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FRIDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2012


BRIGHT NEW STARS SBYA 2013 ANNOUNCED
Mary Sibande is SBYA 2013: Visual Arts
Anthea Moys is SBYA 2013: Performance Art

Mary Sibande: Image from Mail & Guardian

Sibande’s critique of stereotypes leads to Standard Bank Young Artist Award:

(Supplied) The 2013 Standard Bank Young Artist Award winner for Visual Arts, 30 year old Mary Sibande, is celebrated for her practice in which she employs the human form as a vehicle through painting and sculpture, to explore the construction of identity in a postcolonial South African context. Johannesburg-based artist, Sibande attempts to critique stereotypical depictions of (particularly black) women in our society. “Growing up, my grandmother used to say I was very talented and creative. I guess that sparked confidence in me,” said Sibande about why she decided to pursue a creative career. “When I had to choose between Fine Art and Fashion, I chose Fine Art because it is more open, and it explores more creativity.” More here


2013 Standard Bank Young Artists To Help Define SA’s Cultural Identity

: The eagerly awaited announcement of the winners for the 2013 Standard Bank Young Artist Awards took place at a function in Johannesburg. The Standard Bank Young Artist Awards are presented annually to young South African artists who are either on the threshold of national acclaim or whose artistic excellence has enabled them to make international breakthroughs. This year, an award for Performance Art has been presented for the first time. The winners of the 2013 Standard Bank Young Artist Awards are: Fana Tshabalala for Dance, Runette Botha for Music, Mary Sibande for Visual Art, Prince Lamla for Drama, Shane Cooper for Jazz, Anthea Moys for Performance Art



A great Johannesburg night for Strauss & Co

by Michael Coulson: When most art auctions struggle to reach the low estimate, it's a great achievement to go way beyond that and even beat the top estimate, but that's what Strauss & Co did in Johannesburg on Monday, even if only just and it took the buyer's premium and Vat to do it, as hammer prices fell just short. Still, that's how auctions are recorded. And this was in spite of the failure of three top lots to sell: the cover lot, a Ruth Everard-Steenkamp still life (estimate R800 000-R1.2m), Irma Stern's Four Figures (est R1.5m-R2m) and an Alexis Preller abstract (est R600 000-R800 000). The sale was in fact made by amazing R4m+ prices for two other Prellers. Grand Mapoggo III, estimated at R1.8m-R2.4m, was bid up to R4.7m, and Girl with an Oriole (the inside back cover) to R4.0m (est R800 000-R900 000). Read more here


 
PRESTIGIOUS ACADEMIC ART POSTS AVAILABLE AT RHODES SCHOOL OF ART
Rhodes University Department of Fine Art is seeking to fill two senior Art History and Visual Culture posts early in 2013. The posts are at the level of Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer and offer an opportunity to be part of a dynamic department and contribute to the contemporary curriculum and a collective departmental research profile.See more here

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It's Africa's turn at the Tate

MAIL & GUARDIAN: Charlotte Higgins: Tate will reflect its new international focus through a two-year programme of activities focused on Africa, beginning on November 24. Source

Skets vir opera te koop
BEELD: Johan Myburg: In 1998 het William Kentridge opdrag van die Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussel ontvang vir die produksie van Mozart se opera Die Zauberflöte. As The Magic Flute het die produksie in 2005 sy première in Brussel gehad en later onder meer na Napels, Tel Aviv, New York en Johannesburg gereis. In 2005 is Kentridge se Preparing the Flute, 'n versameling tekeninge en 'n driedimensionele skaalvoorstelling van die operaverhoog ter voorbereiding vir die opera in die Goodman-galery in Johannesburg uitgestal. Source

Police hunt for art thieves

EYE WITNESS NEWS: Barry Bateman : PRETORIA - Police are still hunting for three art thieves in possession of a South African painting worth more than R7 million. On Sunday, three men held up staff at Pretoria Art Museum and made off with five valuable paintings. Police on Tuesday managed to recover four of the five pieces at a Dutch Reformed Church in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape, following a tip-off from an informant. Source


South African Art Theft: Four Stolen Paintings Found In Cemetery Hundreds Of Miles Away
HUFFINGTON POST: By Mallika Rao. Four paintings stolen by a trio of brazen thieves out of a museum in the South African capital of Johannesburg Sunday were found today in a private cemetery hundreds of miles away, city spokesperson Pieter De Necker told The Huffington Post in a phone interview. The paintings, all works by South African artists, were on display at the Pretoria Art Museum Source


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Love Is the Devil: the view from the art world
The Guardian's art critic Adrian Searle gave his opinion of the film shortly after its release: he was impressed by the accuracy of Jacobi's performance, if not by the insertion of YBAs into the pub scenes … Adrian Searle: The painter Francis Bacon, who turned down both the Order of Merit and the Companion of Honour, is crouched over the bed in nothing but his underpants. He waits. His lover, a Kray gang hanger-on called George Dyer, stands over him, a cigarette in his mouth, a belt twisted in his fist. Source

Royal College of Art celebrates 175 years of cultivating talent
THE GUARDIAN (UK) : There is a certain irony in the Royal College of Art naming its 175th birthday exhibition after a Tracey Emin piece, given how utterly miserable she was during her two years there - but then The Perfect Place to Grow is a very good title. Royal College of Art celebrates 175 years of cultivating talent. The Perfect Place to Grow exhibition showcases achievements of students and staff including Moore, Hepworth, Dyson and Emin. Source



IMPORTANT UPCOMING SA FINE ART AUCTIONS

November South African Fine Art Auctions  
   
15 November Ashbeys Cape Town Fine Art, Antiques and Collectables  
19 - 21 November Stephan Welz & Co Johannesburg Decorative & Fine Arts
27 November Rudds Cape Town Antiques & good 20thc Interiors, Jewellery & Collectables  
28 November Provenance Cape Town Perel and Palette: Estate Late E.Z. Weigel & David Botha Family Collection.  
   

Strauss & Co.'s Johannesburg Sale Bucks the (Recession) Trend
Last nights Strauss & Co's auction realised in excess of R33 000 000. There were many good surprises with good quality works by SA masters work way exceeding their pre sale estimates. One in particular "Girl with an Oriole" by Alexis Preller with a presale estimate of R600 000 sold for just over R4 000 000, more than six times its presale estimate.For more see: www.straussart.co.za

BUSINESS ART

Brand names slip as market starts to correct
THE ART NEWSPAPER: After the party, the hangover: art stars Koons, Hirst and Murakami lose their shine: By Melanie Gerlis: Mirroring the mood of the market: LaChapelle's Seismic Shift
David LaChapelle's Seismic Shift, 2012, says it all: artists and collectors are reacting against the carefree works that were popular during the raging noughties. The large-scale LaChapelle photograph, on sale at Paul Kasmin's stand at Frieze London in October, shows a room of familiar works by Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons and Takashi Murakami, among others, rocked by the force of an imaginary earthquake. The image, by an artist who has been no stranger to the colourful, often flippant art that came to the fore during the art market's recent boom, mirrors the marked shift in taste that prevailed during Frieze week. Source

$375.1 Million Art Sale Is Sotheby's Record
NY TIMES: By CAROL VOGEL: "I have all the time in the world," Tobias Meyer, Sotheby's principal auctioneer, said on Tuesday night as he leaned over the lectern and flashed a smile at Lisa Dennison, the auction house's chairwoman. She was on the telephone, trying to draw a higher bid from a client. Two tenacious collectors were competing to take home "No. 1 (Royal Red and Blue)," a classic Mark Rothko painting from 1954 that is also a conspicuous example of what dealers like to call "wall power," and the bidding was already at $61 million. Source

Gold rush for 'Old Masters of the future'
THE TELEGRAPH (UK): By Anita Singh: Contemporary art sales break records at Christie's and Sotheby's as the super-rich spend £500 million on "prudent investments". When the super-rich go shopping, it seems a Warhol or a Rothko now top the list of must-haves. Christie's and Sotheby's auction houses are celebrating an extraordinary week for contemporary art sales in which buyers spent close to £500 million snapping up what one economist has dubbed "the Old Masters of the future". Records began tumbling in New York on Tuesday night, when Sotheby's staged the biggest auction in its 268-year history. Source

Beijing's 798 art district to get another makeover

THE ART NEWSPAPER: This time with a Rmb50bn art centre that includes an aquatic theatre By Lisa Movius:Published online: Years after it changed from a scruffy underground hotbed of studios into a trendy district for galleries, boutiques and offices, Beijing's famed 798 art district now faces another transformation: into an upscale luxury and cultural area. "The Beijing government has thought about improving 798's quality in terms of environment, function and utility for a long time. Bungalows in the art district now will be replaced by skyscrapers," project general manager Wang Jianjun says. "[It] will be the biggest art centre in China with the best service." Source

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