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PlaceOld House Museum, 31 Diakonia Street, Durban
… era. Set on park-like grounds this veranda home's replica architecture is historically notable. Built by the Durban …
PlaceTimour Hall Primary School, Plumstead
… were again requested. Sadly much of the Gracious Architecture was destroyed when they virtually rebuilt the …
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 …
BiographyNthato Harrison Motlana
… jumbo" and dismissed as "nonsensical" the idea that their art came from the gods, saying that these beliefs are a …
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…
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…
PlaceFranschhoek Motor Museum
… 100 Years of motoring History. The Museum's Cape Dutch Architecture reflects the History and origins of the Western …
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…
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. …
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…
BiographyMafika Pascal Gwala
… was the best achievement of the Black literary and art scene. Staffrider was seminal in its form and content …
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
PlaceSongimvelo Game Reserve, an Early Archaeological Site
The Songimvelo Game Reserve is located South of Barberton in the South-Eastern part of the Mpumalanga Province on the South African-Swaziland Border. The…
ArticleSummary: The Kingdom of Mali and the City of Timbuktu in the 14th Century
… army, and invested heavily in Islamic scholarship and architecture. Medieval Arab scholar Al-Umari, writing in … among the finest surviving examples of…