After a vigorous selection process, in which an esteemed selection committee cast their votes for the 12 ANNA Award 2023 finalists, the jury is out. Nada Baraka, an Egyptian artist based in Cairo, is the 2023 ANNA Award recipient. Baraka makes paintings that maintain an
ANNA and Latitudes, two female-centric South African brands, have come together once again to discover, recognise and nurture a new generation of women artists. In its second year, the ANNA Award has extended participation beyond South African borders to include entries from the broader African
With the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic, our lives have changed immeasurably. Now, more than ever, we are being called upon to seek out more innovative ways of navigating the world and our places in it. The arts industry has not been immune to this
Entries are now officially open for the annual Sasol New Signatures Art Competition 2021. Being the longest-running competition of its kind in South Africa, Sasol New Signatures has become a platform for unknown artists to break into the mainstream art stage. Sasol has sponsored this
The Rupert Museum currently has an open invitation to artists to take inspiration from the monumental piece in the Rupert Art Foundation Collection – Colour Symphony by Michéle Nigrini completed in 1993. This is an open call for responsive artworks to be submitted for possible inclusion in a group
The call for entries for one of South Africa’s oldest and most respected art competitions, the Sasol New Signatures Art Competition, is now open. Now in its 31st year of existence, the competition calls on this year’s entrants to enter works that are ‘imaginative, transgressive,
Pretoria student Patrick Rulore, 24, currently completing a National Diploma in Fine Arts at the Tshwane University of Technology, has been announced as the winner of the 2019 Sasol New Signatures Art Competition. Patrick Rulore has won the coveted award for his oil on canvas
This month sees the celebration of National Women’s Day on 9 August, ushering in a month-long opportunity to celebrate women’s achievements and the important role that women of all races and religions have played and continue to play in South Africa. In addition, 21 August
Entries are now officially open for the annual Sasol New Signatures Art Competition. Being the longest running competition of its kind in South Africa, Sasol New Signatures has over the years provided a platform for unknown artists to break into the mainstream. In 2019 Sasol