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Art on display at LAE at this weekend
culture

SA’s largest visual arts festival to be hosted in Joburg this weekend

Dineo Ranaka
Celeb News

‘Is that weed?’: Dineo Ranaka puffs and creates cool art [watch]

South African creatives express their freedom through design
Start-up Africa

South African creatives express their freedom through design

Art on display at LAE at this weekend
Art and Artists

SA’s largest visual arts festival to be hosted in Joburg this weekend

Dineo Ranaka
Celeb News

‘Is that weed?’: Dineo Ranaka puffs and creates cool art [watch]

South African creatives express their freedom through design
Start-up Africa

South African creatives express their freedom through design

El Anatsui
Art and Artists

El Anatsui’s artworks: Why the world fell in love with him

By The Conversation14-04-2023 15:09

The 79-year-old artist has become so renowned that in art circles his brand of work is a kind of art movement with its own name, Elism.

Digital artist Thapelo shaping the future of South African art
Start-up Africa

Digital artist Thapelo shaping the future of South African art

By GCIS Vuk’uzenzele03-04-2023 11:17

Thapelo Keetile, a 33-year-old digital artist from Kuruman, expresses his gratitude for the freedom to explore his career as an artist in SA.

Artists fight AI programs that copy their styles
Art and Artists

Artists fight AI programs that copy their styles

By Agence France-Presse29-03-2023 14:10

Artists outraged by artificial intelligence that copies in seconds the styles they have sacrificed years to develop are waging battle online and in court.

Van Gogh Museum
Art and Artists

Van Gogh Museum at 50: A brief history of Van Gogh and the art market

By The Conversation23-03-2023 15:51

Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum turns 50 in 2023. The museum attracts over two million visitors each year. Here’s a brief history of Van Gogh

art auction
Art and Artists

Art auctions hit record in 2022 despite economic gloom

By Agence France-Presse14-03-2023 12:34

More than a million artworks were put up for auction for the first time in 2022 despite a gloomy global economy.

Haberdashery
Fashion and Beauty

The art of Haberdashery

By Portia Chamapiwa23-02-2023 16:58

Haberdashery is an intricate sewing technique that involves stitching, adding buttons, inserting zips and has broader decoration of textiles.

Rare Klimt painting returns to Austria after 60 years
Lifestyle

Rare Klimt painting returns to Austria after 60 years

By Agence France-Presse03-02-2023 11:17

A major work from the Austrian painter Gustav Klimt has returned to Vienna where it will be shown for the first time in nearly 60 years.

Guinness World Records
Offbeat

Guinness World Records: Longest painting

By Shyleen Choruma06-01-2023 07:30

The longest painting measures 10,850 m (35,597 ft 1.32 in) and was achieved by Al Tayer Group (UAE), in Dubai, UAE, on 12 December 2015.

Poem of the day
Art and Artists

Poem of the Day: The wrong chill pill

By Tasnim Langry07-12-2022 09:25

A poem a day inspires good energy to stay. Each update brings you inspiration about life, love and everything else for everyone.

Mondrian painting Microsoft
Art and Artists

Mondrian painting hung upside down for 77 years

By Agence France-Presse30-10-2022 14:45

Huh!? Art by Dutch abstract painter Piet Mondrian has been hanging upside down for 77 years, says a curator at the German museum.

Foxwood
Art and Artists

Rejuvenation: Foxwood Festival returns with purpose

By Nokuthula Ngcobo18-10-2022 21:41

Foxwood festivalgoers will be able to enjoy visual arts, theatre performances, literature presentations, and more.

NFT
Art and Artists

Portchie becomes first SA artist to launch NFT art collection

By Nokuthula Ngcobo22-08-2022 20:22

Portchie’s artworks are a trademark of vibrant colours, distorted shapes and blue trees and can be described as a ‘burst of joyful colour’.

Boschendal
Art and Artists

Horizon & Vessel: Boschendal & Norval Foundation unveil new exhibitions

By Nokuthula Ngcobo21-07-2022 20:19

Boschendal & Norval Foundation is hosting a group exhibition showing a century of landscape art whilst celebrating local ceramic artists.

Anna
Culture

Everything you need to know about the Anna Award

By Nokuthula Ngcobo21-07-2022 07:47

‘Anna is about liberation, belonging, sustainability and truth’: The winner will be announced on 10 August.

Pablo Picasso
Art and Artists

Myth of Pablo Picasso as a ‘lone genius creator’ unmasked

By The Conversation23-06-2022 18:21

Pablo Picasso served as the centre of several creative hubs, though the famous artist rarely acknowledged his creative collaborators.

Mary Sibande
Art and Artists

‘Let Me Tell You About Red’: Mary Sibande opens art exhibition in Durban

By Nokuthula Ngcobo01-06-2022 23:06

Mary Sibande’s memorable large-scale installations personify the colours of bruising – blue, purple and more recently red.

Art
My Business

Turn your artistic idea into a business

By GCIS Vuk’uzenzele27-05-2022 16:06

young artists across the country are invited to register for an opportunity that could turn their artistic ideas into a profitable business. 

Going twice, SOLD! Painting fe
Offbeat

Going twice, SOLD! Painting fetches a record R3.1 billion at auction

By Thabo Baloyi11-05-2022 03:17

The painting by the late Andy Warhol is now the most expensive piece of artwork ever sold by an American artist

Southern African art
Art and Artists

Southern African art flashpoints around the world this week

By Gordon Glyn-Jones29-04-2022 13:03

Whilst the web has opened the world’s eyes to the depth and power of Southern African art there are a growing number of champions dedicating their lives to bringing the tangible living works to an increasingly appreciative audience.

Artfluence
Art and Artists

Freed imagination: Artfluence Human Rights festival goes live

By Nokuthula Ngcobo27-04-2022 09:11

The Artfluence festival will present a hybrid festival with both online and live events featuring musicians, poets, cartoonists and dancers.

Simon de Haast exhibition
Art and Artists

‘Vujà Dé’: A colour field photographic exhibition by Simon de Haast

By Nokuthula Ngcobo23-03-2022 13:38

‘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.

South African Art
Art and Artists

African art: Southern African artists making a global impact

By Gordon Glyn-Jones17-02-2022 14:01

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.

Almost 50 years after heist, a
Art and Artists

Almost 50 years after heist, art sleuth returns statue to France

By Agence France-Presse02-02-2022 06:54

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.

Pigcasso's 'Wild and Free' painting.
Art and Artists

Move over, Banksy: SA’s Pigcasso sells painting for more than R400k

By Erene Roux20-12-2021 16:37

South Africa’s pig prodigy, Pigcasso, is binging home the bacon after selling a painting for more than R400 000.

‘Confidant’ by Joni-Leigh Doran.
Art and Artists

Cognisance: An exhibition of equine paintings by Joni-Leigh Doran

By Erene Roux13-12-2021 14:40

You can see Joni-Leigh Doran’s exhibition – which highlights the relationship between horses and humans – at La Galleria in the new year.

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