Anne Sassoon



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David Goldblatt, Here, in 2007, Ellen Pakkies strangled her son Abie. Lavender Hill, Cape Town. 12 September 2010. Silver gelatin print on fibre based paper, 40 x 50 cm. Courtesy of Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg

The Weight of Narrative: Photographs of David Goldblatt

Tuesday, July 19th, 2011

His exhibition at Johannesburg’s Market Photo Workshop,  founded under Apartheid


William Kentridge Interviews Himself: two stills from William Kentridge, Drawing Lesson 47 (Interview for New York Studio School), 2010. Video, 4'48". YouTube.

The Pleasures of the Pursuit: Talks by William Kentridge and Philip Pearlstein in Jerusalem

Friday, April 22nd, 2011

The artists gave lectures at the Jerusalem Studio School and the Israel Museum


work of Paul McCarthy on view in the exhibition, Alpha Omega – Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection Photo: Fanis Vlastaras & Rebecca Constantopoulou Courtesy: The DESTE Foundation

In the Shadow of the Parthenon

Wednesday, January 5th, 2011

Report from… Athens, and evidence of the heroic spirit in recent Greek painting.


Jane Alexander, Butcher Boys, 1985-1986. Mixed media. Iziko South African National Gallery Permanent Collection

South Africa’s Forwards: High scoring centennial survey at National Gallery greets World Cup

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

Far from being a studious plod through history, this is the coolest party in town.


Mark di Suvero and Rirkrit Tiravanija (and invited artists), Peace Tower, installation at Whitney Museum

Whitney Biennial and Tate Triennial 2006

Monday, May 1st, 2006

It may not be a fair comparison but you can’t help wondering: How can the Whitney Biennial be so exciting and the Tate Triennial so tedious when both are showcasing the same kind of contemporary art on either side of a well-traversed pond?


David Ben White

Wednesday, October 1st, 2003

No. 12 is an unoccupied Tel Aviv penthouse, still filled with the rich lives of its past owners – Sarah, a Berlin-trained psychiatrist, born nearly 100 years ago in Palestine, and her flamboyant husband Bandi, who designed the building. The flat is as it was left, with its fine books, grand piano, paintings by Bandi…