Young local artists that have wowed the world in 2019

This year has been a great one for SA creatives, who have gained international exposure and recognition on an unprecedented scale.

Close by are the"bad boys" of the art world, MJ Turpin and Matthew Dean Dowdle, at Kalashnikovv Gallery, whose curatorial style and choices have continued to push buttons and boundaries this year. African queer culture series Le Grand Ball

England's Brexit-torn London saw the arrival of SA's longest-running art gallery, Goodman Gallery . Their mission was quoted in the British Financial Times Weekend Edition:"Goodman is contributing to global conversations about art history, politics and critical thinking," it said.

Downtown Joburg got hit by xenophobia in the latter part of the year but the Standard Bank Gallery was the site of the celebrated exhibition,At the Venice Biennale in Italy the SA Pavilion, curated by Gabi Ngcobo, placed the curator on the international arts and culture map and secured her a guest curatorship at the newly opened Javett Art Centre at the University of Pretoria in Tshwane.

SA curator Storm Janse van Rensburg returned from Savannah, Georgia, trading his position at the Savannah Museum of Art for a head curatorship role at Zeitz MOCAA in Cape Town.woodcut series, which perpetuate awareness of theWilliam Kentridge's 'Refugees', part of the 'Triumphs and Laments' woodcut series.The original mural is deteriorating and will soon no longer be visible, but thanks to the woodcuts the legacy of the project will remain.

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