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Sculpture under the sun: A talk around Angus Taylor’s Morphic Resonance was held during the BMW Art Generation Vol III at Nirox Sculpture Park last weekend. Photo: BMW Group South Africa

A day of art, vibes and black joy

BMW Art Generation fused music, fashion and community ambiance in an event that outshone traditional notions of art

‘Audience’ by Thenjiwe Nkosi forms a part of the ‘Gymnasium’ series that will be on show at Stevenson art gallery in Johannesburg. (Thenjiwe Nkosi) (Nina Lieska)

Thenjiwe Nkosi’s ‘Gymnasium’ moves into white space

Thenjiwe Nkosi’s paintings, done in a muted palette, are not of athletes’ gymnastics but of the moments before and after their performance

Portia Zvavahera’s Embraced and Protected in You (above) and Robin Rhode’s digital animation, Untitled, Harvest, also have a role in the cross-cultural exchange in Mexico. (Jail Olmedo)

Mexico with its take on the dead

The celebration of the dead finds a resonance with the works of some of our leading creatives

Whale of a work: Nicholas Hlobo’s Tyaphaka

Nicholas Hlobo: Master of mystery goes bland

Nicholas Hlobo’s concealment is revealed in this exhibition as the art of saying little and selling a lot.

In search of a rubber identity

In search of a rubber identity

Nicholas Hlobo’s new exhibition explores cultural history, and explores where identity and truth fit into the bigger picture.

Sculpted paintings

Nicholas Hlobo’s topographies on canvas have extended pictorial space into three dimensions, writes <b>Anthea Buys</b>.

Rubber lumps of latitude

During the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown every vertical plane in the town is plastered with posters advertising events.

Fabric of life

Nicholas Hlobo is this year’s Standard Bank Young Artist Award-winner for visual art. Anthea Buys asks him about his enigmatic sculptures.