Four incredible creatives stand a chance to win R1.4 million at the ASUS ProArtist Awards 2022. Here’s how you can enter!

Auction highlights include paintings by Irma Stern, a trove of excellent works by leading artists Maggie Laubser, Sydney Khumalo and more.

Truck artist Haider Ali has taken his talents to painting and transforming sneakers. He showcases a carnival of colours in his works.

There is concern coming from Russia about getting the Morozov Collection, which includes works by Van Gogh safely back from Paris.

French street artist Christian Guemy, known as C215, unveiled a mural of a Ukrainian girl in Paris in support of the war-torn country.

The rise of NFTs has been met with excitement by artists and concerns about the climate due to difficulty of verifying the artworks.

France has set up a fund to help out artists from Ukraine by offering refugees residencies and cover research grants.

Chinese painter Huang Rui is convinced that Ukraine has already won, even though his country has so far not condemned its ally Russia’s war.

Modzi Arts, which supports the creative community in Zambia, showcases two artists who interrogate climate change and culture in Africa.

Banksy artworks belonging to singer, Robbie Williams were auctioned off by Sotheby’s in London. One of them was ‘Girl with Balloon’.

Nadine Seiler is working hard to preserve ‘Black Lives Matter’ art and voices that were prominent after George Floyd’s death in 2020.

Japanese art collector, Yusaku Maezawa is selling his Basquiat painting for over a billion rand. He could make a R198.8 million profit.

Boucher Legacy has partnered with a talented team of sculptors & wildlife artists to raise funds to protect Africa’s endangered species.

Yoko Ono’s ‘instruction pieces’ can be an accessible vision of art that’s also a resource for psychic survival, community and resilience.

Benin hosted an exhibition of historic artworks returned by France last year, over a century after they were stolen.

We love to hear about the African art and culture enriching people’s lives internationally. Here’s a collection of shows open this week around the world.

Bongani Tshabalala has been selected as SA’s national winner at the Sony World Photography Awards. Take a look at his image, ‘Montsho’.

The late Louis Maqhubela, along with fellow black artists David Koloane and Durant Sihlali inspired modernist South African art.

John Lennon’s son, Julian, has sold an NFT of the Paul McCartney written ‘Hey Jude’ at a recent auction for $77K (R1.1 million).

French painter Paul Gauguin’s ‘Mata Mua’ artwork returns to the Thyssen-Bornemisza museum after it was moved to Andorra by its owner.

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have been experiencing a major boom since 2021, with celebs and auction houses riding the newest digital art wave.

A Dutch art detective has returned a rare Roman statue that was considered one of France’s most important treasures to the museum from which it was stolen nearly 50 years ago.

A rare Botticelli painting depicting Jesus Christ sold at auction for more than $45 million on Thursday at Sotheby’s in New York – a year after a record $92 million was paid for a work by the Italian Renaissance master.

Aidan Muratroyd has been selected to represent South Africa at the Sony World Photography Awards. Take a look at his stunning gallery…

Terrence Musekiwa is the latest in a slew of artists from the arts and culture centre to represent Zimbabwe at the Venice Biennale.