New book celebrates 30 years of the L’Atelier art competition

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Basa CEO Michelle Constant and Dr Paul Bayliss, Absa’s art and museum curator

A BOOK commemorating all the winners of the prestigious L’Atelier art competition was launched in Johannesburg last week.

Titled Barclays L’Atelier – 30 Years of Introspection, the book features over 40 artists, more than 200 pieces of artworks and 30 years of artistic heritage. Continue reading

Find out more about Lorna Peirson’s work at the Tatham Art Gallery

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Lorna Peirson’s Burnt Landscape. This art work is in the permanent collection of the Tatham Art Gallery. Photo: Supplied

THE Tatham Art Gallery in Chief Albert Luthuli Street, Pietermaritzburg will be hosting a walkabout of the Lorna Peirson exhibition at 10 am for 10.30 am on Friday, September 16.

Liz Speight, from Howick Arts Society, will be conducting a walkabout of the exhibition which consists of paintings, ceramics and a batik made between 1949 and 2015.

Lorna was an active member of HARTS until her death last year. She was well-known in KwaZulu-Natal as an artist, educator and nature lover.

Safe parking with a car guard is provided. The exhibition closes on Sunday, November 2 at 5 pm.

Inquiries: reena.bhoodram@msunduzi.gov.za  or 033 3922 823.

Market Photo Workshop Gallery hosts exhibition of struggle-era photographers

evite_martyrs_fa-02RUNNING until October 23 at the Market Photo Workshop Gallery in Johannesburg, is Martyrs, Saints, and Sell-Outs, a group exhibition featuring anti-apartheid photographers Adil Bradlow, Benny Gool, and Zubeida Vallie.

The exhibition is being hosted by the Market Photo Workshop, in partnership with the Centre for Curating the Archive, at the University of Cape Town. Continue reading