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Detail of ‘Al Hurra’ by Thania Petersen. Photo: Hayden Phipps courtesy of Whatiftheworld.
INVESTEC CAPE TOWN ART FAIR

Embedding value into material culture at the Investec Cape Town Art Fair

Chaze Matakala writes of encountering Thania Petersen and Ibrahim Mahama at the Investec Cape Town Art Fair.

  • Chaze Matakala
9 min read
Spiritual milestones: The artworks have been described as having the reclamation of African spirituality and indigenous faith as practised by black women, at its core.
HEALING

Art and the heirs of redness

Buhlebezwe Siwani’s latest exhibition grew out of a trek and conversations with several women

  • Nobhongo Gxolo
7 min read
Bitter taste: Art historian Thembinkosi Goniwe says the democratic art scene is a sad illusion and that the commercial aspects of the industry are still ‘white business as usual’. (Photo: Renata Larroyd)
ART COLLECTOR

The sour pleasure of the art industry

Black artists and curators are on the rise but the art world is still owned and governed by white people

  • Staff Reporter
9 min read