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While painting may be the medium du jour for African artists, photography offers collectors a unique opportunity to access the visual history of the continent.

Black female artists triumphed at the 59th Venice Biennale. This should have bode well for Africa’s artists, and expression, yet none of Africa’s pavilions were dedicated solely to a female artist. Art journalist, Mary Corrigall investigates.

Our very own South African Pavilion at the Venice Biennale is presenting "Into the Light" - a group show curated by Ame Bell and featuring the works of Phumulani Ntuli, Lebohang Kganye and Roger Ballen.

As tempted as one may be to see every national pavilion at the 2022 Venice Biennale, the chances of covering the Arsenale, Giardini and fringe spaces are reasonably slim. Art advisor, Alexia Walker narrows it down for you.

The annual Art Basel & UBS Art Market Report finds that in 2021 the art market recovered, while NFTs boomed. We break down the most relevant findings in this lengthy report.

Donated to the University by GT Ferreira, a Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) founder and SU alumnus, the 13-metre sculptural public artwork, designed to celebrate and encourage innovative and collaborative solutions, will now be a permanent fixture on the lawn in front of the Faculty of Engineering complex in Banghoek Road.

Cinthia Sifa Mulanga has rapidly risen to international recognition, with her representations of female subjects trapped in interior spaces striking a particular chord during the pandemic. Now the 25-year-old Latitudes artist has caught the eye of Italian fashion house Gucci, who have commissioned her to create an artwork that celebrates their iconic Diana tote bag.

As an artist with a diverse cultural, historic and artistic background, Norway-based Congolese visual artist, Nicole Rafiki, uses her art to inform, engage and heal.

Bonita Alice's practice reflects her interest in animal studies, a growing, global, cross-disciplinary field in which attempts are made to better understand human and animal relationships. 

Research into the popularity of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao found that it might take more than architectural wonder to bring foot traffic to a museum. Yet Africa could do with a new architectural gem to convince governments to invest in contemporary art museums.

Asha Zero's astonishing work looks like paper collage but is actually intricate trompe l'oeil painting. Now, taking things a step further, it's available as an NFT.

March has become an important month for collectors of African art, with Bonhams, Sotheby’s and Artcurial all staging their African contemporary and modern sales within a week of each other. Mary Corrigall breaks down this year's sales - and finds some fascinating results.

Mfundo Mthiyane blends symbolism and portraiture in paintings that document the times he lives in. But there's more to come...

MJ Lourens' paintings are set at dawn or at dusk but in his studio in Woodstock, the daylight floods in.

Up until recently the secondary market for works by artists from these parts of Africa has largely been established in France and the UK. Aspire Art Auction’s March sale could be turning the tide.

‘Seeing the Invisible’ in Kirstenbosch Gardens creates a sense of having stepped into an architectural rendering.

A conversation with Studio Nxumalo's Musa N. Nxumalo about his photography practice documenting alternative youth culture.

Artist and Director Daniel Levi on portraiture, NFTs and never being too literal with paint.

In the lead up to Latitudes and ANNA launching the ANNA Award, arts researcher Mary Corrigall surveys the landscape, examining a host of awards that are geared towards identifying Africa’s next art superstar.