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1997
- Issue No. 5, December 1997 'Taking Stock'; Biennale: 'Important and Exportant',' Graft'
- Issue No. 4, November 1997 Biennale: 'Alternating Currents', 'Transversions', 'Hong Kong, Etc'; Vita Awards Show.
- Issue No. 3, October 1997 District Six Sculpture Festival; 'Thirty Minutes'; Biennale Preview, Brett Murray
- Issue No. 2, September 1997 Focus on art books; 'Memorias, Intimas, Marcas'; Peet Pienaar; Joachim Schõnfeldt
- Issue No. 1, August 1997 Bridget Baker, Andrew Putter
1998
- Issue No. 16, December 1998 African photography; artbio: Stephen Hobbs; Willie Saayman screensavers; Vita nominations online
- Issue No. 15, November 1998 Okwui Enwezor named Documenta director; artbio: Clive van den Berg; Minnette Vári video; Stockholm Journal
- Issue No. 14, October 1998 Candice Breitz; São Paulo Bienal; 2nd Johannesburg Biennale, one year on; 'Dreams and Clouds'
- Issue No. 13, September 1998 Funding crisis at the SANG; Brett Murray in artbio; São Paulo Bienal
- Issue No. 12, August 1998 The FNB Vita awards; artbio: Randolph Hartzenberg; Robert Weinek on video art in South Africa; Abandon Your Culture project
- Issue No. 11, July 1998 Grahamstown Festival; artbio: Mustafa Maluka; Happy birthday Madiba; !Xoe site-specific project
- Issue No. 10, June 1998 Dakar Biennale; artbio: Kevin Brand; Mark Coetzee on censorship; Tracy Murinik on 'Memorias Intimas Marcas'
- Issue No. 9, May 1998 Steven Cohen; 'Memorias Intimas Marcas'; 'Transpositions'; Brian Eno
- Issue No. 8, April 1998 Idasa Gallery opens; Houston Fotofest; artbio: Tracy Payne
- Issue No. 7, February/March 1998 Claudette Schreuders; Arlene Amaler-Raviv; artbio: Minnette Vári
- Issue No. 6, January 1998 Isolde Krams; 'Cyst'; Passages from India; Biennale: 'Life's Little Necessities'
1999
- Issue No. 28, December 1999 Artery reviewed; Report back on South meets West in Ghana; Carnegie International reviewed; Artbio: Linda Givon
- Issue No. 27, November 1999 Softserve at the SANG; William Kentridge wins Carnegie International; Alan Alborough wins Standard Bank Young Artist Award; Artbio: Robin Rhode.
- Issue No. 26, October 1999 Biennale Questionaire; Kentridge opens at the Goodman; Artbio: Karel Nel.
- Issue No. 25, September 1999 Special Biennale discussion; Cape Town Month of Photography; 'Liberated Voices' opens in New York; Artbio: Penny Siopis.
- Issue No. 24, August 1999 Kay Hassan wins new Daimler-Chrysler Art Award; Smithsonian show reviewed; Artbio: Wille Bester
- Issue No. 23, July 1999 Grahamstown Festival roundup; report on the Venice Biennale; Jane Alexander in Artbio
- Issue No. 22, June 1999 Veronique Malherbe; '[Rewind] Fast Forward.ZA' in Holland; David Koloane; Margaret Vorster
- Issue No. 21, May 1999 William Kentridge in Artbio; Ezrom Legae remembered; 'New Worlds' in London; Grey Areas reviewed
- Issue No. 20, April 1999 Video fest 'Channel'; Klein Karoo festival; Zwelethu Mthethwa in Artbio; 'Trafique' in Belgium
- Issue No. 19, March 1999 Jo Ractliffe in Artbio; video by Konrad Welz; Vita nominees; Cape Town Art Night; Klein Karoo festival
- Issue No. 18, February 1999 Moshekwa Langa in Artbio; Lisa Brice catalogue launch; Cairo Biennale; Bonn show; 'Dreams and Clouds' in Gothenburg
- Issue No. 17, January 1999 'eye Africa'; artbio: Lisa Brice; New series: The Professional Artist: Introduction
2000
- Issue No. 40, December 2000 Holland South Africa Line; Michaelis student show; Joubert Park Project; Koos Malgas dies; Save the Jhb Biennale; Books for Christmas; Artbio: Peet Pienaar
- Issue No. 39, November 2000 !Xoe... Off Site at Brendon Bell-roberts; Steve McQueen in Cape Town; Marc Chagall in both Johannesburg and Cape Town; Brett Murray and Wayne Barker inaugurate Brendon-Bell Roberts' new gallery in London; Artbio: Jeremy Wafer
- Issue No. 38, October 2000 uBudoda: Images of Masculinity at the AVA; Peet Pienaar at Brendon Bell-roberts; Clive van den Berg at the Goodman; Artbio: Kay Hassan
- Issue No. 37, September 2000 Cape Town OneCity Festival; 'Trapped Reflections' and 'Outposts' in Gauteng; Paris Conference on the State of Visual Arts in Africa and the Diaspora; Artbio: Claudette Schreuders
- Issue No. 36, August 2000 Madame Haenggi & Constance Stuart Larrabee remembered; The big4 at Brendon Bell-Roberts; Fifth Biennale of Contemporary Art in Lyons; Kathryn Smith Reviews the Vitas show; Artbio: Terry Kurgan
- Issue No. 35, July 2000 Terry Kurgan is this year's Vita star; Brad Hammond wins Absa Atelier Award; !Xoe comes again to Nieu Bethesda; Channeltoo goes digital; Artbio: Alan Alborough
- Issue No. 34, June 2000 Dak/Art 2000 reviewed; New committee formed to promote Africa in Venice; Young artists' shows in Cape Town: 'Bitterkomix' and 'Emergency'; Artbio: Robert Hodgins
- Issue No. 33, May 2000 Dak/Art 2000 Diary; Brett Murray's public sculpture unveiled; SoftServe II; Robert Hodgins at the Goodman: Artbio: Bernie Searle
- Issue No. 32, April 2000 Karoo Art Festival Reportback; Rotterdam Foto Biennale; Special Book Review Section: Artbio: Andries Botha
- Issue No. 31, March 2000 South African Art in the Nineties: Conclusion; Vita 2000 nominees, Exchange: Overseas opportunities for artists; Artbio: Hentie van der Merwe.
- Issue No. 30, February 2000 Final Issue of South African Art in the Nineties; Arlene Amaler-Raviv & Dale Yudelman show at the AVA; pminc. wraps; 'Emergence' curators interviewed; Artbio: Senzeni Marasela
- Issue No. 29, January 2000 Review of South African Art in the Nineties; One Night Stand at Joao Ferriera; Artbio: Dorothee Kreutzfeldt
2001
- Issue No. 52, December 2001 Robin Rhode makes Artist of the Year in Artthrob's Top 10; Homeport at the V&A Waterfront; Walter Oltmann's SBYA exhibition in Durban; Tracy Murinik spots fresh talent among the Michaelis fourth-years; Brett Murray and Post reviewed; Artbio: Conrad Botes
- Issue No. 51, November 2001 Joubert Park Public Art Project; Standard Bank Young Artist 2002; DaimlerChrysler award for sculpture; Spier Outdoor Sculpture Biennial launch; Willie Bester, Paul Edmunds, Minnette Vári and Mara Verna reviewed; Artbio: Isaac Nkosinathi Khanyile
- Issue No. 50, October 2001 Joubert Park Public Art Project; Walter Oltmann's SBYA show in PMB; Sam Nhlengethwa reviewed; Plus Aardklop and the World Wide Video Festival; Artbio: Pitso Chinzima
- Issue No. 49, September 2001 Paul du Toit sells out at the Bell-Roberts Art Gallery; Ruth Prowse School of Art Exhibition & Auction; Jo'burg Pride 2001; 'See Eazi' art fair at the NSA; 'The | Premises' opens in Jo'burg; Artbio: Mandla Mabila
- Issue No. 48, August 2001 The FNB Vita Art Prize 2001; first MTN New Contemporaries award; Sasol New Signatures; Bridget Baker; Bonita Alice; Taxi-003 Jeremy Wafer; SA artists for Sao Paulo and World Wide Video Fest; Artbio: Willem Boshoff
- Issue No. 47, July 2001 Grahamstown Festival reviewed; Venice Biennale reviewed; Stefanus Rademeyer wins the Absa Atelier Award; HIV/AIDS Billboards Portfolio project wins a Medal d'Excellence; Sue Williamson's New York diary; Artbio: Walter Oltmann
- Issue No. 46, June 2001 Book Review special; 'Fokofo' at the DAG; 'Inferno & Paradiso' reviewed; David Goldblatt scoops an honorary doctorate; 'The Short Century' in Berlin; Sue Williamson's New York and Spain Diaries; Artbio: Siemon Allen
- Issue No. 45, May 2001 Robert Hodgins at João Ferreira; Dorothee Kreutzfeldt at the SANG; Katherine Bull & Fritha Langerman at the University of Stellenbosh Art Gallery; TaXi-002 - Samson Mudzunga out now!; Yinka Shonibare interviewed in Johannesburg; Basa awards announced; Kathryn Smith's Maputo Diary; Artbio: Usha Seejarim
- Issue No. 44, April 2001 FNB Vita Award finalists announced; Oudtshoorn and the Visual Arts; 'Inferno and Paradise' at the SANG; Jürgen Schadeberg at Axis Gallery in New York; Artbio: Thomas Mulcaire
- Issue No. 43, March 2001 Alan Alborough at the SANG; Absa Atelier finalist show; South Africans in Venice; Taxi 001 on a shelf near you; Public Eye turns two; Artbio: Tracey Rose
- Issue No. 42, February 2001 Artthrob going into print; Juncture at the Granary; Justine Mahoney at Bell-Roberts Contemporary; Obituary for Johannesburg's Market Gallery; Part II of Kathryn Smith's overview of the Johannesburg art scene - Galleries in jeopardy; Artbio: Greg Streak
- Issue No. 41, January 2001 Doreen Southwood at Bell-Roberts Contemporary; Hoerikwaggo - Images of Table Mountain at the SANG; HSL at the Castle; Gambling with Art - Kathryn Smith examines some of the financial factors governing the struggle of artists and galleries to survive; ArtThrob's artists of 2000; Artbio: Brad Hammond
2002
- Issue No. 64, December 2002 Jeremy Wafer retrospective in Durban; David Koloane's new Taxi Art book; Berni Searle is the SBYO 2004; Artthrob's 2002 Year-end Summary; the year's best art books and catalogues; Norman Catherine, Jane Alexander's award-winning 'African Adventure' series, and Zwelethu Mthethwa's 'Coloured/Colored' reviewed; Artbio: David Goldblatt
- Issue No. 63, November 2002 William Kentridge returns home; SANAVA charity exhibition; a look at Turner Prize winner Steve McQueen's 'Western Deep'; MountX at the SANG; Kendell Geers interview and the on-going debate between Geers and the JAG; Jeremy Wafer, Matthew Hindley, 'Comics Brew', Photofesta Maputo, and Taxi monograph on David Koloane reviewed; Artbio: Malcolm Payne
- Issue No. 62, October 2002 Staff changes at Artthrob; Bittercomix and Claudette Schreuders at the AVA; Fritha Langerman and Katherine Bull win the Cape Town Public Sculpture Competition; Kendell Geers calls for the resignation of JAG director; Giulio Tambellini and Warren Siebrits' new Rosebank gallery reviewed; Artbio: Thembinkosi Goniwe
- Issue No. 61, September 2002 Penny Siopis at the Goodman & the Posel Galleries; Doreen Southwood at the Bell-Roberts Gallery; Editor's Documenta Diary; ACT Award 2002 nominees announced; 'Outpost' at the NSA Gallery and Documenta 11 reviewed; Artbio: Doreen Southwood
- Issue No. 60, August 2002 Jhb gearing up for WSSD; The 3rd Cape Town Public Sculpture Competition; Siwela Sonke Dance Theatre; Flash Art story highlights South Africa; Interview: Aryan Kaganof; Martienssen Prize show, Tracy Lindner Gander and Documenta Reviewed; Artbio: Marco Cianfanelli
- Issue No. 59, July 2002 Alan Alborough scoops the FNB Vita Art Prize; Marco Cianfanelli wins the Absa L'Atelier; 'Pulse' project 'Silence/Violence' in Durban & Nieu-Bethesda; Gtown National Arts Festival wearing thin; 'Grime' & 'Mari Mira' reviewed; Artbio: Santu Mofokeng
- Issue No. 58, June 2002 First reports from DocumentaII; Sue Williamson at the Dakar Biennale 2002; David Goldblatt, Fritha Langerman, After Apartheid: Documentary Photographers, Peter Friedl and Soccer is Power! reviewed; Artbio: Kendell Geers
- Issue No. 57, May 2002 SA artists make DocumentaII; Dakar Biennale 2002; Sue Williamson, Handspring Puppet Company, and Antoinette Murdoch and Doreen Southwood reviewed; Artbio: Leora Farber
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Issue No. 56, April 2002
BIG Torino 2002; James Webb's 'Phonosynthesizer'; Students review Month of Photography highlights: Lien Botha, Julia Tiffin, Angela Buckland and Sarel Eloff; Paul Edmunds and Kathryn Smith get to grips with KKNK; Artbio: Bronwen Findlay - Issue No. 55, March 2002 Local industry Feedback rages this month; The Second Month of Photography opens in Cape Town; Klein Karoo National Arts Festival; FNB Vita Art Prize 2002 nominees announced; Design Indaba, Dave Southwood, Apartheid Museum, and Video art at Michaelis reviewed; Artbio: Dave Southwood
- Issue No. 54, Februray 2002 'The Short Century' opens in New York; World Wide Video Festival at Michaelis; National Arts Council CEO outlines the way forward; Dorothee Kreutzfeldt, Arlene Amaler-Raviv and Dale Yudelman, 'Surviving the Lens',Egon Tania, and Spier Outdoor Sculpture Biennial reviewed; Artbio: Hylton Nel
- Issue No. 53, January 2002 Spier Outdoor Sculpture Biennial; Moshekwa Langa resident at the SANG; Kathryn Smith looks at the Joubert Park Project; Veronique Malherbe, Gail Neke and Nadja Daehnke, and Handspring Puppets reviewed; Artbio: Strijdom van der Merwe
2003
- Issue No. 76, December 2003 2003 in review; Kathryn Smith selected as the Standard Bank Young Artist of 2004; Reviews: Karl Gietl, Minette Vári, The Michaelis Graduate Exhibition, Paul Edmunds, Esther Mahlangu, 'Picnic', Resfest, DIY, Kay Hassan, Brenton Maart, Penny Siopis, 'Home', 'Looking Both Ways: Art of the Contemporary African Diaspora'; Publication reviews: the Fresh project, Okwui Enwezor's (ed.) The Short Century: Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa 1945- 1994, Moshekwa Langa, Chris Ledochowski's Cape Flats Details, Michael Meyersfeld's Gaze; Gallery Choice: Hylton Nel; Artbio: Kathryn Smith
- Issue No. 75, November 2003 Guy Tillim wins the DaimlerChrysler Art Award for creative photography; Kagiso Pat Mautloa is the subject of the ninth publication in the TAXI Art Books series; William Kentridge wins the Goslar Kaiserring Award; The new dealers are making waves; Reviews: Wim Botha, Francine Scialom Greenblatt, Liza Grobler, Julia Teale, Durant Sihlali & Frank Ledimo, Colin Richards, Clive van den Berg, Rienke Enghardt, Aidan Walsh & Lise Hugo; Book Reviews: TAXI-008: Steven Cohen, The Fresh series, Sue Williamson: Selected Works, Fact or Fiction, Roger Ballen, Guy Tillim's Departure, and two new Irma Stern publications; Gallery Choice: Wim Botha; Artbio: Sue Williamson
- Issue No. 74, October 2003 Wits University opens its new interdisciplinary school; Brett Kebble Art Award; Taxi08: Steven Cohen; Reviews: David Goldblatt, Tracy Lindner Gander, Stephen Hobbs, Brett Kebble Art Awards, Andrew Lamprecht, Mgcineni Pro Sobopha, and Vuleka art competition; Gallery Choice: Langa Magwa; Artbio: Sam Nhlengethwa
- Issue No. 73, September 2003 Cape Town International Convention Centre sculpture controversy; Samson Mudzunga under scrutiny; Criticism in crisis; Reviews: 3rd International Impact Printmaking Conference, Willem Boshoff, 'Witness' at Warren Siebrits, and Hentie van der Merwe and Luan Nel at the Goodman; Gallery Choice: Willem Boshoff; Artbio: Peter Clarke
- Issue No. 72, August 2003 3rd International Impact Printmaking Conference; Thando Mama wins the 2003 MTN New Contemporaries Award; DaimlerChrysler Arts Award nominees; News feature: Art Criticism in SA; Sandile Zulu and Jeremy Wafer, 'Console', Usha Seejarim, Sue Williamson at the Michaelis lunchtime lecture series, and the new Arabella Sheraton Grand Hotel reviewed; Gallery Choice: Colbert Mashile; Artbio: Colin Richards
- Issue No. 71, July 2003 News feature: The Status of Black Contemporary Art; Lynne Lomofsky's 'Body of Evidence'; In Grahamstown, Tracey Rose's 'Ciao Bella', Berni Searle's Standard Bank Young Artist exhibition, 'Homing in', and Joanne Bloch, Langa Magwa and Mark Hipper at the National Arts Festival reviewed; Jo'burg reviews Bongi Bhengu and David Koloane; Sue Williamson reviews shows at the Venice Beinnale; Artbio: David Koloane
- Issue No. 70, June 2003 Guy Tillim takes over Cape Town; launch of the Brett Kebble Art Awards; Alan Alborough, Sanell Aggenbach, Virginia MacKenny, James Webb, 'Male Order', 'Lexicons and Labyrinths', and Noria Mabasa's Taxi art monograph reviewed; Gallery Choice: Colbert Mashile; Artbio: Chris Ledochowski
- Issue No. 69, May 2003 Who owns the city? Zayd Minty, Paul Edmunds & Sean O'Toole focus on public art in the innercity; Kendell Geers at the Goodman; Sue Williamson's first solo show in Europe; Michael Stevenson Contemporary opens in Cape Town; 'Coexistence', Jane Alexander, 'ReCollection', and Elizabeth Gunter reviewed; Artbio: Kim Lieberman
- Issue No. 68, April 2003 Brett Murray and Jane Alexander at the SANG; Willie Bester at the AVA; William Kentridge is the featured artist for Editions for ArtThrob; Doreen Southwood wins the Sasol art prize at KKNK; Bruce Gordon, KKNK, Kim Lieberman, Pieter Badenhorst, and Carol-anne Gainer reviewed; Artbio: Wim Botha
- Issue No. 67, March 2003 First National Bank withdraw from the Vita Art Prize; Jeff Koons lectures at Michaelis; Bruce Gordon gets a tatoo; William Kentridge returns to the Goodman Gallery; Warren Siebrits, L&B, David Krut's small print gallery, and Zwelethu Mthethwa reviewed; VANSA launch in Natal and Western Cape; Artbio: Angela Buckland
- Issue No. 66, February 2003 Robert Hodgin's 'La Contessa Venemosa' is the second offering in the Editions for ArtThrob; YDESIRE at the Castle of Good Hope; Zayd Minty looks back on The Black Arts Collective; Robert Hodgins, Kevin Brand, and William Kentridge's 'Confessions of Zeno' reviewed; Michelle Matthews weighs up Broadcast Quality: The art of Big Brother II and Sean O'Toole reviews Group Portrait; Trinity Session at Berlin's Transmediale; Artbio: Diane Victor
- Issue No. 65, January 2003 Artthrob interviews JAG director, Rochelle Keene; Paul Edmunds reviews William Kentridge's retrospective; Lisa Schmidt reports on the Aids-focussed 'Africa Apart' in Berlin; Sue Williamson reviews Robert Hodgins, the monograph of the master painter; Artbio: Berni Searle
2004
- Issue No. 88, December 2004 Bell-Roberts move to new premises and host a show to accompany the launch of their book '10 Years 100 Artists'. Katherine Bull shows in Cape Town and Carol-Anne Gainer in Johannesburg. Kentridge takes on the Met in New York. Iziko SANG's 'Decade of Democracy' comes under critical review and Wim Botha is awarded the Standard Bank Young Artist award for 2005. The NAC board hangs in the balance.
- Issue No. 87, November 2004 Khwezi Gule, newly appointed to the post of Curator of Contemporary Collections at JAG, and Fellow Curator of the Brett Kebble Art Awards, guest edited this month's issue, entitled 'Durban Poison'. Reviews: the Brett Kebble Art Awards (BKAA) exhibition, reported on by Kim Gurney, and first-time reviewer Charles Maggs, master sculptor Bruce Arnott in an exhibition of new work at the Irma Stern Museum, a photographic exhibition at the Bensusan Museum by Robyn Sassen, Stephen Inggs at Art on Paper, Colbert Mashile, S'fiso Ka Mkame's symbolically-laden oil pastels, Michael Godby and Liese van der Watt investigate 'Prejuger' at Greatmore, a show of work by recent Stellenbosch graduates, John Sampson's intriguing compositions, 'Flip' at the Iziko Michaelis Collection, and Rory Palmer's show at the 38 Special Gallery; Artbio: Jay Pather.
- Issue No. 86, October 2004 Comics Brew hit the Mother City with events and exhibitions at several galleries; Reviews: Kim Gurney examines three sculptors at Michael Stevenson Contemporary; Ruth Sacks questions the boundaries between art and 'glorified wallpaper' in Gina Waldman's show at Bell-Roberts; Robert Hodgins is as sharp and witty as ever at Goodman; Gabi Ngcobo is seduced by the visual qualities of Theresa-Anne Mackintosh's prints and paintings at the NSA. Robyn Sassen refuses to play Alice in Wonderland in her review of Brenda Schmahmann's monograph on South African women artists, 'Through the Looking Glass' ; Artbio: Samson Mudzunga.
- Issue No. 85, September 2004 Andrew Lamprecht's editorial debut at Artthrob; Reviews: Kim Gurney on 'A Place Called Home’, Robyn Sassen reviews Robert Hodgins, Ruth Sacks visits Gina Waldman’s show, Gabi Ngcobo on Theresa- Anne Mackintosh’s ‘Jackie The Kid', Carine Zaayman on the [R][R][F] 2004 --->XP new media project, Robyn Sassen on Brenda Schmahmann, Deborah Poynton at Michael Stevenson Gallery by Eva Franzidis; the Brett Kebble Art Awards website; Artbio: Matthew Hindley
- Issue No. 84, August 2004 The Sound Art Issue: Guest Edited by James Webb; Reviews: 'A Decade of Democracy', Julia Rosa Clark, 'Democracy X', 'A Place Called Home', Heleen Verwey, Odd Enjinears, Grahamstown National Arts Festival, Frances Goodman, Kudzanai Chiurai; Artbio: James Webb
- Issue No. 83, July 2004 Thando Mama receives the Belgian Community's Award at Dakar Biennale; Interviews with Zwelethu Mthethwa, Roger Ballen and Paul Stopforth; Reviews: Keith Dietrich, Manfred Zylla, 'Images of Defiance', Bronwen Vaughan-Evans, John Roome, and 'Three Young Painters'; Artbio: Keith Dietrich
- Issue No. 82, June 2004 Doctor of Literature honoris causa was conferred upon Willliam Kentridge; Two open letters to the visual art community; Orbituaries: Durant Sihlali and George Msimang; Reviews: Guy Tillim, Nicola Grobler, Julia Rosa Clark, 'Democracy X', Willem Boshoff's 'Nonplussed', Carol-anne Gainer's 'Pale', Santu Mofokeng's 'Chasing Shadows', Dakar Biennale, and the publication 'Moving in Time and Space' ; Gallery Choice: Guy du Toit; Artbio: Thando Mama
- Issue No. 81, May 2004 Reviews: 'A Decade of Democracy', 'Staged Realities', Lizza Littlewort, Thea Soggot, Wendy Anziska, Ranjith Kally, HIV(E) project, Paul Faber, and Andrew Nhlangwini ; Gallery Choice: Kendell Geers; Artbio: Churchill Madikida
- Issue No. 80, April 2004 Democracy in Focus; Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees; TAXI Art Books launch book on Deborah Bell; Reviews: Peet Pienaar, Michelle Booth, Visions of Paradise, The Premises, 'Borders and Beyond', Durban overview, 'City & Country', Zwelethu Mthethwa, Claudette Schreuders; Gallery Choice: John Muafangejo; Artbio: Tracy Lindner Gander
- Issue No. 79, March 2004 The Pink Issue: guest edited by Andrew Lamprecht; Reviews: Berni Searle's 'Vapour', Contributions by: Storm Janse van Rensburg, Andrew Verster, Kim Stern, Anonymous, Virginia MacKenny, Andre Vorster, Michael Stevenson, and Steven Cohen; Gallery Choice: Judith Mason; Artbio: Jean Brundrit
- Issue No. 78, February 2004 Cape Town Festival report; Berni Searle's two CT shows; Candice Breitz at Sonnabend; Introducing 'Art of Line': Mario Pissarra; Reviews: Berni Searle, Brendhan Dickerson, Ed Young, Vuyisa Nyamende, and South African Art Information Directory; Gallery Choice: Durant Sihlali & Willem Boshoff; Artbio: Paul Edmunds
- Issue No. 77, January 2004 Opening of the new Constitutional Court in Johannesburg; 10 recommendations for the year ahead; winners of the 2002 Cape Town Public Sculpture Competition, Fritha Langerman and Katherine Bull, unveil their public sculpture; Reviews: Cameron Platter; and Steven Cohen's performance in New York; Gallery Choice: Hylton Nel; Artbio: Kathryn Smith
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Issue No. 89, January 2005
Artthrob's staff give their review of South African art over 2004
David Lurie's 'Manenberg Avenue is where it's happening' (Book review); 'Musing Ourselves to Death: Helmut Starcke at the Iziko Old Town House; Willie Bester and Zwelethu Mthethwa at the AVA; Guy Tillim at SANG; 'Wild Collaborations' at Art on Paper; 'Polly Street: The Story of an Art Centre' (Book review); Trasi Henen's 'artinthedark'; Dorothee Kreutzfeldt at David Krut; 'Images of Defiance' (Book review); ’Noweto‘: Keran James at the Bag Factory.
The ID of South African Artists (Netherlands ); 'UNSETTLED: 8 South African photographers' (Sweden, Iceland)
Artbio: Guy Tillim
2005
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Issue No. 100, December 2005
William Kentridge at 34Long; Sanell Aggenbach at Bell-Roberts; Sonja Britz's painting show; Penny Siopis' 'Panics and Passions'; Wim Botha's Standard Bank Young Artist Award show; Roger Ballen's 'Shadow Chambers'; Performa '05 in New York; Linda Stupart attended SESSIONS eKapa in Cape Town and reports back on her experience.Francesca Verga interviews newly appointed curator of the KZNSA, Nathi Gumede.
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Issue No. 99, November 2005
Cameron Platter at the Bell-Roberts; Diane Victor and Churchill Madikida at Michael Stevenson; student reviews of Willie Bester, Dorothee Kreutzfeldt and Dumile Feni; Marco Cianfanelli's show at Gallery Momo, the Battiss retrospective at the Standard Bank Gallery; Red Eye's latest production 'Intersection';
ART AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL FEATURE
CAPE's plans to produce a 'biennial cultural project that is not just another biennale' are certainly ambitious, Gabi Ngcobo writes about the formation of VANSA and its achievements to date; Joseph Gaylard's 'The Retreat of Creativity' reflects critically on the role of the South African visual arts in social development, suggesting ways in which the visual arts can operate more effectively in civic life, In 'Transformation and the Visual Arts in South Africa' Zayd Minty questions the degree to which our institutions and organisations have transformed since 1994 and makes concrete proposals for expediting the process.
Artbio: Ed Young -
Issue No. 98, October 2005
Ruth Sacks at Joã Ferreira; Willie Bester at 34Long, Diana Page at the UCT Irma Stern Museum; Richard Smith's 'Dialogues' at Constitution Hill and 'Free Spirits' - featuring Johannesburg-based Samson Mnisi and Gera Mawi Mazgabu from Addis Ababa - at the Afronova gallery; Senzeni Marasela at Art on Paper; Clive Sithole's fresh take on traditional Zulu ceramics at the BAT centre in Durban.
Obituaries - Billy Mandindi, Luke Human, Brett Kebble.
Artbio: N/A -
Issue No. 97, September 2005
Algerian artist Zoulikha Bouabdellah, shown at the SANG; 'In the Making: materials and process' at the Michael Stevenson', Nadja Dhaenke's 'Profit and Loss' at the João Ferreira; Vuyile Vuyiya at the AVA;Trasi Henen's 'Passer bye' at David Krut Arts Resource; Siemon Allen, Ledelle Moe and US artist Kendall Buster at the KZNSA; 'Urban Women' at the African Art Centre
Preview of the upcoming Luanda Triennial; the winner of the 2005 Tollman Award announced, Francesca Verga gives a rare behind-the-scenes view of what happens when a museum receives the art for an exhibition in waterlogged crates, and Artslink reports that veteran painter Robert Hodgins will receive an honorary doctorate from the Universityh of Tshwane.
Artbio: Sanell Aggenbach -
Issue No. 96, August 2005
Dario Matter's 'Discomfort' at the Erdmann Contemporary gallery; John Murray and Claudette Schreuders at the Michael Stevenson gallery; Carol-anne Gainer at Bell-Roberts Contemporary; William Kentridge's retrospective at the Johannesburg Art Gallery; Phillip Rikhotso at Gallery Momo;Tanya Poole at the Franchise Gallery; A Clockwork Orange directed by Greg Homann; Ian Waldeck's 'Disruptive' at Gallery @ 157; 'Positive: AIDS in 2005' at the Durban Art Gallery; Julia Rosa Clark's 'A Million Trillion Gazillion' at Liste Art Fair in Basel
Absa L'Atelier celebrates its 20th anniversary and announces 2005 winners; Guy Tillim wins the international Leica Oskar Barnack Award; S.A. Nobel Peace Prize winners are commemorated in public sculptures by Noria Mabasa and Claudette Schreuders, and KwaZulu Natal master ceramicist Nesta Nala dies at 65.
Artbio: Vuyile Voyiya
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Issue No. 95, July 2005
Staying Alive under Water': Andrew Lamprecht reflects on the vicissitudes of curating.
Mustafa Maluka's 'Accented Living (a rough guide)' at the Michael Stevenson Contemporary Gallery; Daniel Blom's 'The Ship of Things' at the Bell-Roberts; Andrew Lamprecht curated show 'printtttt' at the AVA; Carol Nathan Levin at Gallery @ 157; Rosemarie Marriott's 'Wolhaarstories' at Gordart; Terry Kurgan at the Goodman Gallery; Wehrner Lemmer at the Absa Gallery; 'Through the Looking Glass' at the Standard Bank Gallery; 'Gold of India' at the Standard Bank Gallery; Marina Abramovic and Paolo Canevari at the Johannesburg Art Gallery; 'Porn Again' at Merely Mortal; Reney Warrington at the Premises Gallery at the Johannesburg Civic Theatre; 'The Universal Declaration of Human Rights Print Portfolio' at the University of Johannesburg Art Gallery
Dineo Seshee Bopape's 'keep it to yourself' at the NSA; 51st Venice Biennale
A contemporary art auction in Cape Town, a dispute over sponsorship money, a young artist selected for an important international show, the death of a well loved artist of a previous generation and the centenary celebrations of a Natal gallery - it's all in NEWS.
Artbio: Julia Rosa Clark -
Issue No. 94, June 2005
Is Art a gift? Curator Tamlyn Martin considers the dubious role of publicity in the recent 'Red Eye meets DDC' fashion/art event in Durban.
Sue Williamson's 'Hotels and Better Lives' at João Ferreira; Berni Searle at the Michael Stevenson;Egon Tania at João Ferreira; Marina Abramovic and Paolo Canevari at the Johhanesburg Art Gallery; Paul Molete at Art on Paper; Paul Cooper and Brenden Gray at Gordart; Terry Kurgan: Photographs 1924 - 2005 at the Goodman Gallery; Bonita Alice at the NSA
Andrew Lamprecht surveys the pre-Venice publicity, and presents his rundown. In the first of a two-part focus on KwaZulu Natal, Sue Williamson reports back on recent events in the province, and Kim Gurney gives a preview of the Grahamstown National Arts Festival, due to open in July.
Artbio: Storm Janse van Rensburg -
Issue No. 93, May 2005
The scandal of the uncontrolled issue of the Nelson Mandela art prints continues to garner major press coverage - Sue Williamson considers the whole mess from the point of view of art.
Mikhael Subotzky exhibits in Pollsmoor; 'Subject to Change' at SANG; Sean Slemon at Outlet; Zhané Warren at Outlet; The FNB Vita Dance Umbrella
Minister of Culture Pallo Jordan offers public condolences on the death of veteran painter Gregoire Boonzaaier. Business Day/BASA announce the winners of their annual awards to the most effective supporters of culture; photographer Jacqueline Hassink lectures at Wits.
Artbio: Brent Meistre -
Issue No. 92, April 2005
Wim Botha at Michael Stevenson Contemporary; Jennifer Lovemore-Reed at Bell-Roberts; Dumile Feni: A retrospective exhibition at the Johannesburg Art Gallery; 'the drift between' at the Substation Gallery; Stephan Erasmus at Gordart; 'Illuminando Vidas' at the Bensusan; Bronwen Findlay at David Krut
In the second of three columns entitled AzaNYa, Joost Bosland, writing from New York, gives the lowdown on gallerist Christopher Haye of The Project - best known to South Africans as the naked male figure in Tracey Rose's recreation of Rodin's 'The Kiss'. In Durban, as part of its Young Artists' Project programme, the NSA hosts an early May seminar on contemporary South African and African art and its place in the international art world.
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Issue No. 91, March 2005
Jan van der Merwe at the Sanlam Art Gallery; Malcolm Payne at the UCT Irma Stern Museum; 'Sweet Nothings' and 'Rugby vs. Soccer' at Bell-Roberts; Alison Kearney's 'Portable Hawkers' Museum' at JAG; The MTN Collection at the Pretoria Art Museum; 'Stukkies'at Artspace; Coral Spencer at artSPACE; Brent Meistre at NSA; The National Black Fine Art Show.
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Issue No. 90, February 2005
'Hidden Treasures of Japanese Art' at the SA Jewish Museum; Raymond Smith, Philip Barlow and Liza Grobler at the AVA;Hannelie Taute at João Ferreira; Curiosity CLXXV: A Paper Cabinet
(Book review); Daphne Prevoo at the Pretoria Art Museum; Moshekwa Langa at the Goodman Gallery; Paul Emmanuel at the Old Fort; Mike Feldman at the Bensusan Museum; Jacki McInnes at Gordart at Gordart; SABC corporate collection at the Johannesburg Art Gallery; Tangencya/Thinta; Guebehi and Sidibé at Jack Shainman (USA); Kentridge at the Met (USA)
Artbio: Bruce Arnott
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Issue No. 89, January 2005
Artthrob's staff give their review of South African art over 2004
David Lurie's 'Manenberg Avenue is where it's happening' (Book review); 'Musing Ourselves to Death: Helmut Starcke at the Iziko Old Town House; Willie Bester and Zwelethu Mthethwa at the AVA; Guy Tillim at SANG; 'Wild Collaborations' at Art on Paper; 'Polly Street: The Story of an Art Centre' (Book review); Trasi Henen's 'artinthedark'; Dorothee Kreutzfeldt at David Krut; 'Images of Defiance' (Book review); ’Noweto‘: Keran James at the Bag Factory.
The ID of South African Artists (Netherlands ); 'UNSETTLED: 8 South African photographers' (Sweden, Iceland)
Artbio: Guy Tillim
2006
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Issue No. 112, December 2006
Pierre Fouché at Bell-Roberts; 'Women: Photography and New Media: Imaging the Self and Body through Portraiture' at the JAG; Churchill Madikida at the Durban Art Gallery; Nontobeko Ntombela and Bronwen Vaughan-Evans at the KZNSA; Report on the Inauguration of the Trienal de Luanda
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Issue No. 111, November 2006
Bernie Searle at Michael Stevenson; Lien Botha at Erdmann Contemporary; 'Of Want and Desire' at João Ferreira Gallery; 'Review' at 34Long; Marieke Kruger at Bell-Roberts;
Pieter Hugo at Warren Siebrits Modern and Contemporary Art; Clive van den Berg at Goodman Gallery; VEGA Navigators and Sifiso KaMkame, Andrew Verster, Kristin Yang and Gabi Nkosi at the KZNSA Gallery; 'About Face' at the Durban Art Gallery; Ledelle Moe shows at Axis; The São Paulo Bienal
Special feature: Book Reviews:
'Between Dogs and Wolves: Growing up with South Africa' by Jodi Bieber; 'Snap Judgements: new positions in Contemporary African Photography'; 'Abrie Fourie: End of the World'; 'Nicholas Hlobo: Izele'; 'Messages and Meanings: the MTN Art Collection'; 'Mapping Memory: Former Prisoners tell their Stories'
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Issue No. 110, October 2006
William Scarbrough at Michaelis Gallery; 'Amajita in Conversation' at the AVA; Nicola Grobler at Erdmann Contemporary; Marianne Podlashuc at the Old Town House; Amajita in Conversation at the AVA (Student Review); Brenden Gray at gordart Gallery's Project Room; Philipp Gasser and Bruno Tremblay at the Drill Hall; Zhané Warren at Art on Paper Gallery; Dualities - Norman Catherine at the Goodman; Tom Cullberg at the KZNSA Gallery; 'Africa Remix' at the Mori Art Museum (Tokyo)
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Issue No. 109, September 2006
Ralph Borland at Blank Projects; Nicholas Hlobo at Michael Stevenson Contemporary; Ranjith Kally, Senzeni Marasela and Ruth Motau at Goodman Gallery; 'New Painting: A Selection of Contemporary South African Painting' at the Johannesburg Art Gallery; 'Ceramics Southern Africa 2006 KZN Regional Exhibition'; Luan Nel at the KZNSA Gallery
Andrew Lamprecht discusses the issue of the postponement of TRANS CAPE and its wider implications.
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Issue No. 108, August 2006
Anita van Tonder at the Bell-Roberts; 'In the Name of All Humanity: the work of Ernest Mancoba' at the Gold of Africa Museum; Diane Victor at Goodman Gallery; Leanne Boulter, Francios van Reenen and Tracey Lee-Lynch at artSPACE durban
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Issue No. 107, July 2006
James Webb at blank projects; 'Second to None' at the SANG; 'Distant Relatives/Relative Distance' at Michael Stevenson Contemporary; Anton Kannemeyer at Art on Paper Gallery; 'Red Eye: Access Denied/Access Granted' in Durban; 'Clean and decent': Peter Engblom refurbishes the Durban Art Gallery's water closets.
Artbio: Cecil Skotnes - Issue No. 106, June 2006 Is there any other country where the subject of Biennales so divides the art world? The pros believe the international focus is essential to raising the profile of the whole art scene, the cons that with limited resources we should be concentrating on the local. A chief spokesperson for the cons is Mario Pissarra, who took three years to take issue (on his website) with an ArtThrob review of the 2003 Venice Biennale, and a piece written at the same time by SANG director Marilyn Martin. In the opposite corner and speaking up for the pros is Malcolm Payne, who argues for the inestimable value of Biennales in this month's OPINION.
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Issue No. 105, May 2006
Roger Ballen at Erdmann Contemporary; Wim Botha at the SANG;; Sanell Aggenbach at Art on Paper; New Painting at the KZNSA; 'Uninvited (working with restrictions): Steven Cohen and Elu' at Bard College (USA).
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Issue No. 104, April 2006
'Lines of Attitude: Crossing Continents with Street Art' at the District 6 Homecoming Centre; Zanele Muholi at Michael Stevenson Contemporary; Roger Palmer at Michaelis Gallery; Mikhael Subotzky at the Goodman Gallery; Peter van Heerden at the KZNSA; 'Black, Brown, White: Photography from South Africa 'at Kunsthalle Vienna; The 9th Havana Bienal
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Issue No. 103, March 2006
Bridget Baker at João Ferreira Gallery; Pieter Hugo at Michael Stevenson Contemporary; Michael Taylor at the US Gallery and Jeanne Hoffman at blank projects; Lauren Palte at the Rust en Vrede Gallery; 'Picasso and Africa' at the Standard Bank Gallery; 'Never Again' at the Durban Art Gallery
Opinion: 'Luxury German automobile manufacturer plagiarises the work of young SA artist' by Paul Edmunds
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Issue No. 102, February 2006
ArtThrob presents the 2005 lineup for 'Best of' - the conclusions and ruminations of the ArtThrob editors across the country.
Umsi at the the AVA; Synergy at The Old Townhouse; Deborah Poynton at Michael Stevenson; Lisa Brice at the Goodman Gallery; KZNSA Members' Exhibition at the KZNSA
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Issue No. 101, January 2006
Birds of Paradise and Also-Rans: The Michaelis Graduate Exhibition 2005; Scot Kaplan at The White Box on the Red Square, Stellenbosch University; 'Women's Spaces' at the Annexe Gallery of the Iziko South African National Gallery
Artbio: Ralph Borland
2007
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Issue No. 124, December 2007
Spier Contemporary 2007 opens and winners are announced. Marlene Dumas speaks at Aica/Vansa conference held in Cape Town. Reviews: 'Marlene Dumas: Intimate Relations' at Iziko SANG, Svea Josephy, Moshekwa Langa, John Meyer, William Kentridge at Goodman Gallery, Gerhard Marx, Vulindlela Nyoni and Kristen Hua Yang. Student reviews: Sanell Aggenbach and Kevin Brand's 'Arcadia' and Julius Mfethe's 'Recent Works', Natasha Norman, Cara Van der Westhuizen.
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Issue No. 123, November 2007
Art and Rugby? South African artists and their international careers: Marlene Dumas opens in Cape Town with ‘Intimate Relations’. William Kentridge opens ‘What Will Come’ Nontsikelelo ‘Lolo’ Veleko wins Standard Bank Young Artist Award for 2007. Reviews: 'Finding UCT: Narratives New and Old in the UCT Permanent Collection', Lisa Brice, Penny Siopis, Bridget Baker, Lindi Sales, Wilhelm Saayman, Andries Botha, Johannes Phokela.
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Issue No. 122, October 2007
Paul Edmunds assesses the old and the new in a host of current exhibitions. Cape Africa Platform announces Cape 09. Reviews: Carol-Anne Gainer’s ‘Drawn’, ‘Singing the Real’ at SANG, Brendhan Dickerson, Jeremy Wafer, ‘Posters Designed Under Apartheid’, Willem Boshoff, Kathryn Smith, ‘No Longer at this Address – Navigating Post-Apartheid Identities’.
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Issue No. 121, September 2007
Sue Williamson reflects on the last ten years, the second Johannesburg Biennale and Africa Remix. Landi Raubenheimer reports back on an Africa Remix panel discussion. Walter Oltmann wins Sasol Wax Award. Reviews: Nandipha Mntambo, Nontsikelelo ‘Lolo’ Veleko, Ann-Marie Tully, ‘Breathing Spaces’ a partnership between Jenny Gordon and historian Marijke du Toit, ‘Right Before Your Eyes’ a group show curated by Peter Machen.
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Issue No. 120, August 2007
Artthrob turns ten years old. This month focus on art competitions: Pierre Fouche wins Absa Atelier, Michael Smith interviews Clive van den Berg on Spier Contemporary, and Nomusa Makuba writes of her disappointing experience of the previous years Absa Atelier. Reviews: Africa Remix, Fabian Saptouw, ‘The Loaded Lens’, Francis Goodman, Grace Kotze, MTN collection and Andrew Verster.
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Issue No. 119, July 2007
The African Pavilion opens in Venice – Bettina Malcomess reviews and interviews key figures. Documenta opens the following week – Ruth Sacks reviews. Mikhael Subotzky nominated to join Magnum. Reviews: Monique Pelser, Andrew Tshabangu’s ‘Identity Parade’, Michaal Smith on Churchill Madikida’s Standard Bank Young Artist exhibition, Alexandra Ross, Bronwyn Lace.
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Issue No. 118, June 2007
Cape ’07 closes - Where to Now? asks Tavish McIntosh. Reviews: ‘Cape ’07: Less is More, more or less’ by Bettina Malcomess, ‘Afterlife’ curated by Sophie Perryer, ‘Gimberg, Nerf, Sacks and Young’, ‘Armed Response II’, Anke Schaffer, Roger Ballen at JAG, ‘A Life’s Work: James Oliver Hall’ at DAG, Ralph Borland on ‘Sirens’ in Amsterdam. Book Review Special.
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Issue No. 117, May 2007
Cape ’07 closes - Where to Now? asks Tavish McIntosh. Reviews: ‘Cape ’07: Less is More, more or less’ by Bettina Malcomess, ‘Afterlife’ curated by Sophie Perryer, ‘Gimberg, Nerf, Sacks and Young’, ‘Armed Response II’, Anke Schaffer, Roger Ballen at JAG, ‘A Life’s Work: James Oliver Hall’ at DAG, Ralph Borland on ‘Sirens’ in Amsterdam. Book Review Special.
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Issue No. 116, April 2007
Cape ‘07’ Biennale starts. Goodman Gallery opens in old Cape Town factory premises. Reviews: Dorothee Kreutzfeldt, ‘Lift Off Part I’ at Goodman Gallery Cape, Cape ‘07’ Video Lounge and Churchill Madikida at SANG, Kate Göttgens, Robert Hodgins in Johannesburg, Connor Cullinan, Jacques Coetzer, Jurgen Schadeberg.
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Issue No. 115, March 2007
TransCape funding fails and Gavin Jantjes resigns. Artthrob publishes Jantjes letter to artists. Sue Williamson interviews revised‘Cape ‘07’ curators Gabi Ncobo and Jonothan Garnham. Reviews: Mustafa Maluka, Brian Eno, Nathaniel Stern, Minette Vari, Dale Yudelman and ‘Postmorten 10’.
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Issue No. 114, February 2007
Best of 2006: Artthrob editors report back. Reviews: Wim Botha, ‘Memory and Magic: Contemporary Art of the !Xun and Khwe’ – student review, Santu Mofakeng at Standard Bank Gallery, KZNSA members exhibition.
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Issue No. 113, January 2007
Criticism and the role of the media discussed by Brenden Gray, Laudi Raubenheimer and Michael Smith. Reviews: Graduate Exhibition at UCT's Michaelis School of Fine Art, 'Section 53' at the University of Stellenbosch, Matthew Hindley, Angela Buckland ‘Zip Zip My Brain Harts’.
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2008
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Issue No. 136, December 2008
'Courting Corrosion', Michael Smith interviews Maureen de Jager on 'In Sepia'; Ismail Farouk back in an opinion piece titled 'Explorations into Spatial Justice'. on three months recently spent three months in Los Angeles on a residency with the Mak Center's Urban Future Initiative; Kate Gottgens at João Ferreira; Lizza Littlewort and Wilhelm Saayman at whatiftheworld/gallery; Robert Hodgins at the Goodman Gallery Cape; Anton Kannemeyer Fear of a Black Planet at Michael Stevenson; Disturbance: Contemporary Art from Scandinavia and South Africa at the Johannesburg Art Gallery; Wim Botha at Brodie/Stevenson; Jo Ractliffe 'Tereno Ocupado' at Warren Siebrits; Bronwen Vaughan-Evans at Bank Gallery; Cameron Platter's Studio at KZNSA Gallery; Worlds on Video at Strozzina, Florence
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Issue No. 135, November 2008
David Brodie Interview
Obituary: Peter Schütz
Youssef Nabil's 'Cinema' at Michael Stevenson; Clive van den Berg 'New Work' at the Goodman Gallery Cape; Avhashoni Mainganye at the AVA; Kim Lieberman at Gallery AOP; Tracy Payne at Kizo Gallery; Construct: Beyond the Documentary Photograph at the Durban Art Gallery; Ultra-red at the KZNSA Gallery; Street and Studio: An Urban History of Photography at the Tate Modern (London)
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Issue No. 134, October 2008
Interview: Jo Ractliffe
Opinion: Franci Cronje unpacks the controversy around Sasol's distancing themselves from Richardt Strydom's Familieportret 2
Charles Maggs at the AVA; Georgina Gratrix at Whatiftheworld / Gallery; 'Monomania' at Goodman Gallery Cape; 'Faces 08' at 34 Long; Sharlene Khan at Gallery Momo; Joachim Schönfeldt at Gallery AOP; Themba Shibase at the KZNSA Gallery; Taylor Rain is Dirty Girl in Velvet Aryan Kaganof at the KZNSA; Fragile Democracy at The Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland (UK)
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Issue No. 133, September 2008
Interview: William Kentridge; Brenton Maart
Obituary: Neville Dubow
Rowan Smith at Whatiftheworld / Gallery; Cuny Janssen at João Ferreira; The State of the Nation's (young) Art; Taylor Rain is Dirty Girl in Velvet Aryan Kaganof at the KZNSA; Dee Donaldson, Grace Kotze, anet norval and Janet Solomon at artSPACE Durban; The New Spell - An Exhibition of Contemporary South Africa Art
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Issue No. 132, August 2008
Interviews: Liza Essers; Marilyn Martin; Melissa Mboweni and Dineo Bopape (MTN New Contemporaries Award)
Power Play at Goodman Gallery Cape; Michael MacGarry at Art Extra; 'Dis-ease' - a New Generation of Video Art from the Rijksakademie Archives at Bank Gallery; 'Snap Judgments: New Positions in Contemporary African Photography' at Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam)
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Issue No. 131, July 2008
'Between Meaning and Matter' at Bell-Roberts;'Prints and Editions' at Whatiftheworld; 'Ánima' at Resolution Gallery; Wilma Cruise at Kizo Gallery; Leora Farber 'Dis-location/Re-Location' at Durban Art Gallery
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Issue No. 130, June 2008
Interview: Pieter Hugo
Obituary: Gabsile Nkosi
Christian Nerf and Douglas Gimberg at the AVA; 'Disguise' at Michael Stevenson; 'Ars Moriendi' or, 'How to Die Well' at the Johannesburg Art Gallery; Stephen Hobbs, Dineo Bopape and Johan Thom at the KZNSA Gallery; 'Home Lands - Land Marks: Contemporary Art from South Africa' at Haunch of Venison Gallery (London)
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Issue No. 129, May 2008
Interview: Ricardo Fornoni, Aidan Walsh
William Scarbrough at Bell-Roberts; Brett Murray at the Goodman Gallery; 'Cities in Crisis' at FADA Gallery, University of Johannesburg; Tracey Rose 'Plantation Lullabies' at the Goodman Gallery; Q & A with Cameron Platter at the KZNSA Gallery
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Issue No. 128, April 2008
Joburg Art Fair
Interview: Simon Njami
Nicholas Hlobo at Michael Stevenson; Dale Yudelman at the Photographer's Gallery; 'Fresh Meat' at whatiftheworld / Gallery; Minnette Vári at Goodman Cape; 'As you like it' at the Joburg Art Fair; James Webb et al. at the Wits Theatre; Paul Edmunds at Bank Gallery; Bongi Bengu and Collen Maswanganyi at Kizo Gallery
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Issue No. 127, March 2008
Opinion: Michael Smith; Tracy Murinik
Diane Victor at Goodman Gallery Cape; Lyndi Sales at Bell-Roberts Contemporary; 'The Trickster' at Art Extra; Andrzej Nowicki 'Sleep Depot' at David Krut Projects; Leora Farber in collaboration with Strangelove 'Dis-Location/Re-Location' at the Johannesburg Art Gallery; 'Then and Now' at the Durban Art Gallery; 'Little Travellers' at the Durban Art Gallery; Michael MacGarry 'True/Story' at the KZNSA Gallery; '.ZA Young Art From South Africa' at Palazzo delle Papesse, Sienna
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Issue No. 126, February 2008
Interview: Henrietta Hamilton
Opinion: Michael Smith
David Goldblatt at Michael Stevenson; John Bauer at art b.; Ernest Cole at Iziko South African National Gallery; 'A Legacy of Men' at the Johannesburg Art Gallery; Allison Kearney and Emily Stainer at Goodman Gallery; 'Light Show' at Bank Gallery
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Issue No. 125, January 2008
Special Feature: 2007 Round-up
Spier Contemporary Art Awards 2007; Michaelis Graduate Show at Michaelis; 'Graduate Exhibition' at Skone Kunste Gebou
Artbio: Marlene Dumas
2009
- Issue No. 138, February 2009 In 'The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art and Auction Houses', Don Thompson, a business professor at Toronto's York University, points out that contemporary art operates much like branding, presumably to the shock of a buying public that often still clings to notions of art's purity and criticality. Thompson's thesis is that sneaky perception, scaffolding and water-tight control of supply mix with a healthy side order of withering snobbery, to artificially inflate prices way beyond reason. Whether it's art, condos or sneakers, buyers are at the mercy of branding, which chiefly operates to justify extortionate prices.
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Issue No. 137, January 2009
The new year traditionally begins slowly in the South African art world, as many galleries, studios and publications take their sweet time in getting started. But this year will certainly be a crucial one for many, as the climate of economic uncertainty curbs any laurel-resting. February and March, by contrast, promise to be industrious bordering on frenetic, as we build up to the second Joburg Art Fair in early April.
Shows to entice you out of your slumber this month include Robyn Penn's new body of paintings at Johannesburg's Brodie/Stevenson, and Deborah Bell's exhibition at the Goodman Gallery Cape. Also, Johannes Phokela and David Andrew have separate but concurrent shows in the two spaces of Johannesburg's Standard Bank Gallery. That's good enough reason to put down the turkey leftovers, pack away the Tannenbaum and head on out.
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