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David Goldblatt, TJ, 1948-2010 - review by Claire Guillot, 25 January 2011
… themselves bear a message. "I'm not interested in architecture as such," Goldblatt explains. "But South Africa …
PlaceNew Brighton Location
… have been bestowed on the museum for its magnificent architecture and it is one of four of its kind in South …
PlaceSun City, Rustenburg
… the Pilanesberg Mountains, is matched by the inspired Architecture and passionate attention to Detail for which …
ArticleEarly African Civilisations: Ancient Egypt, Nubia and Swahili
… in the ancient Middle East to develop a monumental stone architecture. Boats The Egyptian nation was stretched along a …
Decolonising African Museums - What does it mean?
… Fellow, Centre for the Creative Arts of Africa/Wits Art Museum. For a few decades, the concept of decolonisation …
PlaceInn on the Square, Greenmarket Square, Cape Town
… the ONOMO Hotel Cape Town - Inn On The Square, an African art market and some town houses dating back to the late 18th …
EventLucas Seage is born
… Kumalo. He was one of the resistance artists, who saw art as a weapon against apartheid. References: Rankin: Images …
EventThe first Afrikaans Hymn book is published
… 1925. The South African Academy for Language, Letters and Art society, which was set up in 1909 to reconcile the …
EventSA artist, Daniel Sefundi Rakgoathe is born
… student in the fine arts section at Rorke's Drift. The art centre at Rorke's Drift began during Apartheid, with the … The Neglected Tradition , Johannesburg:…
EventJustice Sfiso Ka-Mkame, SA artist, is born in Durban
… Ka-Mkame was born in Clermont, Durban in 1963. He studied art in the 80’s and gained fame in 1988 when he sold his … Life with art Sfiso Ka-Mkame [online]…
EventAt Botha, SA artist, is born.
… formal training and has had to rely purely on his love for art. … [Accessed on 31 October 2013]| House of Art Story of At Botha the artist [online]…
PlaceDitsong Museum of Natural History
… through the ages, called ‘reach for the stars’, and a rock art exhibition, known as the ‘rainbow collection’. The museum … silver and archaeological material…
PlacePaternoster, West Coast
… portfolios; “ Break the Silence” HIV Campaign , “Art for Humanity ”; “Playing Card Portfolio” and “Body … Space" and she was one of the 10 shortlisted…
EventA painting by SA painter Irma Stern is auctioned for the record price of R1.1 million in Johannesburg
… prolific painter Irma Stern was born in 1894. She studied art in Germany where she was influenced by Pechstein’s … southafricaweb, ‘ A Dictionary of…
EventAnnesu de Vos, SA poet, is born.
… award from the South African Academy for Science and Art. Since then widely anthologized selections from her …
EventN.P. van Wyk Louw is born
… beast to save his people's heritage of language and art. President Mbeki bestowed The Order of Ikhamanga in Gold …
ArticleJohannesburg the Segregated city
… the new municipal Civic Centre, Joubert Park and the Art Gallery. Some office development had already taken place … dissertations for which he was awarded a…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.5 No.3 1983
… Mzwakhe; Bongiwe; Percy Sedumedi; Meg Jordi. Features: ART AND SOCIETY- Letters from Nimrod Ndebele; Letters from …
EventBonnie Ntshalintshali, SA artist, is born
… Ntshalintshali was born in Winterton, Natal. She fell into art when she apprenticed as a studio assistant for ceramics …
EventFormer Springbok captain Bobby Skinstad is born
… http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=18&set_id=6&art_id=vn20070601101326934C635499 …
EventTraditional Bushman artist Vetkat Regopstaan Kruiper, aged 38, dies suddenly from natural causes
… cultural heritage and the desert he grew up in. Vetkat's art was lauded both nationally and internationally. … [Accessed: 11 April 2014]|savethebushmen,…
EventDarrell Roodt was born on this day
… the height of Apartheid South Africa, he always used the art of film to condemn the racially oppressive regime. His …
EventAuthor and playwright Ronald Harwood is born in Cape Town
… received stage training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He changed his name to Harwood under the advice of an …
PlaceDie Kraal, Brummeria, Pretoria
… for his fabulous landscape paintings and a trip to see his art is well worth it. While here you can enjoy light …
EventSouth African artist Fikile Magadledla is born
… One of his mentors was Harold Jeppe, who introduced him to art circles in Johannesburg. Most of his works are a …
EventSA artist Tshela Matsoso is born
… while still at school, Matsoso studied at the Jubilee Art Centre under Cecil Skotnes, Sydney Kumalo, Bill Hart … Tradition: Towards a New History of South…
EventHarold Strachan is served with restriction order
… diverse achievements include becoming a self-supporting art restorer, and lately, a successful author. References: …
EventBettie Cilliers, famous SA painter, is born
… who even in 1959 had an exhibition of non-figurative art, which was rather progressive for the time. She comes …
EventMaude Francis Eyston Sumner, SA painter, is born
… in 1925, and studied at the Westminster School of Art in London from 1926-32. Until 1938 she studied in Paris …
Activity: The first farmers in Southern Africa
… sites. Some of the world’s largest collections of rock art works were found in the Drakensberg. Stone implements …