Everard Read regrets to announce the passing of the eminent South African artist, Harold Voigt, born 1 May 1939 in Johannesburg.

Over a long and productive career, Voigt became one of the finest painters of this era. His searingly insightful renderings of the South African landscape and quiet interiors of his home and studio were collected internationally.
 
Everard Read was privileged to represent this thoughtful, elegant man from the mid-1970s. Many successful exhibitions attested to Voigt’s rise to the front rank of figurative painting in South Africa. “There simply hasn’t been a better painter wielding a brush during my era as a dealer,” says Mark Read. “Voigt’s painstaking accumulation of oil paint and glazes on canvas is technically on a par with the best of the old masters.”
 
Never a man to court fashion in contemporary art commentary, Voigt was nonetheless avidly sought after by collectors and institutions globally. He shall be profoundly missed. 
 
An exhibition celebrating this exceptional South African painter’s life will be presented in the coming months.

Celebrating female artists has become commonplace, yet the reality most women face remains difficult. How are artists dealing with disparity and violence against their gender?

Read the full article here: https://editorial.latitudes.online/blog/posts/can-and-should-female-artists-tackle-the-burden-of-inequality/ 

Teresa Kutala Firmino’s fantasy worlds are animated by a decidedly campy materiality. The fulsomely textured surfaces of her collages currently on view at Everard Read’s CIRCA Gallery in Johannesburg are brimming with buttons, stickers, glitter, feathers. Set against brightly polychromed backgrounds, masked female figures are resplendently clothed in fabrics drawn from digital prints—floral dresses, polka dotted bikinis, and geometric skirts. Others wear nothing but their frank nudity, sometimes accentuated by a glittery sheen. At first glance, these painting-collages strike us as Eden-like playgrounds of colorful femininity. But discreetly, they are also somewhat surreptitious elegies for the dead. 

Read the full article here: Teresa Kutala Firmino: The Owners of the Earth (Vissaquelo) – The Brooklyn Rail

Sue de Groot talks to one of SA’s most prolific and interesting artists, who is currently bowling over the English aristocracy with his dreamlike paintings and surreal sculptures

Read the full article here: https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/lifestyle/2022-05-15-lighting-the-knights-baileys-breeze-of-change-blows-north/ 

We are delighted to share with you the Dylan Lewis sculpture garden, as seen in the Telegraph Luxury magazine earlier this month.

The fashion story was photographed by South African Michael Love, and includes fashion by Chanel, Dior and Louis Vuitton, all modeled by Faith Johnson and Shubby Stanton.

View the full article and images here: https://dylanlewis.com/garden/publications/telegraph-luxury-magazine 

A new exhibition by Nandipha Mntambo features the artist’s first venture into furniture, on view at Cape Town’s Southern Guild until 8 April 2022

South African artist Nandipha Mntambo’s first venture into functional sculpture, now on view at Cape Town design gallery Southern Guild (until 8 April 2022), features four extraordinary Afropunk interpretations of classic seating. Alongside a shaggy stool inspired by traditional raffia costumes worn by West African village guardians, Mntambo has created a throne-like chair made from zebra hide, and crafted a eucalyptus-wood chaise longue featuring 60 hand-rolled leather tentacles.

Read the full article here: https://www.wallpaper.com/design/nandipha-mntambo-furniture-southern-guild 

There is much debate on the nature of the exhibition structure. Tensions between various models of presentation – solo vs. group, retrospective vs. showcase, etc. – inform the reputations of the institutions that perform them. Directly, or indirectly. Consciously, or unconsciously. The size and duration of any given exhibition is indicative of who may see and be seen, and under which conditions.

The strange swaying of the pandemic’s pendulum between ‘yes’ and ‘no’, and ‘online’ and ‘outside’ has disrupted the rhythms of these models, and brought into question their future formations. Even so, the distinct pleasure of entering a gallery space – just being there – remains one of the gifts I treasure in this life. Alternating deftly between the scale and scope of their presentations, CIRCA’s ongoing ‘Cubicle’ series platforms site-specific installations and “smaller bodies of artworks” for two weeks at a time. 

The Embassy of France in South Africa and The French Institute of South Africa are proud to support the Art for the Arch auction, as part of the Desmond and Leah Tutu Foundation’s 90@90 campaign, which aims to raise R90-million for the Tutu Legacy Fund, from 7 October 2020 to 7 October 2022.

Funds raised from the Art for the Arch auction will go towards an exciting long-term exhibition celebrating the work of Archbishop Tutu, titled Truth to Power, which will open in October 2021. The Embassy is honoured to be part of this momentous occasion ꟷ both Desmond and Leah Tutu have continued to be outstanding examples of compassionate and courageous leadership, which is reflected in the Foundation’s work and continues to inspire many. 

John Meyer, West of Sutherland, acrylic on canvas, 76 by 94,5cm. Estimate R600 000 – 800 000

Read the full article here: https://mg.co.za/special-reports/2021-09-16-art-for-the-arch-celebrating-archbishop-tutus-90th-birthday-with-a-good-cause/