More than just hair
Hair creative Nikiwe Dlova continues the dialogue on this important topic with her new art collection
Art of the continent: The market outlook
The global art market has softened – and, with it, the African market. But the picture is nuanced, the recent African Art Market Update
Investec Cape Town Art Fair: A guide to the good stuff
Here’s the Currency guide to the Investec Cape Town Art Fair
Mid-century clay, culture and creativity
Strauss & Co showcases Kalahari Studio’s fusion of modernism and South African cultural design in a new exhibition and auction
Still no ‘open door’ policy at Joburg’s JAG
The City of Joburg bars political parties and the media from visiting the art gallery. It’s revealing of the city’s attitude towards transparency
The great Joburg art grift: What goes on tour, stays on tour
The crown jewels of the JAG have spent the past decade on loan, with a massive 145 artworks, from Picasso to Degas and Monet,
Nexus of power: The man at the centre of the JAG crisis
New twist in the great Joburg art grift: the man at the heart of the gallery crisis
The Currency cool list: What got us through this week
Let’s face it – between the crazy ongoing Johannesburg Art Gallery revelations and the wretched updates on the illegal miners in Stilfontein, we are
The tragic farce of the Dalí in the JAG filing cabinet
You can almost imagine Salvador Dalí striding into the Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG) and clapping eyes on his much-lauded 1930s work, Aphrodisiac Telephone. The almost
The great Joburg art grift – part 1
In 2016, Wilhelm van Rensburg had just started his career as an art curator at Strauss & Co. While working at the auctioneers one