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'What is the relationship between belonging, safety, beauty and prisons?' Nkgopoleng Moloi explores how the artists of 'I have made a place' define home in the context of its various trappings. 📸 Gladys Mgudlandlu, 'Suburbs (with Table Mountain), 1964. ow.ly/963j50FIfCk

'What is the relationship between belonging, safety, beauty and prisons?' Nkgopoleng Moloi explores how the artists of 'I have made a place' define home in the context of its various trappings.  📸   Gladys Mgudlandlu, 'Suburbs (with Table Mountain), 1964. ow.ly/963j50FIfCk
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Noah Swinney is moved by Bronwyn Katz’s profound ability to transcend semantic congestion with ‘ I turn myself into a star and visit my loved ones in the sky’, the artist’s debut exhibition with White Cube. ow.ly/Fxru50FN2oW

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Pyda Nyariri's clay tablets document a mythological alphabet. Barnabas Ticha Muvhuti traces its derivation from ancient African writing systems. ow.ly/r5nF50FRvjE

Pyda Nyariri's clay tablets document a mythological alphabet. Barnabas Ticha Muvhuti traces its derivation from ancient African writing systems. ow.ly/r5nF50FRvjE
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Lindsey Raymond feels moved towards transcendence in ‘My whole body changed into something else,’ curated by Sinazo Chiya and Sisipho Ngodwana at Stevenson. ow.ly/8x0i50FWVkl

Lindsey Raymond feels moved towards transcendence in ‘My whole body changed into something else,’ curated by Sinazo Chiya and Sisipho Ngodwana at Stevenson. ow.ly/8x0i50FWVkl
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Ashraf Jamal suggests that through articulating black life in ways that defy a persistent pathological inheritance, Nelson Makamo’s Blue series restores faith and sanctity in the act of looking-feeling-experiencing an artwork. ow.ly/oAPC50G24xi

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The amazing students at Stellenbosch Academy have written reviews for us. In this first batch, Jared Laggar and Jenna Cawood consider home at Norval's 'I have made a place', while Anya Brilus looks at paint and family in Georgina Gratrix' 'The Reunion' ow.ly/Si3k50G3xPc

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Inspired by the work of Sitaara Stodel and Lorraine Kalassa, Keely Shinners considers how family photographs might tap into some well of collective desire, and what they might pull out from the deep. ow.ly/bv5I50G4GqZ

Inspired by the work of Sitaara Stodel and Lorraine Kalassa, Keely Shinners considers how family photographs might tap into some well of collective desire, and what they might pull out from the deep. ow.ly/bv5I50G4GqZ
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‘Monochrome Series: Studies for Larger Works’ is a collection of paintings created by Zander Blom exclusively for ArtThrob. This series will be featured in our online presentation for Investec Cape Town Art Fair later this week. Email [email protected] for more information.

‘Monochrome Series: Studies for Larger Works’ is a collection of paintings created by Zander Blom exclusively for ArtThrob. 

This series will be featured in our online presentation for Investec Cape Town Art Fair later this week. Email keely@artthrob.co.za for more information.
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Investec Cape Town Art Fair has partnered with Italy's miart and gone online for a special digital event this week. Here are some of the things ArtThrob is looking forward to seeing amidst a plethora of great art. ow.ly/1gSX50Gahjo

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Reflecting on recent exhibitions by Mia Thom and Gaelen Pinnock, Misha Krynauw finds great comfort in the tethering of art and audience to create shared experiences that transcend the sum of their parts. ow.ly/RhRw50GcPpm

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Vusumzi Nkomo charts the ideological terrain of Nolan Oswald Dennis’s blackened worlds in ‘conditions’ at Goodman Gallery. ow.ly/QiPT50Gl6FJ

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"The time and energy that goes into making the work is a sort of metaphor for how much time and investment goes into building these friendships.” Nikita Keogotsitse chats to Luyanda Zindela. ow.ly/ODLw50GpREO

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Tim Leibbrandt finds a nod to Soviet montage in Jo Ractliffe’s ‘Being There.’ Skirting the line between intention and intuition, these are images that linger. ow.ly/5bRH50GxayN

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Ashraf Jamal pays tribute to half a century of the AVA, “If the AVA can celebrate 50 years with impunity, it’s because it has never strayed from a commitment to ethical innovation”. ow.ly/Tf8550GC0bX

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“Human, animal, ingredient, object - to Nico, all are invested with affect, all alive with an animism that exceeds their physical parts.” Lucienne Bestall dives deep in Nico Athene’s ‘We Need New Archetypes.’ ow.ly/hcAT50GJ8u5

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Chaze Matakala finds beauty after pain in ‘Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt,’ an exhibition of black portraiture curated by Jana Terblanche and Anelisa Mangcu at Open City. ow.ly/10A750GOubu

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“Thina Dube’s work is the work of human recall.” Fadzai Muchemwa finds specters of the past in the work of Thina Dube. ow.ly/qsE150GT6TZ

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Today we remember Louis Maqhubela (1939-2021), a pioneer in abstract modernism. Nkgopoleng Moloi pays tribute. ow.ly/cIs850GWiY2

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The South African Department of Arts and Culture has announced their team for the 59th Venice Biennale, including: Roger Ballen, Lebohang Kganye, Phumulani Ntuli, Amè Bell, Thuli Mlambo-James and Grace Rapholo. ow.ly/9ZxK50HHPUw

The South African Department of Arts and Culture has announced their team for the 59th Venice Biennale, including: Roger Ballen, Lebohang Kganye, Phumulani Ntuli, Amè Bell, Thuli Mlambo-James and Grace Rapholo. ow.ly/9ZxK50HHPUw
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Georgia Munnik guides us through Chanelle Adams’ ghost tour of Camphor Avenue, meditating on the trees’ colonial memories. c @GIPCA_ICA Georgia Munnik artthrob.co.za/2022/04/21/for…

Georgia Munnik guides us through Chanelle Adams’ ghost tour of Camphor Avenue, meditating on the trees’ colonial memories. <a href="/nellienooks/">c</a> @GIPCA_ICA <a href="/GeorgiaMunnik/">Georgia Munnik</a> artthrob.co.za/2022/04/21/for…