Corné was recently interviewed by Cole Heka, the Founder and Interim Director of theSystem*
This exciting online magazine and community was founded upon the philosophy of creating an eco-system of culture that re-imagines how the masses discover and interact with the cultural industries.
Their platform features inspiring activities and conversations with today’s artists, philosophers, makers, and risk-takers. Focusing on beginnings, creativity, and risk. the-System * provides a memorable look into the lives of its subjects via conversations, features, film-based projects and events.
Their in-depth conversation runs from quantum mechanics to the perception of art as elitist with titbits like: "People are not taught art at school, art is a language and it should be treated as such. Essentially it's everywhere – the STOP sign on a street is an artwork, most people can 'read' it – why are they not taught to 'read' paintings?"
Read the full interview on
theSystem* Website
NEWS ARCHIVE 2024
The Hermanus First Fridays' Night of a 1000 Drawings takes place on the 6th December 2024 from 5pm onwards, this much anticipated charity event will offer sought after drawings and small artworks for sale, including 10 small oil on paper works by Corné Eksteen. All the art is donated by artists from far and wide. All proceeds generated from these sales are donated to local charities in Hermanus in need of financial assistance.
For more information, visit the
Rossouw Modern Website
INK BOX ART launches into the holidays with ARTVENT, a countdown of exciting artworks for the festive season. Catch this cheerful exhibition between 5 and 24 December in Kalk Bay.
For more information, visit the
INK BOX ART Website
One of the pitfalls of the growing Contemporary Art market in South Africa, is that the attention and media coverage of art and artists also raises the awareness of the fiscal value of art under less ethical and often criminal members of the public. There has been an enormous increase of Art theft in South Africa over the last couple years. Stolen works of art are often sold on the secondary art market or offered to collectors on social media platforms. Corné has also fallen victim to this in recent months with several works disappearing or outright being stolen from galleries.
In order to protect collectors and raise awareness around stolen or missing works, we are launching a registry on this website in the coming weeks. This registry is aimed at undermining the sale of stolen works on the secondary market and will serve as a way for collectors to verify the Provenance of works before investing in them.
We also hope that auctioneers, insurers and galleries will find this registry useful as part of a concerted effort to curb the theft and sale of stolen works of art in the local market.
View the XTN Stolen & Missing Art Registry
Over the last few years there have been a huge increase in requests for interviews, completing questionnaires and providing information from GCSE, A-level and Matric students working on art projects regarding specific art works, inspiration, techniques and making a living from your art. Although he welcomes this interest and would like to respond to each of them in person, limitations in how much time he can allocate to correspondence have made it impossible to respond to these requests effectively and timeously.
It is with this in mind that we have started the development of a student portal on this website to assist with accessing information on Corné Eksteen and his work in a fast, easy and reliable way. Over the next few months, the most asked student questions will be answered and compiled into an easy-to-use section on this website, allowing students to effectively plan and work on projects related to Corné Eksteen.
The student portal is scheduled to launch early in 2025.
Final launch dates and information will be posted on this news feed.
The Affordable Art Fair is celebrating its 25th Anniversary this October. As part of this annual fair, South Africa will be represented by the
Barnes Collective Gallery at the beautiful Battersea Park. Join head curator Natasha Barnes as she showcases some exciting work from their growing stable
of Contemporary South African Artists, including new works by Corné Eksteen.
The fair runs from 16 to 20 October 2024.
For more information, opening times and tickets visit the
AAF Website
The group exhibition curated by Hamlin Jansen van Vuuren, is an ode to relaxation: whether lounging by the pool during summer or curling up in front of the fireplace during winter. Participating artists include Adele van Heerden, Anastasia Sarantinou, Andrew Kayser, Bastiaan van Stenis, Corné Eksteen, Chris Denovan, Danielle Jordaan, Dee Donaldson, Drummond Murphy, Fanie Buys and Karen Elkington.
The exhibition opens on Saturday, 10 August 2024 at 11am.
For more information visit the
Rust-en-Vrede Website
(View Exhibition Catalogue | PDF | 2MB)
It's with great excitement that we announce that The Travelling Art Gallery will be showcasing a brand new, colourful, diverse, pop-up exhibition of Contemporary South African art for the first time in Austria, in Kitzbühel, in Jochberger Straße 110a, from 20 July until 17 August 2024. The 21st pop-up exhibition of this artists initiative, which was founded by Barbara Lenhard and Florian Gast in South Africa in 2017, will be showcasing expressive and attractive work by South African artists and offer exclusive artworks for sale.
The exhibition will be open from Tuesdays to Saturdays, from 11:00 until 18:00.
This big exhibition features works by artists such as Jaret Loggenberg, Riaan Van Zyl, Jaime Danielle Smith, Corne Theron, Sara Gaqa, Andrew RabZa Ntshabele, Sarah Danes Jarrett, Claude Chandler & Corné Eksteen among others.
For more information visit the
TTAG Website
Download the Exhibition Catalogue
HERE
We are thrilled to announce that work by Eksteen will be available from the The Mall Gallery at the Westville Village Market from July 19th 2024. We are excited to work with this highly regarded framing and gallery space, headed my Tony van Rensburg. Be sure to pop in and have a browse next time you're in the Westville area.
Learn about The Mall Gallery on their: Instagram page
StateoftheART is delighted to present The Shipping Forecast, a gallery curated group exhibition of paintings. Loosely inspired by the BBC Radio’s weather reports and forecasts, the participating artists narrate their own forecast of "imminent", "soon" and "later" events: the artworks in this show serve as a powerful visual commentary on each artist's connection with the natural world.
Viewed collectively, the eye journeys through these various landscapes. Recognisable features carry across from painting to painting, a cloud-filled sky here and a glimpse of dense foliage there, but each contains a world unto itself.
This exhibition presents an exciting opportunity for art lovers to experience and enjoy the work of these exceptional artists, including Catherine Ocholla, Lisette Forsyth, Tanja Truscott, Karen Wykerd,
Laurel Holmes, Alexander Knox, Corné Eksteen, James De Villiers, Sylvester Mqeku and Chris Denovan.
View the exhibition catalogue on the
SOTA website
Download the exhibition flyer
HERE
Works by Eksteen will be on show during the 2024 Vry Fees festival with representation by The Showroom Art Gallery. Catch a selection of his most recent still live works at The Showroom Gallery, Callie Human Hall 46 from the 2nd to 6th July 2024 in Bloemfontein.
For more information contact The Showroom Art Gallery at
TSAG website
Works by Eksteen will be on show during the 2024 InniBos festival with representation by The Showroom Art Gallery. Catch a selection of his most recent still live works at The Showroom Gallery, Stall BM24-145 from the 27th to 29th June 2024 in Nelspruit.
For more information contact The Showroom Art Gallery at
TSAG website
Works by Eksteen will be on show during the 2024 NAMPO festival with representation by The Showroom Art Gallery. Catch a selection of his most recent still live works at The Showroom Gallery, Sampi Hall, Stall 5B from the 14th to 17th May 2024 at Nampo Park, Bothaville.
For more information contact The Showroom Art Gallery at
TSAG website
Eksteen will be returning to
this prolific art fair with representation by The Barnes Collective Gallery. Catch a selection of his most recent works at The Barnes Collective Gallery, Stand C10 from the 8th to 12th May 2024 at Hampstead.
For more information and tickets to the fair visit the AAF website
For private pre-opening viewings contact Natasha Barnes at
The Barnes Collective Gallery
The Travelling Art Gallery | ARTsouthAFRICA
ARTsouthAFRICA in collaboration with The Travelling Art Gallery are proud to announce an exhibition of works by 16 South African artists during the ARTMUC weekend of 12 - 14 April 2024 in Munich, Germany. This invitation only exhibition featuring never before exhibited, new works by Corné Eksteen is running over 3 evenings in a beautiful guest house in this vibrant city. To obtain invites to these exclusive events please contact The Travelling Art Gallery directly.
For details details on the: TTAG Website
AUTUMN SALON | STATE OF THE ART GALLERY
An enchanting group show of work including paintings, ceramics, collage, digital art and sculpture. Including works by:
Nicole Pletts | Corné Eksteen | Lisette Forsyth | Ruan Jooste | Laurel Holmes | Karen Wykerd | Sarah Walmsley | Sylvester Zanoxolo Mqeku | Lizelle Kruger | Tanja Truscott | Catherine Ocholla
For details visit the SOTA Website
We are kicking off 2024 with 3 Summer Salon shows currently open. Make the most of the last few days of the festive holidays by catching all of these showns currently running in the Western Cape:
Franschhoek - AITY Gallery's Summer Salon: AITY Website
Cape Town - State of the Art Gallery's Summer Show: SOTA Website
Kalk Bay - INK BOX ART's Summer Show: INK BOX ART Website