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This week: Nic Dawes' review of 'Authentic/Ex-centric' - the parallel exhibition of African and African diaspora artists at the Venice Biennale - has come under fire for having little positive to say about a show that Coco Fusco, writing for thething.net, hails as "a remarkable first step toward establishing a permanent and serious presence for African art in Venice". The editors of ArtThrob believe South African artists' work is strong enough to stand up to lively criticism - but also that important events like this deserve our enthusiastic support. This week, alongside Nic's review, we run extracts from some of the very positive responses that have greeted 'Authentic/Ex-centric' in the international press, and associate curator Emma Bedford describes a broad context for the show in her critique of Harald Szeemann's 'Plateau of Humankind' - in which African art is treated with arrogance and ignorance. See Reviews.
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CAPE
The touring World Press Photo exhibition showcases the best press photographs of 2000 at the Castle
GAUTENG
Christian Nerf presents one-night video and digital art event 'Blindspot' and young artists face the challenge of the MTN New Contemporaries and Sasol New Signatures awards
KWAZULU-NATAL
Get ready for the Playhouse's annual Women's Arts Festival exhibition with Val Adamson and Sonia Khurana
INTERNATIONAL
Squatters in Rotterdam features Cape Town based artist Angela Ferreira, and Moshekwa Langa's Paris show almost passes us by
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Terry Kurgan finds Stefanus Rademeyer a deserving winner of the Absa Atelier. Virginia MacKenny takes in three very different shows at the NSA Gallery. Emma Bedford storms the gates of the 49th Venice Biennale, and 'Authentic/Ex-centric' gets the thumbs-up from the international press
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Durban's HIV/AIDS Billboards Portfolio project wins a Medal d'Excellence. Sue Williamson gets a grandson and a tour of William Kentridge's show in her New York diary
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Standard Bank Young Artist Walter Oltmann takes centre stage at Grahamstown
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Artforum's relaunched website makes the international art world accessible at a click. Plus a virtual tour of the Venice Biennale
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Meet Braingirl, the zany Flash creation of Marina Zurkow
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Contemporary and avant-garde choreographers are invited to apply for a Swiss dance residency
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A student searches for info on SA artists living with HIV/AIDS
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