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Acclaimed art historian visits 'home'
Art historian Duncan Bull, chief curator of paintings at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, was back home recently in Cape Town for his first proper holiday home in 30 years.[Full Story...]
The David Exhibition
It is a real pity that the innovative works of the artists chosen for The David Exhibition are lost in the corporate maelstrom of the newly-built Michelangelo Towers.[Full Story...]
City art gallery guru moves into mainstream
Buying art, whether you're a millionaire with an ego, or a poor student on a budget, is not easy. Melvyn Minnaar punts the importance of the good dealer-gallerist.[Full Story...]
Film poster sold at world record price
Does R4.5-million sound like a lot to pay for a poster? Not if you're an American collector of art deco classics, it seems...[Full Story...]
Art listings - November 10, 2005
Art listings.[Full Story...]
London exhibition highlights African art
An elegant flat ring of six smooth pieces of stained ebony surrounds a wooden platter in the middle of the floor that invites guests to huddle African style for a meal or games.[Full Story...]
Picasso takes top price
Pablo Picasso's Nu Jaune, or Naked Yellow, was sold for the top price at Sotheby's autumn auction in New York this week, fetching $13.7 million.[Full Story...]
African arts are now moving into spotlight
Cape is a biennial programme that uses Cape Town as a laboratory and catalyst for contemporary African cultural interventions and art practices.[Full Story...]
Picasso for a snip at London sale
A leading London auction house will put on sale about 100 ceramic works by Pablo Picasso at prices it says ordinary people can afford.[Full Story...]
Books and bytes to celebrate African life
The National Library of South Africa is dishing up Books and Bytes, an interactive reading exhibition featuring iPods, Palm Pilots and great literature.[Full Story...]
Feast for technophiles
Home may be where the heart is but that doesn't mean a brand new transplant is out of order.[Full Story...]
Looking forward, looking back
This coming Wednesday sees the opening of an exhibition which is sure to recreate the pain of the past while looking forward to reconciliation … and for once, South Africa is not the subject.[Full Story...]
Cards on the table
Local designer Alan Epstein uses elements from nature as inspiration for his products, which he refers to as “sculptural furniture”.[Full Story...]
Big business heeds art's call
Contributing to the arts makes perfect business sense, to Barloworld at any rate.[Full Story...]
Who art in Durban
AFRICAN ART CENTRE, Tourist Junction:Celebrating the Spirits by Gabisile Nkosi. Call 031-304-7915.[Full Story...]
Getty to return artefacts
Los Angeles' famed Getty Museum said on Monday it had agreed to return three priceless artifacts to the Italian government in a bid to ward off allegations that it knowingly bought looted art treasures.[Full Story...]
Exhibition: A Casa dos Carvalhos
The notion of “found objects” has established its place firmly in visual arts over the past decade, to the extent that one sometimes has a nagging sense of repetition.[Full Story...]
Carrol Boyes Functional Art announces Metal 2006 theme
Three months after announcing the winners of METAL 2005, where entrants were invited to submit a prototype of a set of salt and pepper cruets, Carrol Boyes Functional Art has announced the theme for the next METAL New Designer Search Competition.[Full Story...]
Museum removes 'offensive' art
A British museum has defended its decision to remove a sculpture from an exhibition for fear of offending Muslims, citing the "sensitive climate" following suicide bombings in London in July.[Full Story...]
First portrait of Prince William for sale
The only original portrait of Prince William is to go on sale this week when it is exhibited with other sketches and studies of Britain's royal family at an art gallery in London.[Full Story...]
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