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Ntila grew up all over the world and this body of work is scattered as far and wide. May it continue to delight and may she rest in eternal, luminous beauty.

Lunga Ntila

Our September issue has become a staple in a month dedicated to our heritage and the abundance of art that surrounds us. At this time of the year, it has become customary for us to pan out and take stock. The short assessment, as far as my spectacles (cut from a glass half full) can see, is that there is a reawakening of the art scene — a line that can be drawn from Investec Cape Town Art Fair to the recent Turbine Art Fair and on to FNB Art Joburg, happening over the first weekend of this month. This reawakening — an embrace of independence, of hybridity, of technology, and of a malleability I believe to be unprecedented in many ways among traditional institutions, even as they retain some stubborn old ways — is incomplete if it ignores voices such as those on our “Young and vital artists” list (p. 20) and others, such as artist, curator, and resourceful, fabulous force-abouttown Siwa Mgoboza, that scream: “If they shut us out, Siyabangena!”

Ntila fixated on our inherent duality and used photography and collage to show the delicateness of our individual and collective distortion. Her gaze was shaped by a curiosity that the writer Mpumi Mayisa says “was like a malignant itch, the kind that touches one spot and sets the rest of the body on fire. This itch birthed an expansive body of work, experiments and captivating distortions of physical matter, space and time.”

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Feeling excluded and stuck in the margins, young artists, queer folk, and other creators with difficult critiques of the world in which they work and produce are forcing themselves onto the agenda. The timing of these increasingly loud voices couldn’t be better, as bidders at auctions, gallery clients, and private collectors embracing technology and

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Art and the duality of life

Young artists, queer folk, and other creators with difficult critiques of the world in which they work and produce are forcing themselves onto the agenda

subversion are getting rapidly younger and braver (p. 28).

ast month’s first Femininity issue marked a year since my appointment as editor. I will save you the violins, confetti, sniffles, and Twinsavers, and just say that it has been at once inspiring, challenging, and building. On the days it has been borderline unbearable, though, I have looked to what I have really been obsessed with all my life: people — from our curious readers and my talented colleagues to the passionate people behind our commercial brand partners. And then there are our subjects. Fascinating characters from an array of worlds, enriching our lives with ingenuity and beauty. Not least among these, our artists.

One of the artists whose work they will covet is Dada Khanyisa — the recent recipient of the FNB Art Prize and alumnus of last year’s inaugural “Young and vital artists” list. In accepting the prize, the young multidisciplinary artist reflected on the “unexpected” accolade as a culmination of “five years of building a practice, developing a style, and coming into my own as a maker of things”.

In the same week we celebrated Dada, the duality of life hit home cruelly with the loss of another “Young and vital” listee. Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Amy Winehouse, Moses Molelekwa, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and now, Lunga Ntila. Dead at 27. Only 27. The 27 club of mystery, myth, of conspiracy, and coincidence? But this is real life, there’s nothing speculative, mythical, romantic, or “pop-culture phenom” about this particular transition; the pain is bone deep for those who adored her, from various degrees of proximity.

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the people and scenery that artists decide to depict, often reconnect me with my body, the Earth, and the cosmos, perhaps bringing me closer to the essence of existence.

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It is an emotional process getting to see this sensitive process. For this, my family and I are grateful.

In 2018, we established Krone x WHATIFTHEWORLD gallery at the Twee Jonge Gezellen wine estate in Tulbagh to create a contemplative space where audiences could engage with art in a more intimate and immersive way. Here, the white, weathered Cape Dutch buildings, the surrounding vineyards that fan up Saronsberg, and the vast blue sky become visitors’ companions. A year later, we set up the artist-inresidence programme, giving artists an opportunity to work in an environment with unfamiliar cues and stimuli. Facilitating quiet moments of contemplation or the freedom for frenzied intensity, it’s a chance to push boundaries.

To patrons, existing and aspiring, I would say, “Give upcoming artists the space to bloom, let outsiders in.”

mistake. Another instance is my most recent purchase: a piece by Charity Vilakazi. I have just had my second child and this work reminds me of motherhood and feeling like I don’t have enough hands. It offers me strength.

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More than anything, the contemporary African and diasporic art world will only benefit from more local patronage, mentorship, and access. That is why interventions such as the BMW Young Collectors’ Co are so important. Created to develop a new generation of art collectors by connecting them with the industry’s decision makers, the BMW Young Collectors’ Co builds relationships that take engagement beyond purchasing. The more that artists living and working on the continent are actively developed and supported, the more stable the industry will become.

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spending time with many artists, giving my family and me insight into the challenges that arise during the making process. As a result of this intimacy, my patronage has gone from aesthetic interest in the work being exhibited to a much deeper understanding and appreciation of what it takes for an artist to reconcile their conceptual ideas with the resources available.

chaotic world. It has been particularly eye-opening in the African context.

I think that’s why I’m particularly attracted to painting as a medium, especially oil painting. Here, the gloopy textures and vivid colours,

Being in love with a partner who plays the classical flute has meant my patronage practice is of the highest order. Rooted in the idea of protection, patronage means encouraging the exploration of viewpoints that were previously unexplored without limiting, censoring, or questioning the artist. It is to dare them to take risks, to provide a space where there is freedom to fall, play, create, and ultimately grow together.

Through this I have had the honour of meeting and

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Although the meet-cute was clumsy, since then I’ve learned that getting into a relationship with contemporary art is like being in a relationship with an intelligent person: it opens new horizons, constantly challenging me. Each artwork or performance I have encountered invites me to hold up a mirror to myself, to help me find new ways of moving forward in this

I don’t buy things for their supposed value or beauty; they need to have a “feeling” for me to be convinced. The perfect example is my firstever art purchase — a piece by donna Kukama. I had just walked into FNB Art Joburg at the Sandton Convention Centre when I saw it right in front of me. I loved it so much I misread the price — I thought it was priced in dollars, but it was in rands. Just like that I had made my first good

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> Seakamela was a finalist in the Thami Mnyele Fine Arts Awards and the PPC Imaginarium Awards (2014-2015). His portraiture, using painting and drawing, explores the themes of representation and identity through a post-apartheid perspective. Consumer culture, alongside feelings of isolation, gendered norms, and psychological effects, is addressed in his unique style characterised by androgyny and dark tonality.

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> Evans completed a BSocSci in neuropsychology and linguistics, followed by a BAHons in linguistics, before shifting to art with the completion of a BA in contemporary art at Cape Town’s Creative Academy in 2021. They work with sculpture and text, predominantly using wood to bridge the divide between objects and words.

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> Ntone-Edjabe is a South Africanborn visual artist who grew up in Mozambique. During his youth, he began illustrating fictitious narratives and getting captions from elders to contextualise them. His art, through experiences of alienation and isolation, ebbs and flows into escapism and a focus on alternative sub-cultures.

> Zwelendaba was the Turbine Art Fair’s Featured Artist (2021), and took part in the Leipzig International Art Programme’s artist residency. He doesn’t conform to any artistic conventions, rather letting themes and concepts dictate the medium. His work negotiates and interrogates contemporary cultures of capitalism and nationalism through the gaze of Black identity and Xhosa culture.

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> Mabusela, awarded the Standard Bank Fine Arts Prize (2019), was a member of the 50 Emerging Creatives class at Design Indaba 2020, and a runner-up recipient of the Young Womxn Studio Bursary. She describes herself as a “monotype babe” and “zine queen”, using her multi-disciplinary practice to subvert gender norms. Her work reflects on “the reality of navigating within ‘misogynoir’”, using vernacular and humour to extract themes from the absurd mundanity and insensitivity of the status quo.

> Bothma uses sculpture, drawing, and poetry to explore the themes and language of identity, memory, history, gender, and the environment. Her work focuses on the negotiation of space in the urban environment in relation to physical limitations, as well as metaphorical and literal ideals of identity.

> Visual artist and medical doctor Molefe’s art is an intense study of time through moving image, drawing, and collages. He explores the intersection of history with contemporary cultures, anatomy, biometrics, and stored memories, and is currently exploring hegemonic Western epistemologies through their collision with Black embodiment and the ripples of physical and psychological distortions.

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> Mawhayi works mostly in photography, printmaking, and painting, investigating the notions of familial figures’ absence and presence. Institutional archives, which often systematically exclude representation of Black people, are critiqued and countered in her focus on art history, popular culture, colour, and the inclusion of Black female bodies.

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> Kenyan-born and Cape Town-based sculptor Trzebinski’s work grapples with his passion for, and the experience of loss in, nature. The physical relationship and existential placement of the natural world are explored through profound works in bronze and wood. Trzebinski’s mainly self-taught practice utilises ageold techniques alongside 3D modelling to create complex sculptures.

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> Zindela received the Absa l’Atelier competition’s Merit Award in 2014 and was a runner-up in the Sasol New Signatures competition in 2019. He is an interdisciplinary artist and curator whose work spans physical and digital media. Intimate portraiture through drawing became a focal point of his work during lockdown. 10.

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> The fine line between desire and anxiety is explored and unpacked in Seiler’s portrayal of the male body. The possibilities of paint are extended through experimentation and exploration of the domestic space, biblical symbolism, queer history, love, and alienation.

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> Ntlonti, a finalist in the Barclays L’Atelier competition (2016), was awarded the 2018 Young Female Residency by The Project Space. Her work is politically imbued and grapples with the trauma and violence inflicted on Black bodies. She investigates South African history to better understand her own psychological scars and question the ways in which we portray and memorialise fallen heroes and heroines.

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> Nkosi examines the transformative role and potential of women within families and society. Her dynamic practice uses literature and research to explore the multi-faceted experiences of femininity, deploying stamps as a metaphorical yet literal device of approval — stamps stain and forever change the surface to which they are applied. She is this year’s inaugural ANNA Award winner.

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> Awarded the South African Foundation for Contemporary Art’s 2021 residency in Knysna, Mthiyane delves into figurative portrait painting. He draws inspiration from everyday life, pop culture, and mainstream media, capturing both calm and chaos within ordered and abstract spaces. His figures are often incomplete; representing the struggles and growth of humans, not being finished, but being enough.

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> Conradie, a finalist in the Megalo International Print Prize Awards (2020), was born in Namibia, trained as a printmaker, and is a lecturer in print media at the Michaelis School of Fine Art. She is known for her bricolage assemblages and ornate sculptures of entangled found objects, exploring décor in working-class homes to examine value, meanings, and identity.

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> Pimentel pushes the boundaries of portraiture through a combination of contemporary and classical techniques. His works, which range from murals to digital art, paintings, and T-shirt prints, explore notions of identity, mental illness, and the lived experience of present-day South Africans.

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> Mtshali is a provocative designer, creative entrepreneur, and photographer from KwaZulu-Natal. His perspective on avant-garde and contemporary identity is framed within a uniquely South African context, referencing the fashion industry and Black queer narratives.

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> Firmino examines the construction of dominant histories and the absences they present. The motif of memory as a repository of information is used to contrast and explore history and the subsequent rewriting of it.

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> Awarded the University of the Witwatersrand’s Anya Millman Scholarship for outstanding practical work in fine arts, Monethi explores the personal dimensions of memory through the media of paint and text. Her varied experiences of tertiary institutions and adopted countries find form in her scrutiny of archives, migration, and memory.

> A mentor at the Orms Circle Mentorship Programme, Naidoo is a model, fine artist, and gallery manager. She works across a variety of media, offering personal reflections on South African Indian heritage, womanhood, and the representation of marginalised communities. Her work evokes dialogues of subtle violence through an amalgamation of fragile and aggressive materials, techniques, and processes, and aims to create progressive spaces and resources to foster security and belonging.

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> Matloga is the winner of the Dutch Bank’s 2021 ABN AMRO Art Award and the 2018 Koninklijke Prijs voor Vrije Schilderkunst, was nominated for De Volkskrant Beeldende Kunstprijs in 2019, and was shortlisted for the 2015 SA Taxi Foundation Art Award. He evokes the scale of 19th-century paintings in his depiction of daily life in Black households, using black, white, and grey, alongside Sepedi titling, to evoke political connotations.

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> Christian’s visual poetry and activism led to their career as a creative director and photographer. Their focus is on representation within the LGBTQIA+, Black, and brown communities, extending individuals’ truth through their intimate portraiture. Christian views art as a collaborative repository and source of education, and emancipation, for vulnerable and marginalised communities.

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The past few years have also seen the unprecedented rise and recent decline of crypto art and NFTs. During the pandemic, most artists struggled with inconsistent funding and income generation. NTFs allow them to sell their work directly without needing a gallery or dealer to act as a broker — and benefit from future resales. Earlier this year, we witnessed Africa’s biggest NFT art auction in a collaboration between Studio Nxumalo Contemporary and Invictus NFT Lab, which featured 118 unique works by artists from across Southern Africa, including studio co-founder and photographer Musa Nxumalo. However, the future of NFTs is uncertain, with the most recent crash in the crypto market pointing to a downward trajectory in their value.

During the past (almost) three years of the pandemic, the digital space has offered endless opportunities for the art world to prove itself adaptive to the moment. Latitudes Art Fair, for example, launched in Joburg in 2019 but quickly transformed into Latitudes Online, a platform dedicated to contemporary African art. “As lockdown happened, there was a lot of experimentation with ways to give people the experience of viewing art as they would in the real world. But our collectors have grown tired of these things. We’ve found that just viewing the art online, quite simply, and sharing a good old PDF is preferable for the serious collector,” says co-founder and director Lucy MacGarry.

According to Art Basel and UBS’s The Art Market 2022 report, the global market “plummeted in 2020 but

he uncertainties of the past few years, including the economicpandemic-triggereddownturn,have exposed the precariousness of various art institutions. Much of this — especially for those dependent on membership numbers, traffic, and ticket sales — has been magnified by major layoffs and furloughs at legacy institutions such as the Guggenheim in New York and Tate Modern in London. In South Africa, already struggling art and heritage institutions that rely on the tourism industry, including Museum Africa and the Apartheid Museum, struggled to keep their doors open amid restrictive Covid-19 regulations. As physical spaces for art and recreation re-open, many are still on the road to recovery, while other sectors within the arts have had a quicker recovery time.

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Founded by Banele Khoza, BKhz is one of the galleries that successfully managed to digitise exhibitions, sustaining audience interaction during the first year of the pandemic by providing 3D tours of all its shows. The gallery also monetised sales digitally through its social-media platforms and relationship with Artsy, an online art marketplace. However, when lockdown restrictions relaxed, it became apparent that people still preferred to interact physically with the gallery and its curatorial vision. This was evident in the recent success of Zandile Tshabalala’s “Lovers in a Secret Place”, which saw a huge turnout, with attendees queuing to experience Tshabalala’s lush installation in person.

GALLERIES, AUCTION HOUSES, AND SPACES FOR COLLABORATION

Dale Sargent, owner of the Dale Sargent Fine Art gallery and ArtVault.co.za, which digitally archives

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successfully recovered in 2021, with aggregate sales of art and antiques by dealers and auction houses reaching an estimated US$65.1 billion, up by 29% from 2020, with values also surpassing pre-pandemic levels of 2019”. With some lessons from the past and optimism for the future, we analyse the local landscape for buyers, sellers, and appreciators alike.

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We are also seeing collaborative efforts by different players and institutions to pull in larger audiences and increase artists’ visibility. Studio Nxumalo Contemporary, for example, has collaborated with Hallmark House Hotel, Aspire Art auction house, Gallery 2, and Art Joburg on several exhibitions. “Until now, Studio Nxumalo has operated without a fixed

“We have seen a distinct drop in the average age of our buyers across all our auctions,

South African art-auction results, describes a market strengthened by new collectors and buyers. “Looking at our results, you can see that people adapted quickly to online auctions. It also opened up the market completely — it was no longer just a South African buying market but also a vast international market made up of both expats and international collectors looking to include South African artworks in their collections,” Sargent explains.

Auction house Strauss & Co has noted a marked growth in buyers interested in the investment potential of African art, which represents excellent value for money. Its pivot to online continues to facilitate the bidding process for buyers across the globe. A targeted marketing campaign and its wide geographical reach have led to an increase in its number of international buyers, while its sponsorship of the African Art in Venice Forum at the past two Venice biennales has also attracted attention.

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“We have seen a distinct drop in the average age of our buyers across all our auctions,

space, allowing us entry into the fine arts industry without the need for major commitments such as leasing premises and employing a team. This freedom and flexibility have afforded us the opportunity to invest exclusively in our real passion — the artists,” says Nxumalo.

times by working on auxiliary projects such as Open City, BMW Young Collectors’ Co, and gallery LAB, which director Mandla Sibeko describes as its continuation of centralising “African ideals”. Open City was a collaboration with galleries across the city, where patrons could enjoy food, art, and the general Joburg vibe. This year, the fair is back at the Sandton Convention Centre. “When I acquired the fair from its previous owners in 2019, rebranding it to FNB Art Joburg, it was an opportunity for a 100% Black-owned venture to host a world-class fair. With that came the responsibility to uphold a standard that reflects the quality of artists that we have on the continent and in the diaspora. FNB Art Joburg’s mandate is to sustainably support and grow the continent’s cultural offering in ways that go beyond the fair.”

One of the most interesting exercises in the postpandemic context is thinking through who audiences are and what they want to buy.

After years of experiencing fairs in hybrid forms — online viewing rooms, digital walkabouts, zoom panels, etc — digital fatigue has affected audience reach, making the return of top fairs in Cape Town and Joburg a welcome experience. Before the pandemic, the Turbine Art Fair had ended its years-long residency at the Turbine Hall in inner-city Joburg, gone hybrid, and finally settled in a new location in Rosebank. Having hosted a successful digital version, it saw a significantly larger audience this year. Commenting on the difference between its digital and physical iterations, fair director Glynis Hyslop notes that the novelty of online buying cannot be compared to experiencing the work physically. “It is sometimes difficult to understand the scale of the work online, and the colouration… There is nothing more exciting than seeing a work in real life.”

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Curator and logistics manager at BKhz Kwanele Kunene notes that its audience, much like its artists, is primarily young people. “BKhz is an artist-led space. This approach also spills over to how we engage with our wider audience. Our space is consciously personable, and I think the comfort allows people to keep wanting to interact with the gallery and all that it offers.

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Strauss & Co’s joint managing director Bina Genovese describes its clients as versatile, curious, loyal, tech savvy, diverse, informed, and adaptive. “Our database has risen exponentially and now includes far more international clients. Younger, tech-savvy prospective collectors, who may hitherto have been intimidated by the auction process, embraced this way of participating in an auction, as did our regular clients. We have seen a distinct drop in the average age of our buyers across all our auctions, with budding young collectors entering the market.” The most popular artists continue to be stalwarts such as Irma Stern, JH Pierneef, and William Kentridge, with a 100% sell-through rate, while African modernist and contemporary artworks are also in high demand, with the added interest of contextualising contemporary artists against their modernist forebears.

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“We are also seeing more people who are pursuing creative goals. We’re in an age of creativity and people are looking to be in spaces and around people that mirror the reality of their desires, and who they are.” This audience — both buyers and non-buyers — is mostly interested in figurative work: “I think there is a great desire to experience Black figurative works in their many contexts.”

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Most of Latitudes Online’s customers are based in South Africa, followed by the United States, Israel, and Germany. From its online sales, the biggest trend seems to be a huge upsurge in figurative work by contemporary African artists.

Powell’s decision to relinquish part of his sizeable collection — 110 pieces in total —

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ine-art auction house Strauss & Co brings an intriguing private collection to market on 20 September. The Oliver Powell and Timely Investments Trust Collection exhibits a range of Powell’s principal artworks as a collector over many years. Key modern artists in his collection include Walter Battiss, Robert Hodgins, John Koenakeefe Mohl, George Pemba, and Stanley Pinker. His contemporary collection is

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extensive and includes trailblazers such as Deborah Bell, Norman Catherine, William Kentridge, and Alfred Thoba, as well as vanguard women painters Kate Gottgens, Georgina Gratrix, and Marlene Steyn.

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Powell’s sculpture collection features works by, among others, Dylan Lewis and BrettColour,Murray.graphic ingenuity, and an emotional weight are all attributes in an artwork to which Powell is drawn. However, underlying everything is his interest in human subjects. “Your moods and tastes change over time as a collector, but there is a foundation that remains: for me it is the figure. There is also so much value in meeting an artist,” he says. “Aspects and details of their life are reflected in what and how they paint or sculpt.”

Apart from the rare, museum-quality experience of seeing these works in conversation with each other, there are also numerous other critically important works by some of South Africa’s most important modern and contemporary artists to enjoy and bid on, including significant works by Thoba and Ephraim Ngatane.

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Shroud demonstrates his affinity for literary allusion and is not his only Elizabethan literary reference. The painting retains his singular compositional style and counterintuitive approach to colour, with the skull as memento mori also featuring more than once in his work.

Kentridge — possibly South Africa’s best-known living artist — is also wellrepresented in the collection. Though not the top lot by value, a work to watch out for is Art in a State of Siege, one of a print series he created during the years of the collaboration. Subtitled (One Hundred Years of Easy Living), it is an early and, for Kentridge, unusually confrontational take on creating art in a state of apartheid repression. The figure dominating the image is an incarnation of Soho Eckstein, the wellfed and pinstriped industrialist who would be a central figure in Kentridge’s Drawings for Projection series of films — perhaps his signature works.

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The sale provides a rare opportunity to see the works of Hodgins, Bell, and Kentridge alongside each other, although all three are also retained in the collection.

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Velázquez further, Bell produced this meditation on the spiritualism of thresholds or liminal states. A related work from 1990, and also on auction though not part of the Powell collection, is A World on Fire. In it, the male and female figures that dominate the frame gaze forwards and backwards over a barren landscape, standing at a precipice or crossroads — in her own, Jungian interpretation, the figures, stylistically reminiscent of those of William Blake, are animus and anima, spiritual incarnations of the life Hodginsprinciple.isthe best-represented single artist in the collection, with many fine examples of his oils present. The top lot on offer is a fairly unusual work for Hodgins, widely known as a social satirist with a strong and unique approach to colour and composition. A John Webster Painting: A Grinning Skull Wrapped in a

The three influential and highly respected artists collaborated for several years in the 1980s and 1990s, alongside their individual output. Their formal collaborative process produced three major print portfolios: Hogarth in Johannesburg (1986), Little Morals (1990-1991), and Ubu Tells the Truth (19961997), as well as numerous individual prints. One of their most significant collaborative efforts is seldom seen — a delightful stopmotion animated film titled Memo (1994) in which Hodgins plays the starring role of a pinstriped bureaucrat overwhelmed by his own office equipment. The film then led to ideas for prints and paintings.

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more concerned with spiritual identities and motifs, Hodgins and Kentridge share a satirical bent when it comes to authority figures and a strong sense of visual ideological critique. Their choices of withering 18th-century social satirist William Hogarth and avant-garde playwright Alfred Jarry’s oafish autocrat Ubu are thus in keeping with their political attitudes in most of their individual oeuvres.

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Witness: Midbrain in the collection is based on the Diego Velázquez masterpiece Las Meninas in 1991, done during the midpoint of her collaborative period with Hodgins and Kentridge. Encouraged much later by Kentridge to consider the

All three artists might be said to favour an abstracted sense of human figuration, of figures under different kinds of erasure.

The auction also includes wine, decorative arts, and jewellery

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Toyota won the Concept Car category with its Compact Cruiser EV, from a shortlist that included the Audi Skysphere, Porsche Mission R, and Opel Manta GSe ElektroMOD. The electric all-wheel-drive concept car was unveiled in December 2021 at the Mega Web car theme park in Tokyo.

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The award is presented to vehicles that have made a significant contribution to the evolution of car design. Winners are selected by a jury of 11 journalists from leading international motoring publications, and this year’s prize-giving ceremony took place at the ADI Design Museum in Milan.

he Ferrari 296 GTB has been creating a stir in the sportscar world with its hybrid V6 drivetrain, and now it’s scooped a major styling prize too. The mid-engined Italian berlinetta (that’s sports coupé to you and me) won the Production Car category of the 2022 Car Design Award, an annual competition launched in 1984 by Italian magazine Auto&Design.

The award for Brand Design Language went to Swedish firm Polestar, Volvo’s high-performance electric-vehicle division. It beat out rival firms Ferrari, Kia, Skoda, andInToyota.explaining its choice, the jury said: “At Polestar, everything has a practical meaning, beyond looking for beauty. In addition to the clean, elegant, and futuristic style, its projects also reveal concern for the planet and sustainability. The design team has found a distinguished and engaging personality within the premium electrified environment, thanks to a consistent and attractive designPolestarlanguage.”hasproduced two electric performance cars — the Polestar 1, introduced in 2017, and the Polestar 2, launched in 2019, with the Polestar 3 SUV to hit the streets in October. It also unveiled the Polestar Precept concept car in 2020.

“This project revives in the electric era one of the most iconic Toyota off-roaders, promising a future production compact SUV with a strong appeal,” said the jury’s motivation. “All the design details are meant to express all-terrain credentials in a contemporary shape. A rugged and modern utilitarian product that is also desirable — a hard feat to achieve.”

The 296 GTB beat out such contenders as the new Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4, Maserati Grecale, Kia Sportage, Toyota Aygo X, and Volkswagen ID. Buzz.

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A miniature off-roader with boxy styling reminiscent of the legendary first-generation Land Cruiser, this cutebut-tough electric 4x4 could be a rival to the pint-sized Suzuki Jimny when it goes into production.

In its motivation for choosing the Ferrari, the jury said, “Creating such a beautiful and organic shape while respecting all current regulations and at the same time equipping the car with technology and performance of the highest level is truly impressive. The influence of the legendary racing sports cars of the 1960s is found in the Ferrari 296 GTB and the end result is a grand contemporary interpretation of a classic design language.”

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The Italian stunner turns heads with a visor-style windscreen that wraps around onto the side windows, a pair of flying buttresses on the tail, and a glass engine cover with a 3D surface. A single, gaping central exhaust is mounted midway up the car’s rear end. Under the two-seater’s sleek aluminium skin resides Ferrari’s first V6 engine in a road car, paired with a plug-in electric motor with a system output of up to 610kW, good for a top speed of 330km/h and a 0-100km/h sprint of 2.9 seconds.

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It’s a magnificent room that highlights The Bailey’s focus on art, as well as being a touching tribute to the late, great artist. The Bailey on Bree, 91 Bree Street, Cape Town, 021 773 0440, the-bailey.co.za

It’s also where you’ll find the Paul du Toit private dining room. In stark contrast to the feel of the rest of the restaurant, here modern industrial design is used to great effect. Paying tribute to the late artist, a friend of the chef, the room is a permanent exhibition space for his striking works of art. The floor, inspired by the

often think of chefs as artists, albeit the tortured kind, those who, day after day, service after service — for reasons which I often cannot fathom, though for which I am immensely grateful — send out their work to be devoured and critiqued by all and sundry.

Seating up to 10 guests, the dining room is catered for by the Brasserie kitchen, helmed by chef Jacques Grové. Those who book the room have the option of a four-course menu (with a

n the second floor of The Bailey, chef Liam Tomlin’s recently opened multi-storey culinary destination in Cape Town, is where you’ll find the Brasserie Bailey, reminiscent of a gentleman’s club of a time gone by with its dark wood, chocolate-brown leather, and red-velvet finishes.

artist’s studio, is speckled with paint, while the dining-room table and centrepiece recreate a hand-painted table by Du Toit.

As with many chefs I’ve spoken to on this subject, his inspiration starts with the ingredient. His hyper-endemic and sustainable approach to cooking has the menu constantly in flux, going through full micro-seasonal rotations almost every two

Exhibited in the space are artworks by Du Toit in the vibrant colours for which he became known. Works on display include Losing Yourself on a Desolate Beach , the Decal Series of original paper works, the silkscreen Hello and Goodbye , and two sculptures — Paper Monster and the monumental Stargazer

Themonths.chef harnesses his classical training in Michelin-star restaurants in Berlin, his passion for Japanese cooking, and his dedication to celebrating the generous bounty of KwaZulu-Natal to champion local produce through a multicourse tasting menu.

A humid and rainy winter has meant a plentiful supply of mushrooms to work with this season. Foraged nearby Summerhill, the supply runs the gambit from indigenous termitomyces to more exotic varieties that have come to grow here. The porcini mushrooms are particularly beautiful and it’s these that the chef has chosen as the main component of a new dish.

Expect the likes of chicken-liver parfait, decadent langoustine vichyssoise, seared springbok with sauce bordelaise and, of course, a Tomlin signature — risotto. Bailey sommelier Lennox Nyengera has put together a pairing list to go with the dishes, if desired.

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The process of conceptualising a dish begins with the ingredient around which it will be built, with the chef using additional seasonal ingredients and a host of preserves and ferments — which stretch produce from season to season — to add depth of flavour. Most of the courses are structured around salty, sweet, umami, and sour flavours, expertly finding a balance between the four.

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“The limit of cooking seasonally means we often have to think out the box. We either use ingredients in their prime or make use of preservation and fermentation techniques to stretch them out for longer,” Richter explains.

First, there’s the fresh piece of porcini — simply fried with butter, herbs, and garlic — plated with pickled mushroom components, a lacto-fermented trufflebased venison sauce, and fine shavings of cured eland heart. On the other side of the plate there’s a tartare of venison, on top of which sit more mushrooms, prepared in a variety of techniques, with fresh herbs from Summerhill’s garden.

It’s a dish of utmost balance, the simplicity of the mushroom and the technical prowess that went into making the tartare contrasting beautifully on the plate. The minimalist style of the plating preserves the integrity of the ingredients — from the first glance it’s clear that mushroom is the star here. It’s incredibly clever cooking and a superb dish. One worth the trip out to Cowies Hill alone. The LivingRoom at Summerhill Guest Estate, Cowies Hill, Durban, 063 529 1966, summerhillkzn.com

LivingRoom at Summerhill Guest Estate, about the ins and outs of creating his minimalist dishes, from inspiration to plating.

choice of starters and mains) or a full eight-course tasting menu, both drawing on the French influence of the eatery.

I talked to chef Johannes Richter of Durban’s top fine-dining restaurant, The

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Some chefs agree and others disagree. Chef Ferran Adrià, of the worldrenowned El Bulli in Spain, was once quoted as saying, “I do not think of myself as an artist, I consider myself strictly a cook.” Yet what cannot be disputed is the skill, precision, and eye for detail required to put together a dish that looks as though it could be a work of art.

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ipsmith? Why Sipsmith? Well, in much the same way as wordsmiths seek to craft the finest writing, Sipsmith is devoted to crafting the finest drinks. And if its London Dry Gin is anything to go by, it is indeed worthy of the title. Sipsmith makes gin the way it used to be — crafted by hand, in small batches — in the first copper-pot distillery to open in London since 1820. The result: a quintessential gin that’s bold, complex, and aromatic — smooth enough for a martini, yet rich and balanced enough for a G&T. Retails from R399 a bottle.

From a beautifully balanced vermouth to an elegant, wine-based aperitivo, Hotel Starlino is a new range of aperitifs inspired by the charming architecture of the Hotel Starlino, close to the namesake’s distillery in Italy. Try any of this delightful trio neat (on ice) or in a tall glass with soda or tonic. Retails from R399 a bottle.

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A semi-dry aperitivo that is rich, full-bodied, and vibrant. Tropical aromas are met by flavours of blood orange and peach that fill the palate.

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With a limited number of bottles available, this 5-star John Platter wine also received high honours from WineMag’s Sauvignon Blanc-Sem Report, which recognised it as the top-scoring wine in its category in South Africa. Retails from R250 a bottle.

A light- to medium-bodied palate of plum and cherry flavours supported by soft, cleansing acidity. Its cherry-glacé finish is fresh too, and deceptively long.

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T he Anthonij Rupert range of wines are chosen from very specific sites to express the most character of that particular varietal. The palate is sensual, sleek, and supple, with a harmonious bouquet of black berries, plum fruits, spicy cedar, and light vanilla. Having garnered an impressive array of awards in the past (including a hefty 91 points by Tim Atkin and the Wine Spectator), it would seem this vintage is set to achieve similar praise too. Retails from R640 a bottle.

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Made with fine wines, botanicals, herbs, and spices, and “finished” in bourbon barrels to give a delicious flavour. The result is a sweet, rich vermouth infused with vanilla, offering enticing notes of raisin, orange peel, carob, and nutmeg.

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ged for 10 years, Laphroaig 10 is a single-malt Scotch like no other. Following more than 200 years of Islay tradition, malted barley is first cold smoked and then dried over a peat fire, lending the whisky a distinctive, rich flavour. Smoky, with sea-breeze saltiness and a surprisingly sweet, long finish, each sip is like a bracing day on Scotland’s rugged coast. Named by Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible as 2019’s Best Single Malt Scotch 10 Years & Under, it’s best served neat or poured over ice. Retails from R750 a bottle.

The Constantia Wine Valley is the Cape’s oldest and most celebrated wine region, with sauvignon blanc/ semillon its flagship blend. For the Wade Bales Regional Series Constantia White 2020 release, eight celebrated Constantia winemakers blended their finest sauvignon blanc and barrel-fermented semillon to create a true expression of the signature regional style.

Exuding bold, tropicalfruit purity with delicate aromatics of lime, green fig, and orange blossom, its fresh acidity is balanced by a mouth-coating creamy texture, courtesy of barrel fermentation and seven months on the lees.

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Having already hosted three sold-out events, Spier cellar master Johan Jordaan says, “Crafting a memorable blend is as much about being creative as it is about being meticulous. The process is so exciting for us winemakers because it is exploratory, bold, and unpredictable. But the results are always worth it.”

Art has always been as much a part of Spier as good food and fine wine.

hether you’re a book club, a bunch of friends, or a team of colleagues looking to unleash your inner creativity, Spier’s justlaunched wine-blending experience offers an interactive journey like no other.

Led by one of Spier’s award-winning winemakers, guests are invited to create an original-tasting blend, and even test their design skills by making their own wine label. The best blend of the evening is then chosen, with the winners taking home bragging rights while enjoying their own bespoke creation on the night.

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Hosted at Spier’s newly opened Riverhouse venue, the experience ensures that inspiration abounds for would-be winemakers — from the 418 Creative Block artworks hanging on the walls to the outstanding wines on each table.

Having won many accolades both at home and abroad since its launch in 2009, this is Spier’s most awarded range of blends, enjoyed by discerning drinkers around the world.

Named in honour of this process, Creative Block 2, 3, 5, and 8 are Spier’s blended wine range, offering a collection of Rhône- and Bordeaux-style blends that taste as good as the artworks look.

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The Riverhouse is open on a booking-only basis. Groups of 8-30 people can gather to enjoy each other’s company, the creative art, delicious platters, and great wine.

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ALL ABOUT CREATIVE BLOCK

Creative Block is a project by Spier Arts Trust that invites both emerging and established artists to create artworks on small canvases. These pieces are submitted for critique and then made available for purchase — offering artists a vital revenue stream and considerable exposure to art collectors around the world. Many of these collectors choose a number of blocks and hang them together, building an impactful, collective artwork greater than the sum of its parts.

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The tapestries of legendary Malian artist Abdoulaye Konaté were among my favourites at the Palais. Having first seen one of these exquisite works in the atrium of the Zeitz Mocaa in Cape Town, it was inspiring to be able to appreciate them up close.

The Dakar Biennale showcased a tapestry of African artists

of his inhabitants, trying to survive in rundown homes far from the glitz and glamour of Dakar’s posher areas.

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The opening evening at the former Palais de Justice was the first art event I’d attended since the pandemic and it was overwhelming — in a good way. The welldressed, tote-bag-carrying art crowd was out in force and the different accents that swirled around as conversations picked up told you that visitors had come from as far as Japan, Martinique, the US, UK, France, and, locally, South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Morocco, and Ethiopia.

It was the local art galleries back in the city (OH Gallery, Selebe Yoon, Galerie Cécile Fakhoury, and Espace Vema) and art spaces such as RAW Material Company and theMatter Art Project that showed strong work. Espace Vema, which is located just as you arrive at the ferry station for Gorée Island, had a solo show for Fally Sene Sow, whose wallhung collages (installed beneath glass) explore life in the Dakar neighbourhood of Colobane. Sow vividly brings the neighbourhood to life, with its location near a market and the hardscrabble life

was a blacksmith, and after spending over a decade as a fridge repairman he began designing furniture. He now has a studio in Dakar, and some of his work is on sale in Paris.The Radisson Blu had the best vibe for sundowners, but my favourite rooftop was the one at the boutique Hôtel Le Djoloff. The hotel, draped in bougainvillea, is warm and inviting — a bit of a reprieve from the buzzing city centre where it is located. When it came to eating out, the seafood at Noflaye Beach and Oceanium did not disappoint. Our friend and amazing host Koyo also took us to Wagokoro, a Japanese restaurant where everything we ordered was delicious — I don’t think I had a single disappointing food experience in the city.

One afternoon, I visited curator Greer Valley’s show exploring land, belonging, and unbelonging in South Africa (through the works of artists Bronwyn Katz, Nolan Oswald Dennis, Nashilongweshipwe Mushaandja, and Zayaan Khan) at the IFAN Museum.

he most amazing thing about visiting Dakar in May was the weather. It was always warm enough for a walk along the promenade, where a friend and I would check out the art on display (mostly forgettable) or sit outside overlooking the Atlantic Ocean while sipping cocktails or a glass of rosé. We visited the studio of furniture designer Ousmane Mbaye, who makes deceptively light-looking furniture using steel. The designer says his father

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Dakar in the summer is a dream, and if you go during the biennale you’ll experience an art city like no other — and, like me, will probably be planning your next visit by the time you leave.

ith the vast range of events being held across the city, there was no way to experience everything. The tourist traps — like the seaside restaurants and an outdoor exhibit on Gorée Island — tended to have the more forgettable art. (Gorée Island itself was a pleasure to just wander around on, taking pictures of the multicoloured buildings.)

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The eight days I spent in Dakar towards the end of May were just too short. Apart from the official Dak’Art exhibition at the former Palais de Justice there were over 400 events throughout the city and adjacent neighbourhoods as part of the OFF programme (various autonomous events organised around the central biennale).

y monthbirthdaycoincided with the start of the Dakar Biennale (Dak’Art) this year. As a gift to myself, I visited Senegal’s seaside capital to experience how the continent’s longestrunning art biennale, first launched in the early 1990s, came back to life after a four-year Covid-induced absence.

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A few South African artists were among those showing, including Mzwandile Buthelezi, with a series of paintings called Textures of Silence; Sethembile Msezane, with a video work titled Ukuhlanya; and Mo Laudi, one of whose works was a sound installation that paid tribute to Ernest Mancoba called Motho ke motho ka batho

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When the exhibition “In the Black Fantastic: The Art of Afrofuturism” opened in London for the summer, critics strained to outdo each other in their praise. “Visually stunning and exhilarating,” said one newspaper. “Stimulating and resonant — there won’t be a better show this year!” cried another.

Eshun’s selection of works blended high technology with mysticism, intergalactic travel, and wildly imaginative speculation, and resulted in a watershed mostartandsculpture,thatisdozensparticipatingincludesaHudsonthewhoFortunately,exhibition.forthosedidn’tgettoseeshow,Thames&hasproducedsuperbbookthatnotonlythe11artistsbutofothers,too.Itadazzlingcollectionunrollsphotography,film,music,architecture—atitsboldestandtranscendent.

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Curated by the eminent editor and writer Ekow Eshun, the show brought together 11 contemporary artists and centred on the concept of Afrofuturism. The term, coined in the early 1990s, refers to the aesthetic that combines science fiction, history, and fantasy, and connects those from the

Data from these pictures, such as locations, faces, audience, and reach, is skimmed and monetised by predatory socialmedia companies.

Also from Thames & Hudson comes the latest collection by celebrated South African photographer David Lurie, titled Dreaming the Street. Lurie takes as his starting point the original tenet of street photography — capturing the images of usually working-class people in a explosionformHereindustrialisingrapidlysociety.headdressesthethroughthecurrentofcheap,

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black diaspora with their African ancestry. Through their chosen mediums the artists confront racism and subjugation and strive to fashion an alternative reality.

14. A gift that you’ve recently bought for someone? Dakotas x Wanda Lephoto High Shine mules for my best friend.

because it is something I cannot take back. When you eat out, where do you Villa 47 in Cape Town — the ambience is just right, the staff extremely customer focused, and the management always 05. What element in your wardrobe signifies your individual My sneakers. I am forever embracing the duality of my feminine and masculine energies. 06. The last artworks you acquired that you can’t stop looking The last two works I acquired remind me of my childhood. My grandparents would take me to the beach on the weekends. The car was packed to the brim with camp chairs, umbrellas, cooler boxes, sandwiches, and treats. Luvuyo Equiano Nyawose’s solo exhibition “eBish’” captured this nostalgic feeling for me so beautifully and accurately. The last place you travelled to that captured your heart? Paris. It is unarguably one of the most beautiful cities in the world, a fashion capital, and a leader in the development of art, architecture, and the culinary What book can we find on your bedside table? Albie Sachs and Transformation in South Africa: From Revolutionary Activist to Constitutional by Drucilla Cornell and Karin van Marle with Albie Sachs.

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10. What is the first thing you add to your grocery cart? Grapes, both fermented and without seeds. 11. Finish the sentence: if it is not art, it… won’t consume you.

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01. What is your personal definition of luxury and how do you tap into it? choice and freedom — to work on projects that inspire me and are aligned with my curatorial objectives, and to say no to things that are not. As a South African, one must be mindful that this is not everyone’s reality, particularly in marginalised communities. I can do my job remotely, and that is also something I consider freeing. I do not take the life I have created for myself for granted, and this level of freedom allows creativity to expand beyond borders and self-inflicted constraints.

18. What was the last item of clothing that you added to your wardrobe? A dress from the H&M Innovation Circular Design Story collection, designed by creative advisor Ib Kamara and photographer Rafael Pavarotti.

13. The most obscure (for you) and delightful piece of music you have heard recently? I am back to listening to Moses Sumney’s Grae album on repeat.

15. The most significant breakthrough in your career this year? Being able to completely stop work for a few months and rest. 16. What is the most surprising thing about curating an exhibition? The physical strain before, during, and post show. 17. You are a descendant of the great and under-appreciated artist George Pemba. Is there a piece of his that speaks to you the most? Grandma and Child. There is a stillness and unembellished honesty in both subjects, and the work has a strong sense of composition.

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According to Stevenson, the exhibition will follow a game-like design, starting with a 2001 mixed-media drawing by Langa called Untitled. “The viewer is invited to begin with a close reading of Langa’s work, and then explore the connections between this and the other artworks on show. Like a spider diagram or mind-map, links are made through the prism of each person’s individual thoughts and interests.”

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rom 20 August to 23 September, the Stevenson art gallery in Cape Town will present a group exhibition titled “Where Do I Begin”, playing with concepts of curation and perception while linking one artwork to many others in an interactive experience. Among the exhibiting artists are Moshekwa Langa, Zander Blom, Steven Cohen, Meschac Gaba, Bonolo Kavula, Gerhard Marx, Neo Matloga, Paulo Nazareth, Simphiwe Ndzube, Sam Nhlengethwa, Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi, Asemahle Ntlonti, Thania Petersen, Jo Ractliffe, Robin Rhode, Penny Siopis, Lindokuhle Sobekwa, Mikhael Subotzky, and Portia Zvavahera.

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as well as kwaito legends Thebe, Mdu Masilela, Kabelo Mabalane, Arthur Mafokate, Trompies, and DJ Dino Bravo. The second day will appeal to a more grown-up audience. Headlining the Sunday edition is R&B legend Babyface, while Simphiwe Dana, Zenzi Makeba Lee, and Msaki will perform a Miriam Makeba tribute, and old-school hip-hop trio Digable Planets are scheduled to perform a set.

A lmost six years after it was last staged at the Joburg Theatre, Cinderella from 30 September, with just eight performances until 9 October. Iain MacDonald, Joburg Ballet’s artistic director, is responsible for the choreography. “ has always been one of the company’s most popular ballets, both in its original version as well as our current production,” he says. “Johan Strauss composed some of the most enchanting and memorable classical music ever written, and the music to which Cinderella danced is no exception. Hopefully, [it] will see audiences returning to the ballet in droves.”

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In 2019, the New York Times asked persons of note to answer the question, “Why is beauty important to us?” In it, author André Aciman said, “All beauty and art evoke harmonies that transport us to a place where, for only seconds, time stops and we are one with the world. It is the best life has to offer.” He went on to add, “Under the spell of beauty, we experience a rare condition called plenitude, where we want for nothing.”

My sense of the importance of delighting readers also extends to food, travel, fashion, design, words, and art. Yes, everything I’ve listed there can be viewed through the useful lens of what they say about society (the “So what”, as it were). And yes, it is beneficial to know what a mania for avocados says about salaries, global eating trends, and carbon footprints, for example.

I believe that offering readers pictures of beautiful houses inspires them. You may not ever be able to live in that Corsican farmhouse, but why shouldn’t the images of its lush landscape and whitewashed walls offer mental escape or something to aim for? Is the interest-

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His camp, for context, is one that’s fortified by market data, annual results presentations, and withering columns about opportunistic politicians and underperforming CEOs.

People are quick to malign beauty as superficial, but that is underestimating its significance.Themerits of beauty have kept everyone from Greek philosopher Plato to US essayist Elaine Scarry busy for eons, and for good reason. Beauty is something we all appreciate, individually and irrespective of who we are, rich or poor.

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But sometimes we can present (and indeed celebrate) items or ideas simply for the joy and beauty they bring.

You see, I think that purely aesthetic and pleasurable articles are also journalism of value.

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am in a low-grade but ongoing battle with a friend and colleague over the value of certain kinds of journalism.

His entire campaign in the tepid war we’re waging between coffees and the odd single malt is centred around the tactic of, “What’s the ‘so what?’” It’s always followed by a calm but confident salvo of, “If you can’t answer that question in a story, then it’s not a piece of reporting with value.” He’s been field marshal of that approach his entire career, and I’ll admit the awards and many fans probably

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