Dora Dalila Cheffi - The Sunny Nihilist
Dora Dalila Cheffi, a Finnish-Tunisian artist, belongs nowhere. We meet at the artists studio at the Cape Town Art Residency to discuss her self-portraits. A tall mirror is a striking studio tool. There, reversed, the artist sees herself.
20 Dec 2022
Lawrence Calver, Infinitely Gentle
The Swiss-English artist, Lawrence Calver, is in love with Rothko, though he is no painter. Sewing, dyeing, bleaching, are the integral elements in the creation of his art.
The Great Escape: can art offer a respite from reality?
It is somewhat of an old-school notion that art must keep us in tune with the times. Art has equal value and sway when it channels utopias, and idylls.
14 Dec 2022
All aboard the LuCAC express
When Norwegian-based Zambian Artist Victor Mutelekesha began to conceive of a space that would function as a repository of the arts, it naturally followed that LuCAC would become a station that highlights the multiplicity of cultural identities present in the capital city.
Announcing RMB Latitudes CuratorLab 2023
RMB Latitudes CuratorLab is a practice-based, online curatorial residency for emerging curators in Africa. In 2023, 10 aspiring curators will be guided through a facilitated online residency, designed to offer practical experience in the industry and to hone their curatorial skills.
Meet Tanzanian artist Winifrid Luena
Winifrid Luena's latest body of work is a self-reflection on Winifrid’s continued shifting of states, perceptions, and ideas of living in response to adapting to changes in culture, reality and self-identity after moving from Tanzania to South Africa.
07 Dec 2022
Q&A with Lagos artist Adesola Yusuf (Arclight)
Adesola Yusuf (Arclight) is a 25-year-old multidimensional artist from Lagos, Nigeria. His visually expressive work takes inspiration through the ages, from renaissance art, to modern minimalist, pop and internet art.
No longer quite the new kid…but in a good way
With Covid lockdowns over for vast majority of the art world, Art Basel Miami Beach hosted its largest edition yet, expanding to the entirety of the Convention Centre and taking over the top floor for the expansive Collector Lounge and talks area.
Mihloti ya Ntsako: Reflecting on the art collection as a journey
The book Mihloti ya Ntsako – Journeys with the Bongi Dhlomo Collection, is both a chronicling of a collection and a biography of its collector, the accomplished artist, curator and arts administrator, Bongiwe Dhlomo-Mautloa, better known as Ma Bongi Dhlomo.
30 Nov 2022
Curator Nkgopoleng Moloi reflects on Season 3 of the ICA Podcast
"I spent a lot of time thinking about what it meant for artists to make, in a continuously disorienting world that is hungry for things that are bigger, better, faster, newer and shinier..." - Nkgopoleng Moloi
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Translations stemming from process: Jillian Ross Print at Remai Modern
Collaborative printmaking emerges out of centuries of developing traditions and techniques, and a uniquely productive rapport between artist and printmaker.
15 May 2024
Latitudes Live: A call to gather
Latitudes Live is a programme of talks and activations that are aimed at facilitating an enhanced and holistic experience of RMB Latitudes 2024.
08 May 2024
RMB Latitudes: Abdus Salaam presented by THK Gallery in collaboration with Nirox
This body of work, made over the course of six weeks in residence during the month-long fast of Ramadan, ties this land and its hominid remains, this river and its polluted state, notions of our global environmental shortcomings alongside intimate and personal moments.
01 May 2024
‘threads’, an installation by kate otten architects
A special project at the 2024 RMB Latitudes Art Fair.
RMB Latitudes Special Project: ESSAY
An innate rapport with the natural world is the heartbeat of works by artist partners and stewards of the earth, Geoffrey Armstrong and Wendy Vincent. Over the past 25 years their Magalies Rock Garden near Hekpooort in South Africa has set the stage for the conception of dream-like works of genius.
RMB Latitudes Special Project: FEDE
As one of the year’s special projects, FEDE Arthouse presents a sculptural configuration conceived by the gallery’s director and curator, Lebo Kekana. The project exists as the culmination of a long and playful process of experimentation with form, to investigate its capacity to impose utility upon space — explored in the context of the gallery.
People with things, things without people
The 2024 RMB Latitudes Art Fair will open to the public in late May with a strong sculptural component visible across all of Shepstone Gardens. I want to take this basic fact for a leisurely stroll. Things might briefly get abstract. Stay with me.
What are we all even doing here? / on Group Exhibitions
In attempts to map out the landscape of contemporary art on the African continent, one might find that the curator occupies a nebulous position. Existing in no man’s land, between institution, artist and audience, it can be particularly difficult to understand what demands to make of the curator.
24 Apr 2024
French Institute of South Africa welcomes Occupying the Gallery for artists residency ahead of RMB Latitudes Art Fair
Occupying the Gallery will make a home in Braamfontein for a special edition with IFAS in collaboration with Artist Proof Studio.
Synergy in partnership
Valerie Kabov looks at the imperatives for new art fair business models in the changing art market through Latitudes' initiative of International Galleries Platform.
27 Mar 2024
Ntlo E Etsamayang (The Walking House), Mmakgabo Mmapula Helen Sebidi
Art has always been deeply rooted in Mmakgabo’s cultural heritage, reflecting a profound reverence for the values that have shaped her upbringing and worldview
Q&A with Rwandan artist Jean Luc Iradukunda
Jean Luc Iradukunda's art explores the complexities of identity, belonging, and home, acting as a bridge between cultures.
28 Feb 2024
Diriyah Art Futures opens applications for emerging new media artists
The Saudi Ministry of Culture has announced a call for applications for its ‘Emerging New Media Artist’ Programme, set to take place at the soon-to-open Diriyah Art Futures (DAF) centre. Latitudes spoke to Ibrahim Alsanousi, the acting CEO of Museums Commission, to learn more about their educational programme.
Getting your art out there: a multi-faceted guide
As an artist, it can be easy to get lost in your own world and overlook the importance of connecting with others. But promoting your art and drawing attention to what is special about it, is almost as important as creating it.
ANNA Award 2024
We are thrilled to announce that applications for the third iteration of the ANNA Award are now open.
African Artist Directory