African Art and Crafts

The arts of Africa in Rosebank If you’re an international or local traveller looking to experience or purchase African art, then there are plenty of resources for you to get your art fix in the trendy, arty suburb of Rosebank in Johannesburg. It may be preferable for you to stay in a Rosebank hotel and [...]

The 411 on bidding at an auction Auctions are a great place for collectors to get their hands on some top quality art and antiques – not the stuff you’ll simply find at an antique shop – and to invest in historical items to perhaps auction off for a profit again in a few years’ [...]

The Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, which has curated for over 30 years, will open a unique African exhibition from 22 April 2013 to 5 January 2014. Earth Matters: A medium for artists African art is not only celebrated in Africa. It’s not something that’s only understood by those who’ve walked on the African [...]

ANC fundraiser turned record-breaking art auction The South African art world and its top-tier critics and experts have been stunned by a recent ANC fundraiser whose auction-like proceedings have turned art auction records on their heads. The highlight of the fundraiser-come-gala-dinner event was the successful bid of R3.7 million for a relief painting of former [...]

Alexis Preller: Travelling the world to bring art home Talk about living every artist’s dream! I didn’t know very much about Alexis Preller before the recent sky-high closing of Girl with the Oriole at Strauss & Co. art auctioneers, for almost R4 million last November (2012). The name sounded familiar and I recognised the colourful Gauguin-esque [...]

African art meets the digital space The Internet is like the giant centre of our global village, and all those who are connected to the Internet aren’t necessarily in IT jobs, but they are connected and are residents in that global village. This assumes that everyone is free to connect to it in any way [...]

The Volksblad Arts and Crafts Market in Bloemfontein There are so many malls and shopping centres in South Africa – it seems that even the small towns need two or three malls to draw consumerism out of shoppers and make them buy so much “stuff”.  It appears that the thing-to-do is to be seen at [...]

Inexpensive tips on how to decorate your home for Christmas Christmas! By now the silly season has exploded completely into a mess of crazy drivers, impossible shopping expeditions for last-minute gifts, as well as holiday plans gone awry in amongst the final stretch of insane work deadlines. If this sounds familiar, then I bet you’re [...]

Arts and crafts in Mozambique Despite the slow pace of post-civil war recovery, Mozambique is making its way up the list of top African destinations for a cultural holiday retreat. Overseas visitors might still be weary of Moz’, but South Africans love their eastern-most neighbour and many visitors are attracted to the country’s unspoiled beaches, [...]

There’s one place in Durban that offers a feast for all your senses. Even if you’re familiar with the city and travel here often, it pays to return to the one place that can inspire the Indian in you and give you a true sense of Durban’s history, diverse culture, and unique personality. So leave [...]