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The SA Art Times 2008
  December 2008 - January 2009 Edition
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This months story titles include:
Artists do battle (again) with the Moustache Gallery
Media 24 back off defamation claim against photographer
Letters to the editor
Gallery Guide
South African Art Gallery show listings for December
Fanning the flames
Art Pig- Alex Dodd
The Art Cowboy- Peter Machen
The Artful Viewer - Melvyn Minnaar
Summer Salons
Artist details sought by Standard Bank Collection
  Paintings stolen at Johannesburg Gallery
Standard Bank celebrates 25 years of supporting South Africa's young artists
Finally, Acknowledgement in Bronze for Estelle Jacobs- Melvyn Minnaar
Nicolas Hlobo: Standard Bank Young Artist 2009
Student Graduate shows 08
Finishing (Art) School: Kindling Nostalgia- Melvyn Minnaar
Annual Roundup of student shows 09, UNISA, University of Johannesburg and Rhodes, By Gordon Froud
Durban University of Technology - Peter Machen
Interview with Warren Siebritz - By Michael Coulson
Rip, Stitch, Mix and Burn - Zavick and Ulric Remix Sculpture - By David Robert Lewis
Art is big business and growing steadily despite financial world crashes
Interview with: Ross Douglas of ArtLogic and Joburg Art Fair by Michael Coulson
Documenting unruly women - Mary Corigall meets Jodi Bieber, the documentary photographer who has caused a buzz with her latest study of daring women
  Gouws's fascination of dirty pretty feet - Steve Kretzmann
   
   
   
   
  November 2008
This months story titles include:
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Joburg Art Fair '09 - a more modest affair - Mary Corrigall
‘Benign’ relationship melts under the spotlight (SASOL Wax Award)- By Mary Corrigall
R 43 M for latest Swelco auction reflects stability in SA art - for now
Secrecy surrounds BMW / Marx settlement - Patrick Burnett
I Adore Red- the outspoken autobiography of Jean Campbell - Veronica Wilkinson
Art Guide
Around the Galleries
Eric Laubscher's rich living legacy to South African Art - Steve Kretzmann
Columnists
Art Pig - Alex Dodd
The Art Cowboy - Peter Machen
The Artful Viewer - Melvyn Minnaar
Clive Kellner - Director of The Johannesburg Art Gallery- Michael Coulson
Obituary: Peter Schultz - Carol Brown
The Greatmore Studios celebrate 10 years - David Koloane
 
 
 
 
   
  October 2008
  This months story titles include:
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(Story by story format)
Count Labia wins battle- but at a cost
Formidable new art auction house launched with industry heavyweights
Latest Bonham's sale confirms relative strength of blue chip SA Masters
Artists rally behind Marx in landmark BMW case
Priceless paintings rotting on public collection walls
Art Guide
South African Art Gallery Show Listings for October
Around the Galleries
Far from the Maddening Crowd - by Mary Corrigall
Columnists
Art Pig - Alex Dodd
The Art Cowboy - Peter Machen
The Artful Viewer - Melvyn Minnaar
The 4th Cape Town Month of Photography 2008
Fine Artist shows flare for video - Mary Corrigall
Art Community Profile: David Krut
Hirst sale delivers new chapter in art marketing
   
  September 2008
  This months story titles include:
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(Story by story format)
SASOL runs for cover from controversial photograph
Funding crunch cancels Spier's Durban leg
Count fights government in court over family home
Art Guide
Obituary: Neville Dubow 1933 - 2008
Cleaner partially burns R 500 000 Pierneef painting for firewood
Johans Borman strikes a winning mix
Wealthy art investors keep art sales high
South African Art Gallery show listings for September
Around the Galleries
Columnists
Alex Dodd - Art Pig
Peter Machen - The Art Cowboy
Melvyn Minaar - The Artful Viewer
Around the Galleries
Obituaries
Wonderboy Nxumalo 33
Rory Palmer 25  
Exploring the ABC's of Sandton Central by Taryn Cohn
Long Street hotel development brings artistic tinge to luxury living
Whats on at Iziko
   
  August 2008
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This months story titles include:
SASOL snuffs Wax Award
Strike down capitalism: dump your old art  
Editorial  
Waterwitch heroes win acclaim  
Space liberating auction causes concern in Eastern Cape  
Eastern Cape art award promotes creative talent  
Art Guide  
Profile of Hanneke Bernade: The pregnant pause gives birth to evocative work  
Profile of James Webb:Reaping the harvest  
South African Art Gallery Show listings for August  
Around the Galleries  
  Talk of the Town  
  Art Pig - Alex Dodd  
  The Art Cowboy- Peter Machen  
  The Artful Viewer - Melvyn Minnaar  
  Newly Launched Roger Ballen Foundation hosts Stephen Shore in his first solo SA exhibit  
 
  What's on at Iziko- Exhibition: Timbuktu Script & Scholarship  
 
 
     
  July 2008  
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Rhodes trained artist clinches BP Portrait Award 09  
Fifth Sunday Times commissioned sculpture vandalized  
Obituary: Len Thomas, Artist and co-founder of Zellen Art Products  
What art friends are for – Celebrating a special partnership (By Melvyn Minnaar)  
A farewell to post-colonialism  
Winter Thriller – readers survey Competition  
Columnists  
Columnists : Art Pig – Alex Dodd  
Columnists : The Art Cowboy – Peter Machen  
  Columnists : The Artful Viewer – Melvyn Minnaar  
  The Art Guide  
  South African Art Gallery Show Listings for July  
  Whats on at Iziko  
  The New Bell-Roberts Gallery: If meaning matters by Melvyn Minnaar  
  Nicola Danby: life after BASA by Michael Coulson  
  Titia Ballot: Aktivis vir versoening  
  Broken Glass becomes a magnificent work of Ark  
  Good Business is the best business – Tay Dall  
  Bonhams next SA art sale expected to be biggest of its kind in the world  
  Go for the best, advises antiques appraiser  
  Stephan Cohen: Artist too nude for learners  
  Around the galleries  
 
     
June 2008
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Goodman Gallery Sold  
Tretchikoff joins the local old Masters Club  
Droopy moustaches over Stellenbosch art gallery  
Art Guide  
South African Art Gallery Show Listings for June  
The South African Art Times June Supplement  
Mike van Graan: Chasing the continental vision  
Obituary: Gabisile Nkosi 1974 – 2008  
Looking through the chaos: Johann van der Schijff wins at Dak’Art Biennale  
  210 Long Street art hub gets going  
  The Blank Projects Gallery: A blank canvas for innovation  
  Columns :  
  Columns : Melvyn Minaar, The Artful viewer  
  Columns : Alex Dodd, Art Pig
  Columns : The Art Cowboy: Peter Machen
  Only Rock Star Salads and Good Shoes allowed- 44 Stanley
  Finalists announced SASOL Wax Art Award
  Artist Proof Studio Charity art action raises 900K
  Winners of the 11th Business Day –BASA Award
  Vuleka prize money doubled BASA awards enter 11th year
  This Months Show Highlights
 
May 2008
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The Harare International Festival of the Arts (HIFA) 2008 – The Art of Determination
Global collaboration set to boost festival circuit
Bell-Roberts Gallery joins the art rush to Woodstock
Smoke Bomber take centre stage at National Art Festival
May Gallery Listings
What’s on at Iziko Cape Town
New changes at Iziko
Columnists:  
Art Pig : Alex Dodd
  The Artful Viewer by Melvyn Minnaar
  Lloyd Pollock: Review of Muse 08 Portraits exhibition at iArt Gallery, Cape Town
  Playwright Mike van Graan appointed Executive Director of the Africa Centre
  Art Opportunities Monthly
  Art in the Park set to shine in Pietermaritzburg’s calendar
  Vuleka prize money doubled BASA awards enter 11th year
  Launch 2008 Sasol New Signatures Art Competition
  Seeking a hedge for Art
  A Brief History of the Fund Industry
  Free Classifieds Adverts
  Around the Galleries
 
April 2008
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Joburg Art Fair pulls R 27-m success – Mary Corrigall
Fair Deal – Alex Dodd
Trudging through Molasses – Making history with Minette Vari by Lloyd Pollock
Spier performances take over city centre
The new Johannesburg Art Strip a testimony to one landlords vision
The Namibian Art Scene at a glance
An intimate journey of the Art Treasures of Paris led by artist Liza Hugo
Kuns op KKNK laat duisende inrol
Don’t be conned out by the latest art scam
  ArtSpace Jhb Gallery relocates to the heart of the ‘Artstrip’ in Johannesburg
  Artists Proof Studio auction to raise funds for student printmakers
  Andries Botha’s new street piece by Melvyn Minnaar
  Rise in copper price and low theft conviction rate gives pause for thought on the use of new cheaper materials for public sculpture
 
March 2008
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Kind Shaka will be high… but not that high
Brand sets the world on fire
Warren Editions creates a ‘Democratic art market’
Deception, betrayal at heart of Pretoria art theft haul
Joburg Art Fair Supplement
Art Guide
Global Art Times
Top SA artist short-changed by Mr Price
Man for All Art Seasons- A tribute exhibition for doyen Joe Wolpe
 
February 2008
Female artists lead second South African sale to world record figures at Bonhams, in London
Major funder ends contract as Crafts Council bungles
Visiting Sotheby’s London Specialists
Land Art as creative protest
SA doesn’t have vision to punt for 2010
SA can’t afford to keep it’s art heritage
Furor over urine paintings
Bathed in Light at the Bank Gallery
When Anthropology, an American craft chain store with 100 outlets throughout the US, placed an order for R 100 000 with ceramic artist John Bauer, Lloyd Pollock decided to investigate.
  Tea with Beezy Bailey
  Around the Galleries
  Smoke, mirrors and vapour – The gallery man, the unpaid bills and the missing pictures
  This month in pictures
  Obituaries: Nico Roos and Solomon Siko
 
Dec Jan 2007/2008
Hail the new art temple
Arts organisations’ closures reflect poorly on The Department of Arts and Culture (By Steve Kreshmann)
Count Labia to sue Government for return of historic home (By Dominique Herman)
Woven collaborative artwork brings two colourful artists together (By Melvyn Minnaar)
Young at heart: Frank Joubert Art Centre building turns 100
Booming art prices heralds new look for art insurance
Historic local chapter of the International Association of Art Critics launched in Cape Town (By Sylvie Groschatau)
  South African artists far well at the Florence International Biennale of Contemporary Art 07
  The Johannesburg Art Fair – a gallery of galleries (By Daniel Browde, Business Day Art Supplement)
  This month in pictures
  What’s on at Iziko
  The 1st Spier Contemporary Art Award, Spier Estate
  Spier Contemporary Awards: Winning works
  Siting (New) South African voices The Spier Contemporary sortie (by Melvyn Minnaar)
  SA Art Times – SA Graduate Shows Specials 2007
  Graduating Art School: And then? (By Melvyn Minnaar)
  Rhodes Art Department, Grahamstown (By Mark Hipper)
  Durban University of Technology Art Department by Brenton Maart
  A Bumper Crop by Gordon Froud


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