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As one of the Mother City鈥檚 most vibrant cultural destinations, Mount Nelson, A Belmond Hotel, Cape Town continues to champion the arts with a bold new exhibition in partnership with the Norval Foundation, curated by RESERVOIR.

Each year, we ask our contributors to share their highlights鈥攈ere鈥檚 what caught their eye in 2024:

Strauss & Co鈥檚 November Flagship sales see a multigenerational line-up of internationally celebrated South African modern and contemporary artists showcase their outstanding works.

We love dogs. You probably love dogs. But you may not realize just how many dogs have shown up in fine art over the past century.

If you want to make a statement about art, and upturn its history, by staging the largest exhibition of art by women Venice and its celebrated Biennale is the place.

Cape Town鈥檚 2022 Auction Week is a four-day long art, design, jewellery and wine extravaganza! Lovers of the finer things in life bid on exquisite pieces from 14 to 21 September. 

A century ago, newspapers used scare quotes to highlight the fact that artist Irma Stern was a controversial perpetrator of 鈥渕odernism鈥� and 鈥渆xpressionism鈥�. 

Figuration is a powerful conceptual thread linking historical, traditional, modernist, and contemporary art in Africa. Strauss & Co鈥檚 first offering of the year will be a prestigious non-selling exhibition, titled Giving Direction: Figuration, Past and Present.

A review by Ben Albertyn on the 31st of January 2022. This should take you 5 minutes to read.

Celebrating the visual arts, art publishing and the broader creative community, Norval Foundation is proud to present the second edition of the Cape Town Art Book Fair (CTABF) taking place over 24-26 September 2021.

This Spring, Aspire returns to Cape Town with a much-anticipated auction of Modern and Contemporary art taking place over two days on 29 and 30 September. Presenting an outstanding collection of 132 artworks by 80 renowned artists, the auction will impress collectors with an...

What does a single portrait painting capture? Traditionally portraiture captured a picture perfect second but we might wonder about the deeper meaning behind that portrait.

Acerbic wit and scrupulous self-reflection are as synonymous with Georgina Gratrix鈥檚 paintings as the artist鈥檚 sensitivity to the lurid and grotesque.

Celebrating the visual arts, art publishing and the broader creative community, Norval Foundation is proud to present Cape Town Art Book Fair on 19 and 20 December 2020.

A review by Isabella Kuijers on the 25th of August 2020. This should take you 6 minutes to read.