Art

Exhibition: Roger Ballen’s new book and photographic series Roger the Rat – surreal, refined and disturbing (6 Dec)

The Daville Baillie Gallery and Jonathan Ball Publishers invite you to the opening of the exhibition Roger the Rat by renowned photographer Roger Ballen.

A great tool for teaching your children about art and creativity – Cobi Labuscagne chats about her book Explore! Awesome South African Artists

Nal’ibali chatted to Cobi Labuscagne recently about her book Explore! Awesome South African Artists.

Don’t miss Phumlani Pikoli’s multidisciplinary exhibition Occupying A Fatuous State of Severity in Joburg (23 Jan)

Multidisciplinary artist and writer Phumlani Pikoli is debuting an exhibition entitled ‘Occupying A Fatuous State of Severity’, based on his book, at TMRW Gallery in Joburg.

New book alert! The World According to Roger Ballen – a unique overview of one of the most distinctive art photographers practising today

The World According to Roger Ballen, co-authored with Colin Rhodes, looks at Ballen’s career in the wider cultural context beyond photography, including his connections with and collections of Art Brut.

Exhibition opening – Daylin Paul’s Broken Land (winner of the Ernest Cole Award) at Wits Art Museum (8 Oct)

Don’t miss the opening of Daylin Paul’s Broken Land at the Wits Art Museum, showing until Sunday 27 October.

Introduce children to the local art scene with Explore! Awesome South African Artists by Cobi Labuscagne

Explore! Awesome South African Artists by Cobi Labuscagne is out in September from Jacana Media.

William Kentridge wins the Princess of Asturias Award, Spain’s most prestigious art prize

William Kentridge has been awarded Spain’s most prestigious art prize, the Princess of Asturias award.

More than 200 free art books made available to download from the Guggenheim

Books of work by Picasso, Kandinsky, Lichtenstein, Flavin, Klimt and Rothko have been digitised and are now available for free.

The LA Review of Books explores the tension in the world of Egyptian Surrealism

LARB looks at current representations of the Art and Liberty Group, an avant-garde movement also known as Egypt’s Surrealists.