18th February - 6th March 2016
THAT ART FAIR: Fresh Art from Africa!
Website: www.thatartfair.com
VIP Preview Event: 17th February 2016
Dates: 18th February – 6th March 2016
Venue: The Palms Centre
145 Sir Lowry Road, Woodstock
Cape Town, South Africa
Times:
Monday – Thursday 11am to 6pm
Friday & Saturday 10am to 7pm
Sundays 10am to 5pm
Events: As per programme schedule on our website (TBA)
Tickets: www.webtickets.co.za
Ticket prices: Opening Preview VIP Event (limited tickets available): R 350.00
Tickets (Monday – Thursday): R 60.00pp (under 14 free)
Tickets (Friday – Sunday): R 80.00pp (under 14 free)
Early Bird Special: Less 20% until 31 January 2016!
THAT ART PARTY: R 120.00pp (online)/R 140.00pp (at the door)
THAT FILM FOCUS: R 50.00pp (seating is limited)
Students: 20% discount on production of student ID
School Groups: R10 per student and teacher for all pre-arranged
groups. Please contact leigh@artafricamagazine.org to book your
school group.
THAT ART FAIR was launched in February 2015 (you can see a video here).
Now in its second year, THAT ART FAIR has geared up to present a very exciting
19-day line-up of work by artists from across the African continent and the
diaspora.
THAT ART FAIR is an initiative of ART AFRICA magazine. Founded in reaction to
the fact that many countries in Africa lack the formal structures of commercial
art galleries where artists can exhibit their work; THAT ART FAIR offers them
such a platform. Emerging and established artists can showcase their work in a
relaxed but professional environment, where they can meet directly with
collectors, galleries and new audiences alike! The burgeoning contemporary
African market is ripe for the picking and growing a young and invested collector
base is our aim.
We have set up a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to assist the artists
participating in the 2016 edition of the fair in transporting themselves and their
work to Cape Town.
Show your support and find out more by having a look at our campaign on
Indiegogo here!
Our call for participation elicited over 165 applications from artists and
galleries from 21 countries, including Ghana; Mali; Senegal; Brazil; Ethiopia;
Egypt; Cote d'Ivoire; Kenya; South Africa; Namibia; Angola; Mauritius and as far
afield as Canada, Germany and Dubai!
THAT ART FAIR presents:
 Visual art and photography
 A comic art focus curated by Su Opperman and presented by
ComicArtAfrica
 THAT FILM FOCUS: a week-long programme of curated film screenings; an
African film collaboration with shnit International Shortfilmfestival &
Sunshine Cinema
 Performance art
 Video art
 Fashion and Culture curated by SKATTIE
 Urban art and live painting
 ARTSUPERMART
 Workshops and talks - a series of interesting and topical discussions
 THAT ART PARTY: Set to take place on 19th February 2016 from
20h00 this is the “not to miss” event of the year! Last year’s (much talked
about) party saw a line-up that featured a number of luminaries of the art
and music world. Keep a watchful eye on our website for the release of our
edgy and eclectic line-up for THAT ART PARTY 2016! See a video of last
year's party here.
Participating Galleries:
34 Fine Art (Cape Town, South Africa)
Afriart (Kampala, Uganda)
ARTCO Art Gallery (Aachen. Germany)
Art Lab (Luanda, Angola)
Candice Berman Fine Art (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Diedericks Faber Fine Art (Cape Town, South Africa)
EBONY (Cape Town, South Africa)
Eclectica Design and Art (Cape Town, South Africa)
First Floor Gallery (Harare, Zimbabwe)
Mojo Gallery (Dubai, UAE)
Red Room (Cape Town, South Africa)
SA Print Gallery (Cape Town, South Africa)
Worldart (Cape Town, South Africa)
For a comprehensive list of all the exhibiting artists and participating galleries,
as well as keep up to date with the THAT ART FAIR 2016 programme, view our
website at www.thatartfair.com
Two of our Featured Artists include:
Emo de Medeiros: de Medeiros works between Benin and Paris. He will present
work from his recent Paris exhibition entitled 'Vodunaut' and his video piece
Kaleta/Kaleta will be a feature at the VIP preview evening and on THAT FILM
FOCUS’ programme.
“My practice is based on my conviction that art is our first and last link with
sacredness and built upon a single concept: that of contexture.
I compose my works, concretely and in a broader sense, from textures. As an
element, texture ranges from fabric or pixels to text. As a notion it encompasses
the material and the mental, and inscribes on a continuum the physical and the
conceptual.” Says de Medeiros
Laura Windvogel: Cape Town based artist Laura Windvogel, AKA Lady Skollie,
produces mildly-offensive watercolours and collaborative, contribution-based
projects that explore gender roles, sex, sexuality, relationship dynamics and the
tug of war between masculine and feminine energy.
Press Releases covering the latest developments in the THAT ART FAIR
2016 programme will be available in the Media Centre on our website.
Should you wish to apply for Media Accreditation, click here.
For further information and to get up-to-the-minute news about our everexpanding list of participants for THAT ART FAIR 2016, please follow us on
Facebook, Twitter and Instagram (@thatartfair).
Alternatively, contact us directly:
For high res images, please contact Leigh:
thatartfair@artafricamagazine.org or +27(0)21 465 9108.
To arrange an interview with the founders and directors of THAT ART FAIR, the
curators of the programmed events or the participating artists and galleries,
please contact Leigh:
thatartfair@artafricamagazine.org or +27(0)21 465 9108.
NOTES FOR EDITORS
ABOUT The Founders and Directors of THAT ART FAIR:
THAT ART FAIR is an initiative of ART AFRICA magazine, the leading and only African
contemporary arts magazine to be founded and published from Africa, for Africa, by Africans.
Based in Cape Town, South Africa ART AFRICA was founded in 2002 by Brendon and Suzette BellRoberts under the title ARTsouthAFRICA magazine. Now in its 14th year, the publication is
dedicated to promoting and stimulating a vibrant African creative arts industry. We are
committed to actively promoting transformation and cultural understanding; growing art
networks and creating opportunities for young artistic talent from the African continent.
Brendon Bell-Roberts: For the past twenty years Brendon has been designing, curating and
publishing. With more than 100 major publications and exhibitions under his belt, he has helped
launch the careers of many of South Africa’s top artists and creatives. Together with his wife
Suzette he is the founder and publisher of ARTsouthAFRICA magazine, which has evolved into a
digital platform in keeping with his focus on the role of creativity, sustainability and positive
change in the African digital revolution. Brendon is also co-founder of the Sustain our Africa
summit, expo and festival and the Change Agent Communications Consultancy. His projects
combine creativity, sustainability and positive change, helping to define the future Africa.
Suzette Bell-Roberts: After completing a BA LLB at the University of Stellenbosch, Suzette
practiced law for a number of years. Together with husband Brendon, they co-founded the
cutting edge Bell-Roberts Gallery in 1999 and launched ARTsouthAFRICA magazine 3 years later.
A passion for work produced by emerging artists committed to exploration and who push the
boundaries of their work; an unfaltering commitment to the promotion of the contemporary arts
and contemporary culture from Africa and the diaspora now culminates in the launch of THAT
ART FAIR. Suzette is currently working towards a Master’s degree in Intellectual Property Law,
with a focus on the visual arts.
All media queries:
Leigh Bassingthwaighte
thatartfair@artafricamagazine.org
+27 (21) 465 9108
Urgent Queries: +27(0)84 423 6017
All sponsorship and partnership queries:
Suzette Bell-Roberts
suzette@artafricamagazine.org
+27 (21) 465 9108
Urgent queries: +27 (83) 261 3147
For proposals and submission queries:
thatartfair@artafricamagazine.org
+27 (21) 465 9108