond to Israel-Hamas war
Many cultural institutions have remained silent about the ongoing crisis As the Israel-Hamas war intensifies, with the present focus on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza together with urgent negotiations to free around 220 Israeli hostages, [...]
AT FEATURE: National Visual Art Survey
What is the National Visual Arts Survey? The National Visual Arts Survey is South Africa’s largest research initiative in the visual arts, and was first undertaken in 2009, resulting in the first major report on [...]
AT FEATURE: Moses Tladi and Gerard Sekoto, who opened museum doors for black artists, lead an impressive offering of black moderns at Johannesburg Auction Week
JOHANNESBURG – Museum-grade works by a cohort of pioneer black moderns, including Gerard Bhengu, Sydney Kumalo, Ezrom Legae and Moses Tladi, will open the bidding at Strauss & Co’s premier Evening Sale during Johannesburg Auction [...]
‘We live in an age of escalating violence. Art teaches us to listen, to see, to wait for understanding’
‘We live in an age of escalating violence. Art teaches us to listen, to see, to wait for understanding’ As the world reels from wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, and we face a [...]