SPIER LIGHT ART 2023: CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Spier is proud to announce the fifth edition of Spier Light Art, which will be exhibited throughout the historical wine farm from 11 March to 10 April 2023. Artists and [...]
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Irma & Athi… an intervention – a new exhibition of Athi-Patra Ruga’s art in conversation with Irma Stern artworks at the iconic painter’s former home
The relationship between the contemporary artworks of Athi-Patra Ruga and that of the late, celebrated canonical painter Irma Stern is one of contrary tendencies: both [...]
Growing consciousness – Kirstenbosch to host ICA Live Art Festival events that include talking to plants, making flower arrangements and plant-dyed cloth, and ghost tours…
What does it mean to recognise consciousness in all living things as we navigate the challenges of the Anthropocene? This is one of the urgent questions posed by this [...]
From ghost tours to sentient beings, the ICA Live Art Festival is back in the flesh!
Now that we can attend in-person events once again, the Institute for Creative Arts (ICA) at UCT is hosting its flagship Live Art Festival (LAF) in the public spaces it is [...]
WHAT’S ON | ICA Live Art Festival 2022
A scene from Imilingo by Nomcebisi Moyikwa and Qhawe Vumase, which will be part of this year’s festival. Credits: Supplied. It’s art! It’s live! UCT’s Institute [...]
DISCOVER WHOLE WORLDS BETWEEN COVERS AT SPIER’S NEW EXHIBITION, DISRUPT II
Spier is now home to Disrupt II, an exhibition showcasing Emma Willemse’s artworks, exhibited at the 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair in 2018, which have been brought [...]
A gift that gives back to a rare tract of misbelt forest
Astonishingly, only 0.5% of land in South Africa is forested. And within this, our increasingly rare mistbelt forests occupy an even tinier fraction. On the outskirts of [...]
Walkabout of award-winning artist Nic Fredman’s retrospective
For one night only, on 30 November 2021, South African-born artist Nic Fredman will conduct an informative walkabout his landmark retrospective. Fredman is a multiple [...]
Commune with the ancestors this Summer
Africa has long fused the worlds of spirituality, ancestry and creativity to aid communication with the non-material, divine realm. These practices continue to this day [...]
New initiative will celebrate all things Cape Town to bolster economic recovery
The announcement of COVID-19 Alert Level One in South Africa in October 2021 saw local businesses breathe a little easier as doors opened wider to broader economic [...]
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