ART AFRICA

Upon reading Boris Gorelik’s biography of Tretchikoff, I was stricken by the similarities between Laurence Graff and Vladimir Tretchikoff, dubbed respectively the ‘King of Diamonds’ and ‘King of Kitsch’.

As part of the cultural programme of the 25th World Congress on Architecture (Durban, South Africa), Faith47 is painting six walls, on four of the supporting columns of the main freeway overpass adjacent to the

Matthew Partridge spoke to Okwui Enwezor about ‘Rise and Fall of Apartheid: Photography and the Bureaucracy of Everyday Life’, co-curated with Rory Bester.

For the first edition of Ama Culture, Art South Africa‘s new weekly lifestyle column, Christine Lundy looks at Glenelly Wine Estate’s famous Glass collection.

Skattie Magazine will be launching the first in a series of projects celebrating emerging South African artists/creatives with an event to be held at Blank gallery in Woodstock, Cape Town, on Thursday July 10 2014.

International band Didier Labb’e Quartet(France) partnered with iKapa Dance Theatre contemporary dancer Mbulelo Ngumbombini to create an exhilarating piece ‘ECHO TO ABDULLAH IBRAHIM’. Art South Africa spoke to Mbulelo, one of the founding members of

277 lots of Important South African and International art are set to go under the hammer at Strauss & Co’s Johannesburg auction on 30 June 2014.

KLA ART 014 is Kampala’s biennial contemporary art festival. Throughout the month of October, the festival will showcase contemporary artists from Uganda and Uganda’s neighbouring countries to the public.

The Turbine Art Fair (17 – 20 July 2014) Talks and Film Programme will be extended to include a wide range of artists, art professionals and collectors, including Art South Africa‘s Brendon Bell-Roberts.

Introducing Ama Culture, Art South Africa’s new lifestyle column: [Re]discover and experience South Africa’s unique culture.