Strauss & Co, Africa’s premier auction house, will feature Vladimir Tretchikoff’s iconic Lady from the Orient as the centerpiece of its flagship live sale on Tuesday, 27 May 2025, in Johannesburg. Vladimir Tretchikoff’s iconic Lady from the Orient (Image credits: Tretchikoff) This masterpiece is expected to fetch between…
Southern Guild presents Faces and Phases 19 by Zanele Muholi as well as In Us is Heaven, a group exhibition by African and North American artists, both at the gallery’s Los Angeles space. Faces and Phases 19 celebrates 19 years of Zanele Muholi’s seminal photographic project documenting the…
Norval Foundation presents ‘We, The People: 30 Years of Democracy in South Africa’, a celebration of 30 years of democratic South Africa and Kaloki Nyamai’s ‘Kaloki Nyamai: Ithokoo masuiluni’, an exhibition which takes inspiration from quotidian life in Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya where the artist was raised…
Art stands as a resounding echo of cultural narratives, memory, and meaning—carrying the weight of centuries shaped by indigenous knowledge systems, cosmologies, oral traditions, and lived experiences. For many African artists today, engaging with these narratives is not just an act of reflection but one of active construction.…
Jabulani Dhlamini (b. 1983, Warden, South Africa) is a documentary photographer whose practice reflects on his upbringing in post-apartheid South Africa alongside the experiences of local South African communities. Dhlamini’s meditative approach to photography encourages a closer look at what lies on the edges through an exploration of…
THK Gallery and Trevor Stuurman present Your Beauty Is Our Concern, an exhibition concerned with the act of making oneself beautiful – a state of being sometimes required for one to claim their place in society. Beauty and glamour — often two sides of the same coin —…
WHATIFTHEWORLD presents The Unspoken Landscape, a group exhibition featuring works by nine Southern African artists spanning three generations: Mia Chaplin, Wezile Harmans, Dale Lawrence, Strauss Louw, Maja Marx, Michele Mathison, Ben Orkin, Chris Soal, Inga Somdyala and Pierre Vermeulen. This exhibition brings together artists whose work reveals a profound sensitivity to material and process. As a gallery based in…
Peal Lam Galleries presents Be My Guest a group exhibition featuring four African artists: Cornelius Annor (b. 1990, Ghana), Kingsley Dzade (b. 1989, Ghana), Wilfried Mbida (b. 1990, Cameroon) and Sphephelo Mnguni (b. 1990, South Africa), who share their stories of identity, community and heritage. Their figurative works…
When 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair returns to New York in May 2025, from the 8th to the 11th, it brings with it a slew of Special Projects that reaffirm the fair’s commitment to elevating diverse African and diasporic voices. These projects offer more than visual appeal—they embody…
Entries are now officially open for the 2025 Sasol New Signatures Visual Arts Competition, South Africa’s leading platform for emerging visual artists. Now in its 35th year of Sasol’s sponsorship, Sasol New Signatures remains a prestigious platform for emerging artists to break into the professional art world. Submission Guidelines…