News Roundup: 12 August 2022

A news item by Artthrob on the 12th of August 2022. This should take you 2 minutes to read.

Lerato Nkosi wins the ANNA Award

Latitudes Online and ANNA Pure Organic are proud to announce that Lerato Nkosi is the winner of the 2022 ANNA Award. As the winner of the prize, Lerato receives R100,000 cash, a one-month residency at PLAAS #inplaasvan in Franschhoek, South Africa, a profile on Latitudes Online, and a year’s supply of ANNA products. Finalist Sinalo Ngcaba is the winner of the Audience Award, for which Latitudes received 2767 votes from the public.

Ukrainian Women Artists Join South African Activists in Calling for Mutual Understanding of War’s Impact

The Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation and Ukrainian Association of South Africa are bringing a specially curated exhibition, The Womanly Face of War, to cities across South Africa, as part of a landmark collaboration by Ukrainian artists and South Africa civil society to improve public understanding of the impact of the war in Ukraine, particularly on women and children. Curated by leading members of Ukrainian women-led artist collective Sunseed Art, and timed to coincide with Women’s Month across South Africa, The Womanly Face of War is based on four female artists’ personal perspectives of how the Russian invasion of Ukraine has impacted on women and girls. The exhibition will be free and open to the public at:

● The Trevor Huddleston CR Memorial Centre in Sophiatown, Johannesburg (12-16
August, 9:00-17:00 daily)
● The Desmond and Leah Tutu Museum in Cape Town (19-25 August, 9:30-15:30 daily)
● Durban in early September (exact date and location TBC).

Art Gazette Open Call

On behalf of Tshala Bese Uyavuna Consortiums, Art Gazette is commissioning new artwork for the newly serviced offices of the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development. Ten artists will be selected to each produce artwork, individual or in series that represents the landscape of their province. Deadline for proposals: Midnight, 26 August 2022. Apply online.

Four photographers selected for Re-presenting the Archive project

Re-presenting the Archive is a collaboration between Magnum Photos and the Visual Arts Network South Africa (VANSA). Curator Dr Mark Sealy (Autograph) has worked within the historic Magnum Photos archive to curate a body of photographs & unpack various narratives of African culture & diaspora in an attempt to reveal alternative, lesser-known, lesser-seen moments of the African continent’s history. Haneem Christian, Tshepiso Mazibuko, Litha Kanda and Tshepiso Mabula ka Ndongeni will create work in dialogue with this archive under the mentorship of Magnum nominee Lindokuhle Sobekwa and South African curator Candice Jansen.