““I’m intrigued by how accessible brands in fashion shape personal identity, often becoming symbols of subcultures. These brands were designed for practical and everyday use but end up as a form of self-expression and authenticity.”
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Read MorePosed, at once, as a question, a precipice, and a pursuit, Geena Wilkinson’s The Right Moment, prompts of her viewers a utopian style of thinking; calling into question the primacy of commodity relations, and playfully imagining – though not without a degree of threat – an alternative, sweeter and more desirable future.
Read MoreAluta Null uses Glitch art to show the bizarre and often incoherent changes that happen when alterations are made to the core essence of things.
Read MoreHEAT is coming to Cape Town this winter, taking place in the city centre from July 11 to 21. The 12-day festival will take the edge off the chill with 14 art galleries showcasing exhibitions around the theme "Common Ground," curated by Voni Baloyi, Mary Corrigall, Andrew Lamprecht, and Nkgopoleng Moloi.
Read MorePermit me to weather on this cherry chaiere is a an exhibition about insisting on the space or freedom to be oneself. The word chaiere is from Middle English – a form of English spoken between the 11th and the 15th century – and can refer to a comfortable seat, a raised seat or throne, or a position of authority.
Read MoreDion Cupido’s latest exhibition of paintings, titled RETRACING THE PAST… some lines can’t be traced, opens at the WORLDART gallery in Cape Town on Thursday 2 May.
Read MoreSulette van der Merwe’s latest exhibition, titled Surreal synapse, continues in the surrealist tradition but explores the effects that one of today’s prime change drivers, popular visual culture, has on our deepest thoughts.
Read MoreCurator Jared Aufrichtig, along with the WORLDART gallery and Momint, presents a group exhibition that explores the relationship between art, its origins and its audience in the digital era.
Read MoreImagine is an exhibition that features two artists who paint with curiosity and wonder.
Read More“This body of work is a dedication. The intention is to celebrate through colour and make known unknown individuals who are making an impact on community. These individuals are not necessarily famous, but the message remains; there is a current of good actions taking place in the world and no deed is too small.”
Read More“I present this human self-obsession as a collision with the vast expanse of space - an explosion of abstract chaos.”
Read MoreWhen Kilmany-Jo Liversage had her first solo exhibition in Cape Town in 2006, it was still unusual for artists to combine urban and graffiti mark making techniques with fine art.
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Lady Skollie, Michael Taylor and Ayanda Mabulu are just three artists who exhibited at WORLDART early in their careers before they became household names in the art world.
Read MoreFollowing the success Tafadzwa Masudi recently had in Paris at the AKAA Art Fair in Paris, WORLDRT is delighted to present a new body of work titled “We’ve done what we can”.
Read MoreWhen a group of people act in a sudden or rash impulse, it often causes a stampede. Whether it is an innocuous craze for fidget spinners or air fryers, or feverish social media support for a political movement, we all get caught up in it.
Read MoreTitled Problem child, this exhibition of paintings features her distinct surreal style where prettiness and sadness lie side by side and Japanese manga-style and graffiti influences set the tone.
Read More“When I was a kid, my mother would send me to the corner shop to buy bread or milk or whatever. If the price came to, say R17.00 and I paid with a R20 note, they wouldn’t give me R3.00 change. He would just say “No change! Take Chappies!” and give me R3.00’s Chappies bubble-gum.
Read MoreNicholas Kerr (aka Dekor_One) ’s first solo exhibition opens on Thursday 3 August at the WORLDART gallery in Cape Town. Kerr is a well-known and respected Johannesburg based street artist whose recently created paintings had been enthusiastically received by lovers of street art.
Read MorePhillip Newman (aka Boytchie)’s first solo exhibition will open on Thursday 3 August at the WORLDART gallery in Cape Town. Newman is a young artist who recently graduated with an Honours Degree (Cum Laude) in fine art.
Read MoreSince its explosion in the 1970s, the increasing popularity of graffiti as an art form has won commercial success for its artists and a regular presence in pop culture and the contemporary art world. This form of artistic expression has always been associated with subcultures and marginalised groups rebelling against authority and injustice.
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