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10 Reasons to Celebrate 10 Years of

Investec Cape Town Art Fair

nvestec Cape Town Art Fair reaches Investigating the passage of experience
a major milestone this summer, - both personal and societal - will see
Imarking a decade as the city’s premier some of the world’s leading practitioners
visual, contemporary art event. From its putting time in perspective. Among Athenkosi Kwinana Portrait
inception, the fair has connected artists those appointed are independent curator
with galleries and collectors, while Natasha Becker (San Francisco, USA),
showcasing fresh ideas and masterpieces art adviser and Curator Dr. Mariella
in the making. Franzoni (Barcelona, Spain ), local writer
Returning to the Cape Town Sean O’Toole (Cape Town, South Africa) Berman Contemporary
ATHENKOSI KWINANA
International Convention Centre from and art dealer and adviser João Ferreira Ndijonge II, 2021
17-19 February 2023, the tenth edition of (Lagos, Portugal).
Investec Cape Town Art Fair will see 128
new artists participating, with over 23 000 3. SOLO is flying high
visitors - as well as 6000 VIPs - expected. SOLO, a special section of the Fair,
shines a light on the artistic practices of
Here are 10 reasons to diarise the tenth emerging and mid-career artists working
Investec Cape Town Art Fair: locally and abroad, through curated solo
presentations. From its first iteration,
1. It’s the world in a fair when the special feature explored the
With the participation of galleries from effects of the digital world on lived
across Southern Africa, as well as from realities and art-making, it has taken
sub-Saharan centres, Investec Cape Town audiences through the inner workings of
Art Fair has acquired a truly continental a generation of artists who are making
identity. Galleries represented have come waves in the world.
from Angola, Tunisia and Ivory Coast, to
name just a few. Over the past decade, this 4. Get a glimpse of Tomorrows/Today
has piqued the interest of European and and forever
further afar galleries looking to connect Officially titled In and Out of Time, the
with the African art market. The art theme of the 2023 Investec Cape Town
fair today is a combination of local and Art Fair is woven together across the
international exhibitors, bringing home main exhibitions, where curators Natasha of time, memory, history, imagination,
the best of both. Becker and Dr. Mariella Franzoni explore action, and desire. Artists in this section
Maya Angelou’s, a poem about everlasting include Joana Choumali (United States
2. Time will bend love and suffering. Tomorrows/Today and of America) of Gallery 1957, Gino
The organisers have enlisted the forever engages with the link between our Rubert (Spain) of Galeria Senda, Cassi
expertise of top curators to explore the bodies, minds, and social environment; or Namoda (South Africa) of Goodman
theme for 2023: the notion of time. the affective dimension of our experiences

Nicholas Hlobo, Intonela, 2022, Acrylics paint and Nicholas Hlobo Portrait
ribbons on Belgium linen canvas, 120 x 180 cm

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