Mohau Modisakeng is amongst the forty-two artists that have been selected from twenty-one African countries to take part in the DAK’ART 2012, (Biennale of Contemporary African Art) international exhibition. Download DAK’ART 2012 press release PDF.
The gallery will present new paintings and an installation by Matthew Hindley at VOLTA8, Basel. The art fair runs from the 11th of June through to the 16th of June, 2012. Read more.
Zwelethu Mthethwa has work on show along side Malick Sidibe at the Harvery B. Gantt Center, 13 January - 27 May. Read more.
Carla Leisching is amongst a selection of African artists to be included in Africa Number Two, an evening of video and projection at Recycleart in Brussels on the 1st of March. Read more.
The gallery presented works by Tom Cullberg at SCOPE New York 2012. The fair took place from 7 to 11 March. Read more.
Environment and Object: Recent African Art is a group exhibition at Middlebury College Museum of Art, Vermont featuring works by contemporary sub-Saharan African artists that respond to urban, natural, and economic environments. The exhibition will include works by Zwelethu Mthethwa. Read more.
Two new books focusing on the photography of Zwelethu Mthethwa have been published. La Fabrica’s Zwelethu Mthethwa will be released for trade on 31 March 2012. Zwelethu Mthethwa: A contemporary Myth - South Africa is available through Revue Noire. Read more.
21 C Museum, Louisville, Kentucky has acquired work by Sanell Aggenbach (through WHATIFTHEWORLD / GALLERY).
Paul Emsley is the 2012 University of Stellenbosch Wordfest/Woordfees Artist.His retrospective exhibition will run from 2 March until 21 April 2012 at the Sasol Art Museum in Stellenbosch. Read more. A video of the opening night can be viewed on YouTube
Liza Grobler’s performance in collaboration with Léan Coetzer Crochet Gym & Tonic (December 2011) at the Bijou Art Studios can be viewed on YouTube
Mohau Modisakeng’s untitled triptych first exhibited on Implemented Environments will be included on Out of Focus: Photography at Saatchi Gallery, London (25 April - 22 July). Read more.
An exhibition consisting of Zwelethu Mthethwa’s Sugar Cane photographs will be curated by renowned curator Diego Cortez at the John Hope Franklin Center, Duke University, Durham, NC. Read more.
The Scottish National Portrait Gallery has announced the acquisition of a recent work by Zwelethu Mthethwa. Untitled (2010) was purchased with the support of Art Fund. Read more.
Dying minutes, a video piece by Zwelethu Mthethwa and Matthew Hindley will show on the group show Global Groove 1973/2012 at the new Eli and Eydthe Broad museum designed by world renowned architect Zaha Hadid. Opening Fall 2012. Read more.
Baltimore Museum of Art is working on a solo show of Zwelethu Mthethwa (curated by Kirsten Hileman) in conjunction with the high profile opening of their contemporary wing in 2012. Read more.
The Deutsche Bank Collection has acquired several of Zwelethu Mthethwa’s images. The new wing of the impressive Frankfurt gallery building is being named after and dedicated to Mthethwa. Read more.
Jan van der Merwe has been awarded an Ampersand residency for 2012.