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AFRICAN ARTISTS

Photography as a listening tool: Beata America puts it all on record

Beata America transforms photography into a medium of listening and memory in her Cabinet section, Record, at the Investec Cape Town Art Fair

  • Kibo Ngowi
3 min read
Left to right: Elizabeth Fick of Investec,Tristanne Farrell of Investec, Emma Van der merwe of Everard Read and Cumesh Moodliar of Investec next to Warren Maroon’s award-winning piece-Photo by Anton Scholtz
AFRICAN CONTEMPORARY ART

Warren Maroon named emerging artist of the year

Cape Town sculptor Warren Maroon wins the Investec Emerging Artist Award 2026 for ‘Rising Sun’ at the Cape Town Art Fair

  • Kibo Ngowi
3 min read
Thato Toeba: Collage of Justice
AFRICAN ARTISTS TO WATCH

Mapping power, memory and belonging through collage

Collages crafted by 2025 FNB Art Prize winner Thato Toeba confront colonial legacies and celebrate African intimacy and connection

  • Lesego Chepape
7 min read
Cameroonian-Swiss curator Koyo Kouoh, who died of cancer on 10 May, was executive director and chief curator of the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa in Cape Town. Photo by Mirjam Kluka
AFRICAN CONTEMPORARY ART

‘A loss we cannot quantify’: The enduring legacy of Koyo Kouoh

Artists, fellow curators and friends reflect on the singular presence of Koyo Kouoh and the imprint she leaves behind

  • Kibo Ngowi
8 min read
Wave goodbye: Cameroonian-Swiss curator Koyo Kouoh, who died of cancer on 10 May, was executive director and chief curator of the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa in Cape Town.
AFRICAN ART

A love supreme: A requiem for Koyo Kouoh

Bongani Madondo remembers Koyo Kouoh as an activist and a community worker — and curator of collective futures

  • Bongani Madondo
15 min read
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2024 FNB ART PRIZE

Zimbabwean artist Gresham Tapiwa Nyaude wins 2024 FNB Art Prize

Nyaude’s work will be on display at the FNB Art Fair, and he will hold a solo exhibition at the Johannesburg Art Gallery

  • Charles Leonard
3 min read