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Arlene Amaler-Raviv and Dale Yudelman 25 Mai 2021 LIVESTOCK, a collaboration between painter Arlene Amaler-Raviv and photographer Dale Yudelman was created in 2003 for the Eighth Havana Bienniel... Weiterlesen -
SA sculptor Pitika Ntuli just won a Global Fine Art Award
Erene Roux 20 Mai 2021 The South African sculptor, poet and writer, Pitika Ntuli recently walked away with the Global Fine Art People’s Choice “You-2″... Weiterlesen -
South African poet and sculptor Pitika Ntuli wins a Global Fine Art Award in Paris
Shonisani Tshikalange 19 Mai 2021 South African sculptor, poet and writer Pitika Ntuli on Tuesday added another accolade to his impressive CV, being awarded the... Weiterlesen -
Artist Hussein Salim’s journey to find his place in the world
Mary Corrigall 13 Mai 2021 Very little has been written about the artist Hussein Salim . It is surprising given he has been exhibiting frequently... Weiterlesen -
Blazer.
Ronald Muchatuta 24 Apr 2021 In the last twenty years, Muchatuta has emerged as a fiery, passionate and undaunted visual artist who is determined to... Weiterlesen -
Book Club Sessions and Children's Show
Ronald Muchatuta 8 Apr 2021 The artists who will represent Zimbabwe at the 59th International Art Exhibition at La Biennale di Venezia in 2022 have... Weiterlesen -
Celebrating Women in the Arts
French Embassay 7 Apr 2021 On 31 March 2021, Ambassador of France to South Africa, Aurélien Lechevallier, hosted an art viewing event to celebrate women... Weiterlesen -
Top Zimbabwean artists up for Venice Biennale
By Jonathan Mbiriyamveka 26 März 2021 Zimbabwean contemporary artists Ronald Muchatuta, Kresiah Mukwazhi, Terrence Musekiwa and Wallen Mapondera are up for Venice Biennale showcase beginning in... Weiterlesen -
Zim quartet for Italian exhibition
Ronald Muchatuta 26 März 2021 BY WINSTONE ANTONIO TOP four Zimbabwean artists’ crafts will be showcased at the 59th edition of the La Biennale di... Weiterlesen -
ARTIST ADEJOKE TUGBIYELE ON YORUBA PERFORMANCE AESTHETIC, WEAVING A NEW BROOM AND QUEERING THE TRADITIONAL
An Interview with Wana Udobang 2 März 2021 Artist Adejoke Tugbiyele creates these sculptures that combine her signature material, the African broom along with wire and fabric. The... Weiterlesen -
THIS SOUTH AFRICAN ARTIST’S HOUSE IS LIKE NOTHING YOU’VE SEEN BEFORE
Willie Bester culled diamonds from detritus to build his dream home east of Cape Town. 18 Feb 2021 By ATHI MONGEZELELI JOJA AND PRODUCED BY CHARLES CURKIN FEB 17, 2021 South African artist and activist Willie Bester ’s... Weiterlesen -
Highlights from R & Company’s Ambitious Design Exhibition 'OBJECTS: USA 2020'
Adejoke Tugbiyele 16 Feb 2021 By Osman Can Yerebakan At the tail end of the 1960s, the Museum of Contemporary Craft (currently Museum of Art... Weiterlesen -
From an artist, to an artist: Pitika Ntuli remembers Sibongile Khumalo
By Pitika Ntuli 31 Jan 2021 In June 2020, South African poet, professor and sculptor Pitika Ntuli completed a collection of sculptures made mostly of bones.... Weiterlesen -
Melrose Gallery pan-African group exhibition at Sandton City's Diamond Walk extended
21 Jan 2021 The Melrose Gallery is currently showcasing the Introspection - Art Of Contemporary Africa group exhibition, which features established and emerging... Weiterlesen -
The Legendary 85-Year-Old Artist Esther Mahlangu Is Collected by Oprah and Trevor Noah—See Her Breathtaking New Work Here
Artnet Gallery Network, December 18, 2020 18 Dez 2020 An exhibition celebrating the artist is on view now at Melrose Gallery in Johannasburg. Esther Nikwambi Mahlangu is a woman... Weiterlesen -
Prizim Art Fair 2020
December 1 - December 21 9 Dez 2020 Prizm is pleased to present a dynamic fair with layered programming that is sure to capture the eyes and minds... Weiterlesen -
Renowned artist Esther Mahlangu urges Africans to hold onto their traditions
By Jason Burke Africa correspondent 23 Nov 2020 Pioneering Ndebele artist fears young people are losing a sense of their roots One of Africa’s best-known artists has made... Weiterlesen -
Queens of Africa
Hussein Salim 21 Nov 2020 Sudanese-born artist Hussein Salim similarly captures that elusive juncture between the fleeting and the eternal in the radiant dreamscapes of... Weiterlesen -
Celebrating 85 years of Dr Esther Mahlangu
By Mila Crewe-Brown (editor-in-chief) 18 Nov 2020 The doyenne of modern Ndebele art is about to open her largest ever solo, and it’s happening right here on... Weiterlesen -
The Medium is the Message, exhibition in London
Edozie Anedu 2 Nov 2020 The Medium is the Message we can therefore say finds purpose in curating nuanced work. It contains work from a... Weiterlesen -
What I Buy and Why: TV Producer Mfundi Vundla on His Fateful First Purchase, and Missing His Chance to Collect Jack Whitten
by Naomi Rea 2 Nov 2020 Vundla is best known for his work on the long-running South African soap opera 'Generations.' When he’s not at his... Weiterlesen -
Embodying a Queer, Pan-Africanist Approach to Spirituality
With Hybrid Spirit, Adejoke Tugbiyele proposes a visual language that explores the intimate connections between queerness, Indigenous African spirituality, and feminism. 29 Okt 2020 Alexandra M. Thomas October 29, 2020 Adejoke Tugbiyele manifests a “hybrid spirit” in her work, creating soulful, resilient sculpture-costumes, some... Weiterlesen -
Carol Bouwer Bags and Dr Esther Mahlangu connect fashion and art with new luxury collaboration
By Afika Jadezweni 27 Okt 2020 Collaboration in fashion has become a key player for heightened brand awareness and success. It can even be said that... Weiterlesen -
Turning inwards, infinitely: A Q&A with Adejoke Tugbiyele
Creative Feel 21 Okt 2020 Exhibited at the Melrose Gallery from 15 October – 15 November 2020, the artworks on the show were produced in... Weiterlesen -
In conversation with Ronald Muchatuta
by Barnabas Muvhuti Ticha 6 Okt 2020 Black lives have always mattered through colonialism, the Atlantic Slave Trade, the Jim Crow era, apartheid, and currently, with the... Weiterlesen -
Yoko Ono & Esther Mahlangu lined up for art exhibit in Johannesburg
Nirox Sculpture Park 27 Sept 2020 Experimental artist Yoko Ono - John Lennon's widow - will exhibit her work alongside controversial sculptor Nandipha Mntambo and legendary... Weiterlesen -
Regi Bardavid’s Abstract Paintings Spotlight South African Domestic Spaces and Landscapes
The artist grapples with color, line and texture in “Universal Rhythms.” 1 Sept 2020 Regi Bardavid is one of the few painters in South Africa who has championed abstraction in her works for many... Weiterlesen -
Masterclass unpacks ethics of sustainability within African fashion
26 Juli 2020 May introduced the theme by posing a multifaceted question to the audience and panellists: What does the ideal future of... Weiterlesen -
Pitika Ntuli’ hailed for his bone exhibition at National Arts Festival
Pitika Ntuli 3 Juli 2020 Click here to enter the online exhibition Pitika Ntuli’s 45 bone sculpture exhibition receives high praise at the Virtual National... Weiterlesen -
Native Exclusive: Meet Edozie Anedu, The Benin Based Artist Behind Drb’s ‘Pioneers’ Cover Art
12 Mai 2020 I think my story is special. I have the role to break boundaries and connect more people, especially here in... Weiterlesen -
Artists opt for virtual exhibitions
26 Apr 2020 Visual artists are swapping gallery exhibitions and showcases for virtual ones, as most of the world remains on lockdown. Visual... Weiterlesen -
Adejoke Tugbiyele Hybrid Forms And Second Skins
Decorating Dissidence 4 Apr 2020 Adejoke Tugbiyele (b.1977, New York, USA) is an award-winning, queer, black artist. Her work often comments on human rights issues... Weiterlesen -
Meet Artist Ndabuko Ntuli, Making Art Out Of Gomora Trash
Ndabuko Ntuli 26 März 2020 The streets of Gomora might be littered with trash but Ndabuko Ntuli is turning it all into works of art.... Weiterlesen -
Stellenbosch Triennale, a Bold Experiment | The New York Times
Ronald Muchatuta 25 März 2020 STELLENBOSCH, South Africa — For tourists, this prim colonial town is the gateway to a spectacular mountain region dotted with... Weiterlesen -
An engagement with Dr Mahlangu’s contemporary art practice by Percy Mabandu
Dr. Esther Mahlangu 18 März 2020 Thinking and writing about Dr Esther Mahlangu’s work may finally catch up with the quality of her 75-year long contribution... Weiterlesen -
Oliewenhuis Art Museum permanent collection exhibition
Noria Mabasa 18 März 2020 Selected artworks are displayed from Oliewenhuis Art Museum’s Permanent Collection to contemplate and converse on themes associated with gender, identity,... Weiterlesen -
Absa Art Gallery
Philiswa Lila 21 Feb 2020 Watch Philiswa Lila give us her take on the future of visual arts and a new generation of trail-blazing African... Weiterlesen -
CHRIS THURMAN: A Swirl Of Bodies In The Age Of Digital Reproduction
Philiswa Lila 21 Feb 2020 When it comes to Philiswa Lila’s exhibition Skin, Bone, Fire, a virtual experience is not quite the same as being... Weiterlesen -
CELEBRATED ARTIST DR. ESTHER MAHLANGU PAINTS UNIQUE ARTWORK FOR ROLLS-ROYCE PHANTOM GALLERY
Dr. Esther Mahlangu 13 Feb 2020 Rolls-Royce’s flagship, Phantom, has within it, an interior space which spans the dash facia and which is enclosed by a... Weiterlesen -
Tomorrow There Will Be More of Us: Art as a Contact Zone
by Sven Christian 5 Feb 2020 The title of the inaugural Stellenbosch Triennale, Tomorrow There Will Be More Of Us (2020), reads like a proclamation—a statement... Weiterlesen -
Sir Richard Branson Finally Meets His Portrait
Paul Blomkamp 21 Nov 2019 'The man meets the painting! 10 years ago I was really young (60), fired up and full of wild enthusiasm.... Weiterlesen -
BISO 2019: Ouagadougou, capitale de la sculpture africaine jusqu’au 15 novembre
Adejoke Tugbiyele 15 Nov 2019 The Burkinabe capital has been hosting the 1st edition of the International Sculpture Biennial of Ouagadougou (BISO) since October 8... Weiterlesen -
Arts plastiques : le dilemme du sculpteur
Adejoke Tugbiyele 31 Okt 2019 The first international sculpture biennial in Ouagadougou highlights the questions of contemporary creators, heirs to a long tradition. How to... Weiterlesen -
Getting to know Willie Bester
Willie Bester 15 Aug 2019 Weiterlesen -
Department launches books about Noria Mabasa and Dr Esther Mahlangu
Noria Mabasa and Dr Esther Mahlangu 11 Aug 2019 JOBURG – The Department of Sports, Arts and Culture honours sculptor Noria Mabasa with a launch of a book about... Weiterlesen -
The Washington Post | The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art
Adejoke Tugbiyele 18 Juli 2019 About five years ago, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art determined that only 11 percent of the artists with... Weiterlesen -
Dr. Esther Mahlangu receives France’s top cultural award
Friday 12 July 2019 - French Embassy, Pretoria Johannesburg 12 Juli 2019 During the 2019 Bastille Day celebration at the Residence of France in Pretoria, Ambassador of France to South Africa, H.E.... Weiterlesen -
Pitika Ntuli Speaks To ART AFRICA In An All-Encompassing Conversation
2 Mai 2019 The 77-year-old artist spoke to ART AFRICA in an all-encompassing conversation that touched on his origins as an artist, his... Weiterlesen -
Freshpak 80s Limited Edition Esther Mahlangu Tin
26 Sept 2018 Freshpak rooibos, in collaboration with internationally acclaimed Ndebele artist Dr Esther Mahlangu , has created a limited-edition tin. Dr... Weiterlesen -
BMW 7 Series Individual by Esther Mahlangu now in South Africa
Dr. Esther Mahlangu 18 Aug 2018 “I am so glad that BMW brought my art back to South Africa, it is a beautiful car to be... Weiterlesen -
Esther Mahlangu 'honoured' to be celebrated on New York boulevard
21 Sept 2017 Traditional artist Esther Mahlangu is 'excited and honoured' to have her bold Ndebele artwork brighten up the streets of New... Weiterlesen -
Gerald Chukwuma: the ex-hawker who turns drinks cans into works of art
9 Mai 2017 In neon orange shorts, Gerald Chukwuma approaches me, smiling, beneath the glittering chandeliers in the lounge of Accra’s dazzling Kempinski... Weiterlesen -
BMW Art Talk held at Soho House on the occasion of the fourth edition of BMW Art Guide by Independent Collectors BMW as partner of Frieze London to present Art Talk about Esther Mahlangu and South African art.
26 Sept 2016 London/Munich. From October 6 to 9, 2016, Frieze London will open its doors in Regent’s Park for the 14th time.... Weiterlesen -
How John Legend And A World-Renowned Ndebele Artist Joined Forces To Beat AIDS
31 Aug 2016 Esther Mahlangu hands me a chicken feather. She teaches me how to strip it and save a little tuft at... Weiterlesen -
Artist’s work is fired by deep spirituality
By Atiyyah Khan 1 März 2016 Spirituality is what fuels the work of Zimbabwean-born artist Ronald Muchatuta. The soft-spoken artist has been working in Cape Town... Weiterlesen -
Artist Esther Mahlangu @VMFA
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts 30 Jan 2015 South African Ndebele artist Esther Mahlangu discusses the early years of her paining practice, her designs and pigments, and the... Weiterlesen -
Ndebele artist Mahlangu uses bold colors, striking graphics to honor African heritage
The Washington Post 3 Okt 2014 RICHMOND — Esther Mahlangu is barely taller than the third-grade students who gathered around her for a photo op in... Weiterlesen -
Impressions of Rorke’s Drift exhibition launch at DAG
9 Okt 2013 An exciting new exhibition, Impressions of Rorke's Drift – the Jumuna Collection, curated by Thembinkosi Goniwe, which looks at the... Weiterlesen -
1991 BMW 525i | 12 Esther Mahlangu
Dr. Esther Mahlangu 13 Mai 2011 By Philip Papeman “My art has evolved from the tribal tradition of decorating our homes. The patterns I have used... Weiterlesen
