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Robin Rhode's homecoming

Located between fine-art performance and street culture, Robin Rhode is one of South Africa's successful art exports, writes Catherine Green.

Sticky fingers and plastic AK-47's

By lunchtime on Saturday the Joburg Art Fair was in full swing, with a queue of visitors snaking out the doors and the floor bustling with regulars.

Networking within networks

Virtual space, a realm ostensibly littered with more of the detritus of everyday life than the real world, risks going all but unnoticed.

'It was only 11.30am and already, five brand names'

After a night of merciless schmoozing and boozing at Thursday's launch event, the Joburg Art Fair sleepily opened its doors early on Friday morning.

Joburg Art Fair: The launch and coveted red dot

It's time for the 2009 Joburg Art Fair -- it started on Friday -- and this means that I have to resurrect this blog from its long hibernation.

Designed with art in mind

Anthea Buys looks at the convergence of art and design ahead of the Joburg Art Fair

Jo'burg's art value-mart

Collectors, curators and curious onlookers will descend on Sandton for the second Joburg Art Fair.

Moving art about time

Illinois-based curator Tumelo Mosaka will present a non-commercial video project, titled Here and Now, at this year's Joburg Art Fair.

History lesson

Johannes Phokela takes Percy Zvomuya on a walkabout of his major retrospective and reflects on the impact of European painting on his work.

Painting the market

Before the banks of the world took a turn for the broke, dragging the big spenders with them, 2008 was a good year to be an artist in South Africa.