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IN 1992 AND IN 2012 SOUTH AFRICAN ARTWORKS DESTROYED – WHAT HAS CHANGED?

If PM’s memory serves PM correctly, it was in 1992 that uniformed members of the right-wing group Afrikaner Weerstandbeweging (Afrikaans Resistance Movement) destroyed a ceramic sculpture depicting Eugene Terre’blanche that was on exhibition in the South Africa National Gallery (Now … Continue reading

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PAINTINGS OF BOYS THAT LOOK LIKE GIRLS, THE BAILEY BEQUEST AND IZIKO

So on the weekend Panga Management visited the ravesite of Sir Abe Bailey Bart (1864- 1940). PM certainly did not set out on the mini road trip with that destination in mind. PM was interested in Kalky’s fish and chips, … Continue reading

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PM TAKES OFF THE WHITE GLOVES – IZIKO MUSEUMS DESTROY PROFESSIONALISM.

Panga people, have you noticed how artefacts, artworks and specimens are always hung lopsided (like landmine victims) at the Iziko museums of Cape Town? Call PM picky, but PM wants the sanity of basic standards to be upheld. PM finds … Continue reading

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