Conversing the Land
Conversing the Land, the latest collaboration between the University of Johannesburg and the MTN SA Foundation in the UJ Gallery from 22 October to 27 November, offers, as the title
Exciting new movable and collaborative project space launches in Joburg
Exhibition and publication launch | 14 September – 9 November 2019 | the gallery, 44 Stanley Avenue, Braamfontein Werf, Johannesburg. rocks is an exhibition about the same which opens on
Absa L’Atelier winners present TRIPE
An ethereal, rubber environment with threads and tendrils has entered the Absa building. This otherworldly, sensory circumstance, which perhaps in one moment is a kelp forest of seaweed and anemones,
Gabrielle Goliath’s This song is for…
South African multimedia artist, gender advocate and now 2019’s Standard Bank Young Artist Award winner for Visual Art, Gabrielle Goliath, brings her new work, This song is for… to Johannesburg.
Documentary Freedom Square and Back of the Moon for Montreux Jazz Festival
The acclaimed documentary feature Freedom Square and Back of the Moon, directed by Academy Award® Nominee Angus Gibson and celebrated artist and filmmaker William Kentridge, was recently screened at the
The vibrancy of colour
Olivié Keck’s vibrant artworks are as appealing to the eye as they are thought-provoking. Her most recent exhibition, Drop Dead Gorgeous, was accompanied by the Virtual Reality experience Ophelia Forever.
A Meeting of Minds: Louis Maqhubela and Douglas Portway
Strauss & Co is proud to present the third in a series of museum-quality exhibitions (Anton Taljaard: Pierneef, A Collector’s Passion (2017) and Life Force: The Still Lifes of Irma
Symbols and metaphors in Juan Stockenstroom’s paintings
Juan Stockenstroom’s intuitive, streetwise, mixed-media paintings are a far cry from the process-driven lino cuts of his Model C high school art classes. Fed the inexpensive medium as a mono
Questioning history and heritage through notions of the other
An in-depth exploration of a sense of otherness – identified through multiple and differing perspectives on history and heritage – sets the tone of Absa Gallery’s Our contemporary needs and
South African Pavilion Opens at the 58th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia
The intimate official opening of the South African Pavilion, supported by the Department of Arts and Culture, at the 58th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia brought the
Norval Foundation to host first survey of William Kentridge’s Sculptures
Norval Foundation will present the first survey of internationally acclaimed artist William Kentridge’s sculptural practice, entitled Why Should I Hesitate? Sculpture, opening in Cape Town in August 2019. In Why
20 Years of MTN’s support for arts and culture development
Since 1998, MTN has been one of the country’s most prominent supporters of the development of arts and culture in South Africa, with a particular focus on arts education. MTN’s
Photography is a living language
One of the most progressive and boundary-breaking training institutions in South Africa, The Market Photo Workshop, is turning 30 this year. Creative Feel takes a look at the origins of
Lady Skollie joins June’s Keyes Thursdays
Hot on the heels of last week’s blazing opening of Good and Evil at CIRCA Gallery, Lady Skollie will be joining the like-minded art and music loving community that will
Leeto: A Sam Nhlengethwa Print Retrospective
The upcoming Wits Art Museum (WAM) exhibition Leeto: A Sam Nhlengethwa Print Retrospective surveys the print work of renowned artist Sam Nhlengethwa from 1978 to 2018. Leeto is a seTswana/seSotho
Reatile Moalusi: Complexion, Pigment and Hue
Reatile Moalusi’s latest solo exhibition Molelo Wa Badimo, which is on at the Absa Gallery until 14 June 2019, is centred around an appreciation and celebration of individuality. ‘Beauty is
SA Contemporary Jewellery Awards Exhibition 2019
The University of Johannesburg Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture (FADA) Gallery, Creative Feel and the Contemporary Jewellery Forum congratulate Marlene de Beer, the winner of the annual 2019 SA
Sustaining a growing creative culture with the Sasol New Signatures Art Competition
The development of South African art and its artists owes a great deal to the longstanding presence of its nationwide art competitions. Competitions for emerging and established artists help the
Interesting times for South African art
For over 120 years, the Venice Biennale has been the most prestigious international art exhibition in the world and this year South Africa is once again part of it. The
40 Years of Collecting: Celebrating the Standard Bank African Art Collection
40 Years of Collecting: Celebrating the Standard Bank African Art Collection (Wits Art Museum) commemorates the forty-year anniversary of the Standard Bank African Art Collection, a partnership between Standard Bank
Keyes Thursdays brings urban photography and print pop ups to life
At Keyes Thursdays on 2 May 2019, visitors to Keyes Art Mile will be the first to enjoy the much anticipated Urban Gaze exhibition – which opens earlier that evening
Circa Gallery presents Conrad Botes’ The Goliath Protocol
The Goliath Protocol, opening at Circa Gallery in Johannesburg, will be Conrad Botes’ first major solo exhibition in five years. The work will include four large-scale canvasses, including a 2
The Sculpture of Edoardo Villa
Seldom does the public have the opportunity to explore and appreciate a curated display of the works of a single artist from a seminal private collection. Keyes Art Mile is
Bringing Africanacity to the Absa Gallery
On behalf of Creative Feel, Obakeng Nyokong sat down with Thabo Seshoka, Absa’s Associate Art Curator, to learn more about how the Absa Gallery will bring the diversity, boldness and
Karen Stewart: Street Life, Global Warming and The Weather Girls
Artist Karen Stewart has come full circle on her creative journey. She began her professional life as a graphic designer in the late 1980s when the scalpel, Rotring pens, steel rulers,
Everard Read presents Olivié Keck’s Drop Dead Gorgeous
Everard Read’s CIRCA Gallery Johannesburg presents Olivié Keck’s exhibition Drop Dead Gorgeous from 11 April – 18 May 2019. Society’s love affair with ‘crimes of passion’ as entertainment is at