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The art auction 2017 in aid of Hlabekisa Bilton High School Mpumalanga, South Africa Science Laboratory Project
Africa Foundation’s 25th anniversary fund raising event
At October Gallery, 24 Old Gloucester St, Bloomsbury, London WC1N 3A
28th September 2017
Reception 6.30pm
Auction 7.30pm
In partnership with Art First, london
From 26th April to 28th August the Louis Vuitton Foundation opens ART/AFRICA, Le nouvel Atelier which comprises three group exhibitions: a selection of African works from its own collection, The Insiders; a selection from the Jean Pigozzi collection of African art; and from South Afirca, Being There, which reflects the dynamic art scene of today–one that only emerged internationally in the 1990s–and is driven by a network of universities, institutions and strongly engaged galleries. From William Kentridge to Nicholas Hlobo and Athi-Patra Ruga, the senior and the newly emerged young generations of artists have been carefully selected for their role as social activists who affirm their South African identity as they subjectively define it.
In the section called About a generation, works by three South African photographers – Graeme Williams, Kristin-Lee Moolman and Musa Nxumalo – reveal contrasting portraits of South African youth, notably, those ‘born-free’ (i.e., born after 1994 when the newly democratic South Africa came into being). Williams exhibited a group from this series at Art First London in 2015 and also at the AKAA fair in Paris in 2016 and the CTAF in February this year (see details on our website under Past Exhibitions).
A bilingual French/English catalogue is available, including texts by Achille Mbembwe, Okwui Enwezor, Sean O’Toole, and others.
From Rocken End to Binnel
Molly Attrill: Pots
Bridget Macdonald:
Paintings and Drawings
The Clayton Gallery, Quay Arts, Newport Harbour, Isle of Wight
8 April – 6 May 2017
South Africa: Art of a Nation
The British Museum
27 October - 26 February 2017
Featuring works by Karel Nel.
Simon Lewty
The SIGNificance of Writing
Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
28 April – 10 July 2016
Bridget Macdonald
This Green Earth – Bridget Macdonald and the Landscape Tradition of Claude Lorrain, Samuel Palmer and Peter Paul Rubens
13 February – 25 June 2016
"First of all, I want to thank Bridget and say how touched I was when she asked me to open this exhibition. It spurred me to think why it is that I appreciate her work so much..."
Will Maclean
Veering Westerly
An Lanntair, Stornoway
8 August – 26 September 2015, then touring to:
Iona Gallery, Kingussie
3 October - 1 November 2015
St Fergus Gallery, Wick
28 November 2015 - 16 January 2016
Inverness Museum and Art Gallery
20 February - 26 March 2016
Comar, An Tobar, Mull
8 April - 28 May 2016
> Review by Georgina Coburn Arts
> Exhibition Catalogue
> Exhibition Installation Images
New collaboration by John Burnside and Will Maclean
A Catechism of the Laws of Storms
John Burnside’s poetry and Will Maclean’s imagery first came together in a collaborative print–poem commissioned for the opening of Dundee Contemporary Arts in 1999. A Catechism of the Laws of Storms continues the joint projects.
Some years ago Maclean found some dis-bound copies of an illustrated weekly newspaper The Pictorial World of 1882–83 and used the woodcut images to assemble a series of collages, which were then scanned and digitally altered.
The series of collages related to descriptions of storms and hurricanes from nautical books and manuals in Maclean’s collection, in particular The Law of Storms by Henry Paddington. The collages were shown to Burnside who composed a series of twelve poems in response to the images. Maclean in turn altered a number of the images in response to the poems.
Copies now available from Art First at £12.00
Will Maclean and Marian Leven
Will Maclean and Marian Leven have been awarded The Saltire Arts and Crafts in Architecture Award 2013 for their newly completed cairn An Suileachan close to Uig on the Isle of Lewis
Will Maclean
Waterlines, a sculpture in Kilkenny blue limestone commissioned from Will Maclean and Marian Leven by the University of Aberdeen for the area in front of the new library.
ART FAIR NEWS
FNB Joburg Art Fair, Stand C06
Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa
7–10 September 2017
ART FIRST is pleased to take part in the 10th edition of this vibrant contemporary art fair. On Stand C06, we will be presenting work by Joni Brenner and Karel Nel, with commissioned works by Jack Milroy, showing in Joburg for the first time, and photographic work by Graeme Williams and Kim Wolhuter. For further details please read our Joburg Newsletter and visit the artists’ mini sites on our gallery website.
London Art Fair 2017
Business Design Centre, Islington N1
18-22 January 2017
Stand 11 will feature Simon Lewty, Will Maclean, Jack Milroy & Mimei Thompson. Graphics by Wilhelmina Barns-Graham.
Cape Town Art Fair 2017
Cape Town International Convention Centre
16-19 February 2017
Stand B4 presenting work by Joni Brenner, Will Maclean, Jack Milroy, Richard Penn & Graeme Williams.
Also Known as Africa
Carreau du Temple, Paris
11–13 November 2016
Art First is pleased to participate in the first edition of AKAA in Paris and will be exhibiting work by Joni Brenner, Louis Maqhubela, Kate McCrickard, Karel Nel, Graeme Williams.
Art First at the 2016 FNB Joburg Art Fair
Stand #31
Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa
9–11 September 2016
Art First is delighted to announce its participation in the 2016 FNB Joburg Art Fair. Exhibiting works by Joni Brenner and Karel Nel.
Art First at the 2016 Turbine Art Fair
Stand GH17
Turbine Hall, Johannesburg, South Africa
14–17 July 2016
Showing Graeme Williams and Richard Penn.
Art First, Stand A5 at the Cape Town Art Fair
Cape Town Convention Centre, South Africa
19–21 February 2016
Showing Joni Brenner, Kate McCrickard, Karel Nel, Richard Penn, and Graeme Williams.
London Art Fair 2016
Business Design Centre, Islington
19-24 January
Stand 50. Showing work by Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, Jack Milroy, David Price and Dolly Thompsett.
Pulse Miami – Booth S-211
Indian Beach Park, 4601, Collins Av, Miami Beach
1–5 December 2015
Showing Christopher Cook and David Price.
Art First at the FNB Joburg Art Fair
Sandton Convention Centre
11-13 September 2015
Showing Louis Maqhubela and Karel Nel.
Cape Town Art Fair 2015
The Waterfront
25 February – 1 March
2015
Stand A13, The Marquee, showing Joni Brenner and Karel Nel.
London Art Fair 2015
Business Design Centre, Islington
21-25 January 2015
ART PROJECTS Stand P5, showing Christopher Cook and William Stein.
Art First at the FNB Joburg Art Fair
Sandton Convention Centre
21 – 23 August 2014
Showing Joni Brenner, Louis Maqhubela, & Karel Nel.
Art First at the FNB Joburg Art Fair
Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, SA
27–29 September, 2013
STAND 31
