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This artist is painstakingly recreating mysterious ancient rock art – before it’s lost
South African Stephen Townley Bassett creates detailed replicas of rock art using traditional materials and methods, ...
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Africa Month commemorated in Kimberley with two art exhibitions
Curated by WHAG’s Chief Curator Chepape Makgato, the curatorial vision of this year’s double-bill emphasises spiritual depth, ...
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The South African artist who set a world record by selling a painting for R245 million
A painting by South African artist Marlene Dumas has sold for R245 million at auction, setting a new record for a living ...
This South African just set a new record for the most expensive painting sold by a living female artist: Here’s the $13.6 million artwork
In May 2025, Marlene Dumas’s painting Miss January sold for $13.6 million at Christie’s in New York, setting a new auction record for a living female artist. This sale surpassed the previous record ...
South African artist creates space where memory resists erasure
Bob Jeffrey, the chief executive of the International Centre of Photography (ICP), says such is the “enduring power” of an ...
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Swakopmund Gallery Breaks African Art Stereotypes
This cultural awakening reveals the depth, complexity, and continuing evolution of artistic practices that have flourished ...
Chicago Public Schools kids thrilled to collaborate on art project with women in South Africa
The hands-on experience introduces children to global creative traditions, builds fine motor skills, and celebrates the power ...
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South African rock art possibly inspired by long-extinct species, suggests research
More information: A possible later stone age painting of a dicynodont (Synapsida) from the South African Karoo, PLoS ONE (2024). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0309908 Journal information: PLoS ONE ...
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Athol Fugard, South African theater artist whose works confronted apartheid, dies at 92
“We were cursed with apartheid but blessed with great artists who shone a light on its impact and helped to guide us out of it. We owe a huge debt to this late, wonderful man,” South African ...