If you’re at a loose end in Johannesburg over the weekend, you could take in some culture, with the South African city hosting a big art fair until Sunday.
The BBC’s Milton Nkosi says this year the FNB Joburg Art Fair has a special focus on East Africa – with Wangechi Mutu, one of Kenya’s most celebrated artists, as a main attraction. This is one of her pieces called “Sleeping Serpent II”:
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Soweto-born Monna Mokoena, who owns MoMo gallery in Johannesburg, recreated the studio of George Milwa Mnyaluza Pemba, regarded as one of South Africa’s great painters:
Here at #FNBJoburgArtFair my bro Mmonna Mokoena has re-created a George Pemba studio as it used to be back in da day
“African art is taking its rightful place at the top table of the world’s greatest body of works.”
Johannesburg-born artist William Kentridge is also on show:
I just saw this amazing work of art by William Kentridge on exhibition from#thegoodmangallery at #FNBJoburgArtFair
The fair has 80 exhibitions with galleries from more than 17 countries across Africa, Europe and the United States.
Crows seem to be a theme – this is by Ugandan artist Paul Ndema:
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Zimbabwean artist Chiko Chazunguza shows me his work@ #FNBJoburgArtFair Africa is not just wars,disease&destruction