AVAILABLENIARA TOURÉ · 2018
Threaded Crossing
Oil and indigo on linen · 115 × 73 cm
Price Upon Request
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SOUTHERN AFRICA · PRETORIA
South Africa
Joburg, Cape Town: post-apartheid avant-garde.
An editorial gateway into the artists, works, and stories that define South Africa's contribution to the contemporary African movement — assembled with curatorial care by NUA-ARTE.
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ARTISTS
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WORKS
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FOR SALE
FEATURED ARTIST
Jelani Nkomo
PRETORIA · SOUTH AFRICA
Jelani works between Pretoria and the broader Southern African scene. Working across painting, sculpture and mixed media, Jelani's practice is a cornerstone of NUA-ARTE's programme for South Africa.
ALSO FROM SOUTH AFRICA
- EMERGING →
Sade Hassan
Pretoria, South Africa
- EMERGING →
Niara Touré
Pretoria, South Africa
- EMERGING →
Kofi Cisse
Pretoria, South Africa
CURATED WORKS
Available from South Africa
AVAILABLE
AVAILABLEKOFI CISSE · 2024
Rituals of Geometry
Bronze cast (edition of 5) · 91 × 136 cm
Price Upon Request
AVAILABLEJELANI NKOMO · 2018
Silent Diaspora
Bronze cast (edition of 5) · 104 × 138 cm
Price Upon Request
AVAILABLEJELANI NKOMO · 2022
Rituals of Return
Bogolan textile on stretcher · 157 × 124 cm
Price Upon Request
SADE HASSAN · 2025
Echo of Return
Acrylic and gold leaf · 131 × 144 cm
Exhibition only
AVAILABLENIARA TOURÉ · 2021
Silent Memory
Oil and indigo on linen · 181 × 154 cm
Price Upon Request
EDITORIAL
Stories from South Africa
STORIES FROM SOUTH AFRICA
A studio afternoon in Pretoria
Inside the studios shaping South Africa's new visual grammar — where inherited symbols meet a contemporary register.
READ ARTICLE →VOICES FROM SOUTH AFRICA
Jelani Nkomo on process and place
Joburg, Cape Town: post-apartheid avant-garde. A conversation on lineage, material, and the pull of the southern African horizon.
READ ARTICLE →
NEW PERSPECTIVES FROM SOUTH AFRICA
Emerging voices around Pretoria
Curatorial notes on the emerging generation reframing South Africa's cultural output for a global audience.
READ ARTICLE →PROGRAMME
Exhibitions linked to South Africa
Ongoing — March 2027
Threads of South Africa
NUA-ARTE Pavilion · Pretoria
Sept 2026 — Jan 2027
Southern Currents
Group show · touring Southern Africa
IMMERSIVE MODE
Step inside the South Africa pavilion.
A curated, room-by-room virtual walk through the featured artist, emerging voices, and available works from South Africa.