Before the NFT market boomed, digital artist Robbie Barrat handed out free coupons to art collectors who chucked them away.
Three consignments of valuable art bound for Russia were seized by Finnish customs last weekend, suspected of contravening EU sanctions.
French graffiti legend Christian Guemy known as C215 is tagging walls in Kyiv and Lviv in support of Ukraine.
Is the post-MeToo world cancelling Pablo Picasso? His treatment of women would certainly get him in trouble today.
Pablo Picasso’s work is exhibited is in Dakar for the first time in 50 years although his work is relatively unknown in Senegal.
A new Jeff Koons project will see him get involved with NFT’s and
send sculptures to the Moon later this year.
An NFT version of a 61-year-old arrest warrant for South Africa’s former President Nelson Mandela will go under the hammer in Cape Town.
‘From working with fixer in the darkroom to understanding composition & exposure’ : Simon de Haast to showcase his work at Ground Art Caffe from 7 April to 31 May.
‘Shot Sage Blue Marilyn’ by Andy Warhol is tipped to become the most expensive 20th-century artwork when it gets auctioned in May.
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.