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PlaceMelrose House, Jacob Mare Street, Pretoria
… exemplifies the transition from Victorian to Edwardian architecture and décor. The house has a clay tennis court and …
PlaceMariammen Temple, Pretoria
… India. This is a prominent feature of Hindu temple architecture!) The Tamil Society of Pretoria replaced an …
EventCecil Edwin Frans Skotnes is born in East London, Eastern Cape
… He also attended classes at what was called Wits Technical Art School in Johannesburg. Skotnes served in the South … On his return to South Africa he joined…
EventAlexis Preller, SA visual artist, dies
… 6 September 1911 in Pretoria. Before pursuing a career in art, he had worked as a clerk. He left for England in 1934 where he studied art at the Westminster…
PlacePhiladelphia
… little streets with a couple of shops and the Pepper Tree Art Stable and Coffee Shop that serves as a natural hub for both locals and visitors to the Town. A…
EventMoses Kottler, A leading South African sculptor of his time, is born
… give it as 11 June 1892, others as 1896. Kottler studied art in Jerusalem and later in Munich, Paris and London. He … together in order to raise the quality…
EventNamibian artist, John Ndevasia Muafangejo, dies
… in Odibo, and in 1967 he enrolled at the Rorke's Drift Art and Craft Centre in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. There, … printmaking. He graduated in 1969 and…
ArchiveStatements in spring
… Pink, cream and blue poster. Notice of an art exhibition by Thami Mnyele, at the National Art Gallery on 3- 2th September 1980. …
BiographyNthato Harrison Motlana
… jumbo" and dismissed as "nonsensical" the idea that their art came from the gods, saying that these beliefs are a …
PlaceFederated Union of Black Artists Arts Centre
… where they would approach different schools and arrange art classes once or twice a week. The students’ interest in the art classes would determine the…
PlaceFranschhoek Motor Museum
… 100 Years of motoring History. The Museum's Cape Dutch Architecture reflects the History and origins of the Western …
Biographical Introduction
… the vital task of building a new history of South African art. A great deal more research will be necessary before we … accuracy. Lesley Spiro Curator of…
EventSA artist, Lionel Davis, is born
… empower South Africans of all races by introducing them to art, theatre and dance. Davis took his first formal art classes with CAP, and continued his art…
EventSA artist, Bongiwe Dhlomo, is born
… she studied printmaking at the Evangelical Lutheran Church Art and Craft Centre at Rorke's Drift. Between 1980 and 1983 she worked at the African Art Centre…
ArchiveHope for S.A.
… Notice of an art competition for all High School pupils. LINX Logo. Art for peace. Closing date 13th June. List of prizes. White …
PlaceMofolo Arts Centre
… Sam Nhlengethwa, Durant Sihlali and Ezrom Legae. Community art centres and workshops in the Johannesburg area were preceded by the Polly Street Art Centre of…
The Johannesburg Biennale by Bisi Silva (Artnet), 1998
… As curious as it may seem to a jaded Western art world, the large-scale global art exhibition still strikes many emerging nations as a good … a Nigerian who…
ArchiveExhibition : Towards a peoples culture
… Black and white poster. Notice of various art exhibitions of art from 11th to 22nd December 1986. Arts Festival '86 Logo. …
EventJohn Koenakeefe Mohl , SA artist and founder member of Artists Under the Sun, dies in Soweto
… he received formal training at the Windhoek School of Art. He also studied at the Kunst-Akademie, Germany. Mohl returned to South Africa and opened an art…
EventPieter Willem Frederik Wenning, SA painter, is born in The Hague, Netherlands
… Available at www.swelco.co.za [Accessed 26 July 2011] The-art-world.com, 2011. ‘Pieter Wenning - South African Artist From Art History’ [online] Available at…
BiographyMafika Pascal Gwala
… was the best achievement of the Black literary and art scene. Staffrider was seminal in its form and content …
PlaceBredasdorp, Overberg
Located on the Northern edge of the Agulhas Plain, about 160 kilometres South-East of Cape Town and 35 kilometres, North of Cape Agulhas. The Town was named…
PlaceHermannsburg School and Mission Museum, (Greytown)
The "Deutsche Schule Hermannsburg" (or Hermannsburg School) is located in the hamlet of Hermannsburg on the North Eastern fringe of the Natal Midlands between…
PlaceLaingsburg, Karoo
A small, modern Karoo Village, Laingsburg lies at the confluence of two rivers, but is one of the driest parts of the Country. Laingsburg is 280 km from Cape…
EventBhekisani Manyoni, artist, is born in Greytown
… near Rorke's Drift, where he attended the Rorke's Drift Art School. After attending Rorke's Drift for his primary … Swaziland, and in 1979 he began to teach…
Analysis: Is South Africa doing enough to prevent heritage flight? by Rebecca Davis (Daily Maverick), 07 March 2017, South Africa
… was the first South African to be granted one of the art world’s major benchmarks for international success: a solo exhibition at New York’s Museum of Modern…
PlacePolokwane
… located in the Area. Polokwane has great restaurants, art galleries, museums, jazz clubs and shopping centres. It's … artistic civic centre. Here you can…
ArchiveDead in one's own lifetime
… contains a collection of papers presented at the NUSAS Art and Liberation Week, held at UCT, 1-4 May 1979. The six papers are entitled "Dead in one's…
Glossary: Learning from Leaders
… of families with a common forefather. Collage A work of art in which a lot of pictures or objects are glued on a …
PlaceRondebosch Common, Camp Ground Road, Rondebosch.
… homes and first-rate renditions of Sir Herbert Baker architecture. Rondebosch Common is unusual - it is not state, …