The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) has appointed Tandazani Dhlakama as its new Curator of Global Africa, marking a significant step in the institution’s ongoing commitment to African art and culture. Tandazani Dhlakama (Image credits: Lunghelo Mlati) A Zimbabwean-born curator with 15 years of experience, Dhlakama has worked extensively…
The Wits Art Museum (WAM) presents the work of South Africa’s cultural icon Dr Esther Mahlangu titled ‘Then I Knew I Was Good at Painting: Esther Mahlangu, A Retrospective’. The exhibition spans seven decades and features over 100 artworks, including the iconic BMW Art Car, beadwork, painted mannequins…
Art Basel prepares to launch an annual series of awards honouring artists, curators, museums and patrons. The Art Basel Awards will debut in May, with 36 medals awarded to artists across three categories: emerging, established and “icons”. Curators, museums and institutions, patrons, “allies” like fabricators or conservators, collaborators…
FEBRUARY 2025 – As one of the Mother City’s most vibrant cultural destinations, Mount Nelson, A Belmond Hotel, Cape Town continues to champion the arts with a bold new exhibition in partnership with the Norval Foundation, curated by RESERVOIR. ‘Disrupting the Dream: Surreal Narratives’ brings together some of the most…
Cape Town, South Africa – Norval Foundation and The Sovereign Art Foundation (SAF) announce Gadi Ramadhani (b. 1986, Tanzania) as the Public Vote Prize Winner of The Norval Sovereign African Art Prize 2025, sponsored by Schroders. Ramadhani will receive a cash prize of US$2,000 for his work ‘If…
The MTN SA Foundation, in collaboration with the UJ Art Gallery, has appointed Amogelang Maledu as the curator for the 2025-2026 MTN x UJ New Contemporaries Award (NCA) programme. Selected by the NCA Legacy Panel, Maledu’s appointment is the latest milestone in her career as an emerging figure…
Lungiswa Gqunta (b.1990; Gqeberha, South Africa) is an artist working in performance, printmaking, sculpture and installation. Lungiswa Gqunta deconstructs spatial modes of exclusion and oppression by addressing the access to and ownership of land, unravelling multisensory experiences that highlight persistent social imbalances which are legacies of both patriarchal…
Stevenson is pleased to present ‘iNtwasahlobo’, a solo exhibition of paintings by Simphiwe Ndzube. For his first exhibition in Johannesburg since 2021, Ndzube presents intimately scaled paintings on linen. iNtwasahlobo translates from isiXhosa as ‘spring’, referencing the central motifs and experiments with colour that characterise this body of work. Across this series,…
Cape Town, South Africa – Norval Foundation and The Sovereign Art Foundation (SAF) are delighted to announce Modupeola Fadugba as the Grand Prize Winner for The Norval Sovereign African Art Prize 2025, sponsored by Schroders. With her work, Portrait Of An Artist At Ease, Modupeola Fadugba from Nigeria,…
Pearl Lam Galleries now represents Serge Alain Nitegeka across Asia, in collaboration with Marianne Boesky Gallery and Stevenson. Born in Rwanda in 1983 and now living in Johannesburg, Serge Alain Nitegeka is celebrated for his innovative paintings and sculptures, including large-scale and site-specific installations. His artistic practice is…