Commune.1 is proud to announce Greg Streak’s first solo exhibition with the gallery, ‘Seeing red, feeling blue’. Streak’s sculptures present the illusion of possibility and hope, however through various interventions they proceed to pull the rug from under the viewer’s feet dispelling all former optimism. 2 May - 30 May 2013

Alexander's figures are, in many ways, emblems of monstrosity, but they are curiously beautiful. Her creatures expose the human animal for all it is and all it could become. Though clearly concerned with social issues, her sculptural installations and photographs do not judge, nor do they convey a particular political or moral standpoint. Starting on the 18th April - 29th July 2013. In collaboration with St John Cathederal and Museum for African Art, New York.

Charcol on paper drawing on sale! Florence Muthanga, The Chicks. Charcol on paper, 83 x 268 cm, 2012. This charcol on paper drawing shows the substance beneath the fluff and the fierce curiousity in the eyes of the birds. 

Mikhael Subotzky Retinal Shift will be showing at the Standard Bank Gallery from the 17th of April 2013. Retinal Shift investigates the practice and mechanics of looking – in relation to the history of Grahamstown, the history of photographic devices and Subotzky’s own history as an artist..

Eltayeb Dawelbait (1968) has been “fascinated with drawing people’s faces since college. He is intrigued by, and openly borrows from, history, and likens his work to archaeology and nature. Discarded things, give him material: “I study leaves, seeds, rusty stuff, old shoes.  I try to get the colour, texture, form.” 

University of the Witwatersrand Arts Museum in Johannesburg presents an exhibition of Gerard Sekoto’s work, to celebrate the centenary of the artist’s birth. Sekoto is considered by many to be the father of South African art, fetching extremely high values on the international art market yet relatively unknown in his birthplace, South Africa. 

Christine Eyene has been awarded a curators grant from the Foundation for Arts Initiatives. The Foundation for Arts Initiatives is an independent foundation supporting exceptional arts initiatives around the world. 

Skoto Gallery is pleased to present Tracing Home, an exhibition of recent mixed media work by the South African-born artist Thabiso Phokompe who lives and work in Brooklyn, New York. This is his first solo show at the gallery April 18th – May 25th, 2013

Samuel Fosso transforms African studio photography into high art by combining African ingenuity with a creative eye. What his art does is bestow some sort of immortality to the characters (African icons) represented in his photographs

As an undergraduate, Eltayeb confirms he “was an avid admirer of El Salahi’s works. I was particularly in fond of his oil-colours and black-ink paintings. My penchant for drawing faces stemmed from my love for El Salahi’s works. I was fascinated by the beautiful portraits and human figures that he masterfully painted.” 

Commune1 is proud to present the much-anticipated first showing of Gordon Clark’s latest body of works, The Outcome of Turner Adams. The exhibition is made up of 35 large-scale photographs that document a year in the life of Turner Adams who spent 24 years in prisons such as Pollsmoor Maximum Security

Art experts are utterly baffled, if not horrified, by the R3.7 million raised at an ANC fundraising auction for a painting of Nelson Mandela by an unknown artist. J Brooks Spector follows the valuation – and comes up with a not-so-surprising conclusion.

If African art grew up, visited the galleries of London, Paris and Madrid and then came back to Africa.  It might just turn out a bit like Whabira’s Kiss Kiss.  There’s a sense of worldly maturity and an uncanny ability to dissect society’s underbelly in how this piece of art is presented. 

The first solo exhibition in a New York Museum by the artist El Anatsui will feature over 30 primarily large-scale works in metal and wood that transform appropriated objects into site-specific sculptures. Anatsui converts found materials into a new type of media that lies between the bounds of sculpture and painting.

Franco-Gabonese artist Nathalie Mba Bikoro takes us on a tour of her solo exhibition and the video of her in a Brazilan favela at Tiwani Contemporary Gallery.which has recurring subjects and characters that re-surface – Alice with a broom, a child bride, carousel horses, animals being led for sacrifice, people painting on the ground, a search for identity.

Motion picture stills photographer Joe Alblas, based in Cape Town has built a unique portfolio photographing landmark documentary series like Mankind: The Story of Us All and The British: Our Story; Most recently, he shot The Bible, an upcoming epic series for The History Channel executive produced by multiple-Emmy-winner Mark Burnett (Survivor).