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Buhlebezwe Siwani at the National Arts Festival 2022

Art June 17, 2022

Buhlebezwe Siwani at the National Arts Festival 2022

This year’s National Arts Festival will be taking place in Makhanda from 23 June to 3 July 2022. We caught up with Buhlebezwe Siwani – an artist and iSangoma whose work expresses truth like beauty; in the eye of the beholder, bendable, multidimensional.

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Current & Curated: The Art Gazette Collection

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Art June 15, 2022

Current & Curated: The Art Gazette Collection

Planning on adorning your space with works by local artists? We’ve rounded up a few of our favourite pieces from Aspire Art’s Current & Curated: The Art Gazette Collection online auction.

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Living Archive: The Library of Things We Forgot to Remember

Art April 11, 2022

Living Archive: The Library of Things We Forgot to Remember

Created by artist Kudzanai Chiurai, the new Library of Things We Forgot to Remember at 44 Stanley pays tribute to elements of the African past that have been left out of the history books.

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The Resilience Tapestry by the Keiskamma Art Project

Art March 29, 2022

The Resilience Tapestry by the Keiskamma Art Project

The Eastern Cape weavers of the Keiskamma Art Project have come together to tell the story of the pandemic through the medium of another of their extraordinary works – the Resilience Tapestry.

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Time, Memory and Experience: An interview with Tom Cullberg

Art March 17, 2022

Time, Memory and Experience: An interview with Tom Cullberg

Tom Cullberg’s fascination with the formal appearance of things purposefully arranged on a shelf endures in his engrossing cabinet installations presented in his latest exhibition titled Local Stories.

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Submerge by Kristi Marié Pretorius

Art March 11, 2022

Submerge by Kristi Marié Pretorius

Cape Town-based artist Kristi Marié Pretorius’s latest series, Submerge, forms part of Thalassophobia – a personal exhibition that explores her fear and love of the ocean and fear and love of the Self.

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Sweet-Orr Celebrates Local Creative Talent

Art Design March 8, 2022

Sweet-Orr Celebrates Local Creative Talent

Local workwear brand Sweet-Orr has partnered with 10 South African industry leaders to showcase their talent and celebrate their inspiring stories.

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Spier Light Art 2022

Art March 7, 2022

Spier Light Art 2022

The fourth and highly anticipated edition of the celebrated annual Spier Light Art will present an evocative world of light, sound and video art at the historic Stellenbosch Wine Farm.

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