Art Angels Africa brought their annual charity auction to London for the first time this month, auctioning works by top South African artists. Several Everard Read artists donated works for the auction, including Beezy Bailey, Deborah Bell, Phillemon Hlungwani, Angus Taylor, Rina Stutzer, Lionel Smit, Colbert Mashile, Dylan Lewis and Nic Bladen, along with Sam Nhlengethwa and Marco Cianfanelli. 

Everard Read London is delighted to announce that simultaneous solo exhibitions by two South African artists - Lucinda Mudge and Penelope Stutterheime are now open.

Penelope Stutterheime | Merging 5 - 27 May

Everard Read London presents an exhibition of new paintings by South African artist Penelope Stutterheime.  Based in Cape Town, this is the artist’s first solo exhibition in London.

Depicting “‘inner landscapes” has always been Stutterheime’s preoccupation. Drawing inspiration from dreams and the unconscious, her layered and textured paintings make use of intensely vibrant colour to create mesmerising abstract works. 

Lucinda Mudge, on the occassion of The Wolf is Always Near, is the subject of of an interview column, in House and Leisure. 

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"Animals reinforce a political statement: Colbert Mashile draws from African traditions where clans have animal totems, to produce surreal works" by Mary Corrigall, published in Businessday, South Africa, 11th April 2017

Colbert Mashile: Truth or Dare at Everard Read Cape Town until 7 May 2017.

"I make art intuitively. I don’t try to be too obvious or too serious. I use the animal characters as a way of storytelling."

Everard Read London is delighted to present an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Guy Ferrer.

Born in Algeria, Guy Ferrer is French, of Catalan and Italian descent. Over the past three decades he has earned an international reputation as a painter and sculptor, with exhibitions in museums and galleries around the world.

Rich in symbolism and texture, Ferrer’s work is concerned with spirituality and the transience of life. For his first solo exhibition in London, he has assembled a compelling body of work that continues his investigation into the duality of life and the universe, using the daily practice of his art to search for meaning.

Liza Grobler: Maybe Time Can Fold at Everard Read Cape Town is reviewed by Lloyd Pollak on Creative Feel. 

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Lucinda Mudge, on the occassion of The Wolf is Always Near, is the subject of an interview feature by Gary Cotterell on The Wanted.

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Lionel Smit: Faces of Identity at Everard Read London, 24 February - 25 March

This exhibition comes to Everard Read London following Lionel Smit’s acclaimed solo exhibition at the Didrichsen Art Museum in Helsinki where it was seen by more than 10 000 visitors.

Faces of Identity is a powerful body of work that explores themes of identity through portraiture on canvas and bronze deconstructions. With its ubiquity but also its uniqueness, the human face offers an endless source of study. Smit’s work accentuates facial characteristics through bold swathes of colour and brush techniques, highly-textured bronzes and vivid patinas which result in the arresting work, often of monumental proportions, for which he is renowned.

Watch a short film of the artist in the studio here.

Franta, on the occasion of his solo exhibition Franta: Le Temps d’une Oeuvre in Venice, is featured, with images and a video, on France Info

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