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Galleries may thrive but will the planned Art Week, FNB Joburg Art Fair and Arts Alive festivities have any greater social or cultural ramifications?
Donna Kukama is tired of the gallery space — but she intends to stay inside the system and to make the most of it by subverting it.
Artist Ayanda Mabulu’s painting commenting on President Jacob Zuma’s perceived role in the Marikana shooting has sold for R89 000.
The redeeming factor of the Jo’burg Art Fair was seeing one artist stand up for another, writes Percy Zvomuya.
The Jo’burg Art Fair will allow Ayanda Mabulu’s controversial painting to stay after featured artist David Goldblatt threatened to quit in protest.
Silvia Pillon, in charge of the noncommercial side of the Jo’burg Art Fair, discusses her role in staging the event.
The FNB Jo’burg Art Fair has launched, with an announcement that 11 new galleries would be showing work at the fair for the first time.
M&G’s arts editor Matthew Krouse takes us behind the scenes at the 2012 FNB Jo’burg Art Fair, which took place in Sandton at the weekend.
Turner Adams, at the centre of photographer Gordon Clark’s latest body of work, is an extraordinary subject.
Benon Lutaaya’s big-city hardship compelled him to work in collage and enter competitions compulsively.
Pieter Hugo’s latest work, the Pirelli-commissioned At Home series of nude portraits of South Africans at home is all imperfect humanity.
The Art Fair Fringe’s Claudia Schneider tells Matthew Krouse about her vision for showing new work in new spaces.
A collaboration between two young Johannesburg artists opens the doors to an interesting debate on the accessibility of art and gallery space.
The Southern Guild 2011 collection will be showcased again at the Jo’burg Art Fair from September 23 to 25.
<i>Sarah Badat</i> got a heads up on the official attitude to creative production at Friday’s opening sessions at the annual Joburg Art Fair.
One of the highlights of this year’s Art Fair will be the showing of London-based South African artist Paul Emsley’s portrait of Nelson Mandela.
Illinois-based curator Tumelo Mosaka will present a non-commercial video project, titled <i>Here and Now</i>, at this year’s Joburg Art Fair.
The Jo’burg Art Fair is an annual art extravaganza presented by First National Bank.
Simon Njami on the show he has curated for the Jo’burg Art Fair and why he has called it <i>As You Like It</i>.
