Entries open for Sasol New Signatures 2024
By CityLife Arts WriterThe search has begun for South Africa’s new artistic talent in the annual Sasol New Signatures Art Competition 2024. The competition has served as a symbol for … Read More
Category: Artists
First Floor Gallery hosting artist Lauren Webber‘s exhibition – Mythologies Mythologies
By CityLife Arts Writer First Floor gallery in the capital of Zimbabwe continues to play a critical role in promoting the work of visual artists in that country through their … Read More
South African artists command big prices at Strauss & Co’s late-summer auction with impressive prices achieved by works by Brice, Preller, Stern and Sekoto
94-lot evening sale earns R45.5 million / $2.4 millionTop lot, Irma Stern’s The Smoker, sold for R17 156 250 / $905 310New African record for Lisa Brice landscape, sold for R1 … Read More
Abstract expressionist painter George Masarira’s exhibition at Constitution Hill is a mirror of homelessness in African cities
By Edward Tsumele, CITYLIFE/ARTS Editor This week I went to view Zimbabwean born artist George Masarira ’s exhibition at Number Four, as The Fort is now known in post Apartheid … Read More
Artist George Masarira’s new exhibition at Con Hill draws parallels from life within various cities and informal settlements in South Africa and Zimbabwe
By Edward Tsumele A few months ago, I attended an exhibition that opened at Constitutional Hill Gallery oragnised by Madlozi Art Gallery owned by curator Beathur Mgoza Baker. It is … Read More
Noxolo emerges from a decade-long hiatus to deliver sonic masterpiece Molweni
By CityLife Arts WriterAmidst the echoes of a genre craving innovation, Johannesburg-based songstress Noxolo emerges from a decade-long hiatus, delivering a sonic masterpiece that transcends the boundaries of time and … Read More
Artist Thonton Kabeya on the move, currently exhibiting in Cape Town and soon at Dakar Biennale
By Edward Tsumele, CITYLIFE/ARTS Editor When Congolese born and South African based visual artist Thonton Kabeya had an introspection exhibition at Wits Art Museum, which looked at the artists’ 10 … Read More