
23 Feb Photo highlights from the Cape Town Art Fair
In its new home in the swanky ICC, the Cape Town Art Fair put on an excellent show this year. All the big name local galleries were present as well as an interesting mix of smaller and visiting galleries, print studios, arts organisations, publications and project exhibitions. The cavernous hall was empty but for the booth walls that created an enticing maze through the space. The bars were located inconspicuously in the corners of the hall with roving champaign trollies cruising the venue. This was an art fair first and foremost, rather than a lifestyle event. The bare cement floor and high ceiling added to the stripped back, cleanness of the space. The fair was laid out by category, with the main commercial galleries positioned in the centre, newer galleries around the edges, print studios and publications together at one end and a special ‘Past/Modern’ section for older collectable works. Without any superfluous elements, visitors were able to move fluidly through the space and get lost in the web of booths. For those who attending and for those who missed out, these were just some of the artworks that caught our eye.



Pascale Marthine Tayou



Jaco van Schalkwyk



Johann van der Schijff



Neil le Roux



Heidi Fourie



Lindsey Levendall



Richard Penn



Karlien De Villiers



Michael Taylor



Dan Halter



John Murray (L) and Pierre Fouché



Jeanne Gaigher



Maurice Mbikayi



Tony Gum (back)



Simphiwe Ndzube



Liza Grobler



Deborah Bell



Beth Armstrong



Liza Littlewort



Khaya Sineyile



Olivié Keck (L), Ledelle Moe



Olivié Keck



Jan-Henri Booyens



Igshaan Adams



Roan Coleman



Zander Blom



Wim Botha



Kader Attia



Gresham Tapiwa Nyaude



Kyle Morland



Lady Skollie



Peter Eastman



Jody Paulsen



Katherine Spinder



Jacko van Schalkwyk



Ryan Hewett



Gitte Moller



Jason Bronkhorst



Jason Bronkhorst



Wilhelm Saayman



Handspring Puppet Company



Wycliffe Mundopa
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