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The Art of Looking Back
We take a look at the rich history presented by the current exhibition, 'The Art of Banking: Celebrating Through Collections' at the Standard Bank Gallery.Opening up to a wealth of creativityIt’s hard...
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Standard Bank charts South Africa’s history in The Art of Banking
Kagiso Mnisi takes us on a visual journey through some of the artworks on display in the The Art of Banking: Celebrating through collections exhibition.Standard Bank Group is intrinsically entwined...
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The reluctant activist: Robert Hodgins
Enigmatic and romantic, Robert Hodgins was an artist with a fascinating interpretation of the various relationships he saw surrounding him. Talita Myburgh takes a look at this much missed South African...
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Opening the door on Tsonga art
"All art is material culture, but not all material culture is art," says regular blogger Talita Myburgh. Or is it? In this piece we take a look at the Tsonga door and explore the differences between...
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MAKING WAY for the Art of Human Nature
It all began with a trickling in of feet with eager faces. Soon enough the room was filled with chatter and excitement. Drinks and light snacks served, a sizable crowd of people began to form around...
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MAKING WAY for a future of diversity
It’s about journeys. It’s about movement. It’s about MAKING WAY for new conversations which explore humanity within the body, mind and soul. The MAKING WAY: Contemporary Art from South Africa and China...
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Mikhael Subotzky: Shifting Perceptions
Each year, the Standard Bank Gallery host several exhibitions. Second on the 2013 events calendar is the 2012 Standard Bank Young Artist winner for Visual Arts, Mikhael Subotzky with his exhibition,...
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Revisiting Deborah Bell’s Crying Pots
Deborah Bell. Her name, like her art, has a musical quality to it that is difficult to ignore. A world-renowned painter, sculpture and printmaker, the Johannesburg-born artist often explores what it...
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Behind the scenes - Simon Stone: A Retrospective Exhibition
Art lovers know what it is to stand in front of a painting, completely absorbed, intrigued and bewildered. This is often the reaction to South African artist Simon Stone’s work, currently on display at...
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Hanging by a moment with Justin Fiske’s kinetic sculptures
The best story tellers draw on rich life experiences and weave them into something that transports beholders from the humdrum to the spellbinding. Cape Town artist Justin Fiske has this down to a fine...
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Kim Berman’s Veld Fire series burns bright at The Standard Bank Gallery
While South Africa was embroiled in a struggle for freedom in the eighties, Johannesburg-born artist Kim Berman was a Masters student working as a print assistant in a Boston studio called Artist...
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A year of self-exploration, storytelling and a little chemistry
Albert Einstein said: “True art is characterised by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.” This year at Standard Bank Group we've most certainly seen how creativity has extended far beyond the...
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Walter Oltmann’s Weave of Cultures
“I hope that I can articulate tensions or ambivalences between private and public, past and present, in these objects. The medium and the image spark off something. It's a fusion of the two." Artist,...
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Exploring Walter Oltmann’s Inspired Artworks
As one of South Africa’s foremost and intriguing artists, Walter Oltmann is most widely known for his outstanding wire sculptures. His weaving employs brass wire, aluminium, copper and other threaded...
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Arts and Culture blog moved to a new home
We have a new blog portal which now houses our Arts and Culture blog at www.standardbank.com/blogs. Go there to find the latest posts.This new portal also includes our newest blog called Living Africa,...
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The Art of Looking Back
We take a look at the rich history presented by the current exhibition, 'The Art of Banking: Celebrating Through Collections' at the Standard Bank Gallery.Opening up to a wealth of creativityIt’s hard...
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Standard Bank charts South Africa’s history in The Art of Banking
Kagiso Mnisi takes us on a visual journey through some of the artworks on display in the The Art of Banking: Celebrating through collections exhibition.Standard Bank Group is intrinsically entwined...
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The reluctant activist: Robert Hodgins
Enigmatic and romantic, Robert Hodgins was an artist with a fascinating interpretation of the various relationships he saw surrounding him. Talita Myburgh takes a look at this much missed South African...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Opening the door on Tsonga art
"All art is material culture, but not all material culture is art," says regular blogger Talita Myburgh. Or is it? In this piece we take a look at the Tsonga door and explore the differences between...
View ArticleClik here to view.
MAKING WAY for the Art of Human Nature
It all began with a trickling in of feet with eager faces. Soon enough the room was filled with chatter and excitement. Drinks and light snacks served, a sizable crowd of people began to form around...
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