South African designers are using their creativity to express their freedom as the country commemorates Freedom Month in April.

The 79-year-old artist has become so renowned that in art circles his brand of work is a kind of art movement with its own name, Elism.

Thapelo Keetile, a 33-year-old digital artist from Kuruman, expresses his gratitude for the freedom to explore his career as an artist in SA.

Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum turns 50 in 2023. The museum attracts over two million visitors each year. Here’s a brief history of Van Gogh

A poem a day inspires good energy to stay. Each update brings you inspiration about life, love and everything else for everyone.

Foxwood festivalgoers will be able to enjoy visual arts, theatre performances, literature presentations, and more.

Portchie’s artworks are a trademark of vibrant colours, distorted shapes and blue trees and can be described as a ‘burst of joyful colour’.

Boschendal & Norval Foundation is hosting a group exhibition showing a century of landscape art whilst celebrating local ceramic artists.

‘Anna is about liberation, belonging, sustainability and truth’: The winner will be announced on 10 August.

Pablo Picasso served as the centre of several creative hubs, though the famous artist rarely acknowledged his creative collaborators.

Mary Sibande’s memorable large-scale installations personify the colours of bruising – blue, purple and more recently red.

young artists across the country are invited to register for an opportunity that could turn their artistic ideas into a profitable business. 

The painting by the late Andy Warhol is now the most expensive piece of artwork ever sold by an American artist

Whilst the web has opened the world’s eyes to the depth and power of Southern African art there are a growing number of champions dedicating their lives to bringing the tangible living works to an increasingly appreciative audience.

The Artfluence festival will present a hybrid festival with both online and live events featuring musicians, poets, cartoonists and dancers.

‘From working with fixer in the darkroom to understanding composition & exposure’ : Simon de Haast to showcase his work at Ground Art Caffe from 7 April to 31 May.

We love to hear about the African art and culture enriching people’s lives internationally. Here’s a collection of shows open this week around the world.

South Africa’s pig prodigy, Pigcasso, is binging home the bacon after selling a painting for more than R400 000.

You can see Joni-Leigh Doran’s exhibition – which highlights the relationship between horses and humans – at La Galleria in the new year.

Razia Myers will showcase pieces informed and inspired by the ‘permanence of bedrock and the unbridled ocean’ in an exhibition in Cape Town.

The 100 Beautiful Baskets exhibition will kick-start the V&A Waterfront’s festive celebrations this November.

Take a look at the South African artist, Strijdom van der Merwe’s simple but impressive optical illusion titled ‘Staircase to Heaven’.

Muhammad Ali hoped to use his drawing of South Africa to speak out against apartheid in Namibia and South Africa.

The hand-painted fridge by Sicilian artists has triggered a bidding war that could see it sell for more than the R1.3 million price.

Would you pay for a partially destroyed piece of art? This piece was destroyed by Banksy shortly after it sold for millions in 2018 and it’s going under the hammer again.

A chosen group of 40 young design mavens will have the opportunity to showcase their work on the Design Indaba platform next year.

The artist, Willem Pretorius, believes that a ‘bergie’ stole his painting worth R100k after mistaking it for a television.

A portrait of the Queen ‘looking like a corgi’ is set to feature in a special Lucian Freud Exhibition in the UK.

Time for Plan B! The 2021 National Arts Festival is set to move into an online space for the second time this coming July.

Sculpture artist, Godfrey Dambuleni recently created a special version of Oscar the Seal by recycling used coffee capsules.

The ‘My Community Cooks’ programme is calling all creatives to submit and showcase their work.

The 2021 National Arts Festival will take place in various cities in South Africa from 17 June to 4 July.

Pitika Ntuli’s’ exhibition ‘Azibuyele Emasisweni’ won one of the two People’s Choice Awards at this year’s Global Fine Art Awards.

Artist Faith XLVII (read as Faith 47) recently completed the final instalment of the iconic Mural Trilogy in honour of the women of Johannesburg.

Introducing the National Arts Festival, a hybrid festival of the arts, anchored in Makhanda, accessible online and coming to you in cites across South Africa.

Nelson Makamo has been making waves internationally with his vibrant portraits. View Makamo’s ‘Human Grace’ – or go on a walkabout with the artist – at Everard Read.

Researchers used Google search data to reveal the most Googled artist of 2020 in each country. Here’s what they found:

Tweeps are impressed by celebrity painter Lebani Sirenje, otherwise known as Rasta’s two portraits of the late King Goodwill Zwelithini.

Art can be a way to promote and support mental health in children. It’s especially important right now to create a nurturing space for children to make art.

Meet award-winning South African sculptor Jean Theron Louw, whose baboon sculpture connects to nature with boldness and compassion.

The kykNET Fiëstas awards annually honour exceptional work presented at arts festivals across the country during the previous year.

French-Swiss artist Saype recently brought his impressive Beyond Walls series – which sees hands painted on land – to Cape Town.

Celebrity painter Lebani Sirenje, otherwise known as Rasta, has had a go at painting the late minister Jackson Mthembu.

Visit your favourite global art and history destinations without spending a cent.

It’s the first time a movement, rather than a person, has been on top of the list.

A collection of important South African art assembled by the late Giulio Bertrand will be auctioned this November.

Powerhouse artist Lady Skollie has won the 2020 FNB Art Prize, one of the most significant art accolades on the African continent.

A new collaboration between two South African treasures Carol Bouwer and Esther Mahlangu will launch this November.

An online-only sale of modern, post-war and contemporary art, jewellery and fine wine ends 19 October.

Art work sold for just under R658-million, a whopping R395-million more than experts believed it would sell for.

Leading artists recently came together in an effort to raise funds and awareness for the endangered African Painted Dog.

A contemporary boutique art gallery in the heart of Cape Town’s city bowl offers a new way to exhibit art.

A new mural in the heart of the Nelson Mandela Square in Sandton allows people to hang out while adhering to social distance guidelines.

Capetonian artist Razia Myers knows no bounds when it comes to creating inspiring art.

The artwork will be the size of two football pitches.

Looking for inspiration and a good time but don’t feel like leaving the house? The Zeitz MOCAA is bringing the heat with Woza at Home.

The Virtual National Arts Festival is in full swing with Standard Bank Young Artist for Visual Art’s ‘Chaotic Pleasure’ exhibition on view.

Watch the dancers from Joburg Ballet’s choreographic response to the coronavirus while in lockdown.

Nelson Makamo and Laduma Ngxokolo combined their skills to create a massive African tapestry which was sold in aid of small businesses in SA.

The Lockdown Collection will see artworks uploaded online and put up for sale to raise funds for vulnerable South Africans and for artists during this national lockdown.

The whole world’s getting creative with this lockdown challenge – taking shape thanks to Twitter – as we recreate art history in our own homes.

The Vincent van Gogh work, called ‘Spring Garden,’ was snatched overnight from a Dutch museum this past weekend.

World Poetry Day is celebrated worldwide on 21 March after it was formally adopted during Unesco’s 30th session held in Paris in 1999.

South African cosplayer Kelsey Atkins wowed a global gathering in the US with her spectacular, entirely self-constructed costume.

Art aficionados take note…These are some of the must-see exhibitions happening around the globe this year.

The Investec Cape Town Art Fair is said to be the largest art fair on the African continent, showing cutting edge contemporary art.

Experts have confirmed that a painting discovered hidden inside an Italian art gallery’s wall is Gustav Klimt’s ‘Portrait of a Lady,’ which was stolen from the gallery back in 1997.

All of the art galleries you ought to visit when in Cape Town, SA’s design capital. From classic to contemporary, local to international

A collection of the best art galleries to visit in Johannesburg, featuring artworks and exhibitions by local and international artists

Forget Halloween next week: These matric students from Richard’s Bay have enraged their community – and done enough to give us nightmares for weeks.

Zwelethu Mthethwa’ was convicted in 2017 of killing Nokuphila Kumalo.

From books, music, performances, and art, there’s something for everyone at the 2019 Aardklop national art festival in Potchefstroom.

You can expect film screenings, gallery brunches, off-site artist-led collaborations, special exhibitions and much more from this year’s FNB Art Joburg.

Watch as Nelson Makamo describes how he became a world-renowned artist and why he wants to portray Africa in a more optimistic light.

Carrol Boyes, renowned South African artist, designer and businesswoman, passed away Wednesday night.

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