Investec Cape Town Art Fair returns

NEW visions of the continent and the arrival of artists from Africa, and its diaspora, as important participants on the international art scene, will be scrutinised at one of the main exhibitions of the Investec Cape Town Art Fair.

The eighth edition of Investec Cape Town Art Fair will return to the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) from February 14-16.

Positioned as the leading art fair in Africa, the fair will welcome the foremost galleries from South Africa, the African continent and abroad.

A third of the 102 galleries, due to exhibit at the Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2020, will be new to the event.

After almost a decade of groundwork, the art fair’s consistent drive to bring together galleries and artists from

Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa, UK, Europe and the UAE, is yielding results, and this year the US enters the mix for the first time.

“TOMORROWS/TODAY” will be a curated section about the sociopolitical dynamics of the present day. The guest co-curators for 2020 – Nkule Mabaso (curator at Michaelis Galleries, Cape Town) and Luigi Fassi (artistic director of MAN Contemporary Art Museum in Nuoro, Italy) – have curated a cross-section of the most exciting emerging artists, from Africa and the diaspora.

From its inception, the aim of “TOMORROWS/TODAY” has been to shine a light on emerging and under-represented artists; set to be tomorrow’s leading names.

It is open to those working on and beyond the continent and, as the title implies, the ongoing theme is one of transformation, and experimentation showcasing unorthodox art forms, addressing current social and political issues.

Artists that will be showcased in the section include Danica Lundy (USA), of Gallery C+N Canepaneri in Italy; Amanda Mushate (Zimbabwe), of First Floor Gallery, in Zimbabwe; François-Xavier Gbré (France) of Gallery Cécile Fakhoury, in Ivory Coast, Senegal and Paris; Bonolo Kavula (South Africa) of Suburbia Contemporary, in Spain; and Isabelle Grobler (South Africa) of Sulger-Buel Gallery in London, among others.

The fair is produced by Fiera Milano Exhibitions Africa (FMEA), of Fiera Milano S.p.A, a global leader in exhibition management and the organisers of miart art fair.

For more information, visit www. investeccapetownartfair.co.za