International Galleries Platform
View the International Galleries Platform in LCA, A3 and Centre Court, B14

Latitudes’ International Galleries Section provides a sustainable means for galleries and artists on the continent and in the diaspora to show in South Africa. The platform is supported by Project Advisory Committee members; Azu Nwagbogu, Valerie Kabov and Lucy MacGarry. The 2024 show, led by curator Nina Carew, showcases African-focused galleries from Botswana, Spain, Switzerland, Nigeria, Germany, Angola, Portugal, England, France and Uganda.

The Everard Read Sculpture Garden
View the Everard Read Sculpture Garden throughout the outdoor areas of the property

For the 2024 edition of RMB Latitudes, Everard Read Gallery has curated a presentation of more than 20 outdoor sculptural works, set throughout the beautiful Shepstone Gardens. Of the decision to present sculpture, curator Stephanie Le Roy said the venue for the fair offered a strong prompt. “Shepstone Gardens provides a wonderful, almost other-worldly backdrop that seamlessly integrates art with nature, showcasing how sculpture can really shine outdoors.” Be sure to browse the gardens to view works by Atang Tshikare, Brett Murray, Nicci Bailey, Githan Coopoo, Rina Stutzer, Michael MacGarry, Deborah Bell, Nandipha Mntambo, Gail Catlin, Norman Catherine, Guy Pierre Du Toit, Dylan Lewis, Brett Murray, Shany Van Den Berg, Jop Kunneke and Angus Taylor.

Nelson Makamo Studios at RMB Latitudes 2024
View Nelson Makamo Studios on the Rooftop, A13

In September 2024, Nelson Makamo Studios and Latitudes will partner to host a groundbreaking retrospective solo show of the famed South African artist’s work. Taking place at Latitudes Centre for the Arts, the show will offer a rare opportunity for visitors to view decades of Makamo’s work, and to be taken on a journey of his prolific career. In the lead-up to this exhibition, Nelson Makamo Studios and Latitudes have curated a preview of the show, which can be viewed on the rooftop RMB Latitudes.

The ANNA Award: A solo presentation by Nada Baraka.
View this special project in Centre Court, B15

Egyptian artist Nada Baraka is the winner of the 2023 ANNA Award, run by Latitudes. The aim of the award, which is sponsored by ANNA Pure Organic, South Africa’s first locally manufactured, environmentally friendly and organic feminine hygiene product range, is to discover, recognise and nurture a new generation of women-identifying artists from the African continent and the diaspora.

For both ANNA and Latitudes, it is crucial that the ANNA Award is as inclusive as possible. As such, no formal art training is required in order to apply, there are no age restrictions for applicants, and the competition is open to women-identifying artists working in any medium. Applications for 2024 are currently open, closing on 28 June.

Artist Spotlight: Insaan: human being by Abdus Salaam
Presented by THK Gallery in collaboration with Nirox and Latitudes
View this special project in Centre Court, B12

Abdus Salaam in residence at Nirox Sculpture Park 

This solo exhibition features selected works by Abdus Salaam created over the course of six weeks in residence at Nirox during the month-long fast of Ramadan. The work ties together the land on which it was made, and its hominid remains, the nearby river and its polluted state, notions of our global environmental shortcomings alongside intimate and personal moments. It asks if perhaps love – or the reminder of it, being the essence of our being and therefore our sanctuary across multiple planes – might ease the anxieties, tensions, and personal fears that we project outwardly into the echo chamber of forgetfulness.

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ESSAY: A showcase of artist couple, Wendy Vincent and Geoffrey Armstrong
View ESSAY in Centre Court, B13

Geoffrey Armstrong in studio

This year, RMB Latitudes Special Project, ESSAY focuses on the work and artistic lives of artist couple, Wendy Vincent and Geoffrey Armstrong. Co-curated by Orlando Vincent Truter and Lucy MacGarry, this rare presentation brings together selected pieces from a body of work created over the past 25 years in the couple’s Magaliesburg Rock Garden in South Africa.

An innate rapport with the natural world is the heartbeat of works by artist partners and stewards of the earth, Geoffrey Armstrong and Wendy Vincent. Armstrong’s masterpieces sculpted from wood or choreographed with rocks, stones, wood and concrete reveal hidden forms and flows, elements of a symbiotic dance of discovery and revelation in an interconnected universe, where form evolves out of and dissolves into its milieu.

USURPA x Latitudes powered by Nike
View this special project in the Studio, S1

USURPA established in 2023 as a WEB 3 Digital Fine Art Platform and physical Gallery. Their central objective revolves around highlighting The New African Narrative using new mediums, on a global scale.

This exhibition, in collaboration with Latitudes and powered by Nike, is titled DON’T LOOK BACK!

The show features new digital artworks created by artists Nandipha Mntambo, Justice Mukheli, Cinthia Sifa Mulanga, Mark Modimola, Samurai Farai and Spephelo Mnguni.

threads by Kate Otten Architects
View this special project on the Mezzanine, A12

Created for La Biennale di Venezia, La Biennale Architecturra, this architectural installation, titled threads, tells a visual story of Johannesburg. It is a story about how gold came to be here, the mining thereof and the outcomes of this process, narrated by women through different weavings and readings that describe this long history.

Kate Otten Architects designed, crafted and drew the various parts of the piece and then worked closely with two creative collectives, namely The Herd Designs (exhibiting in the RMB Latitudes. This 3-dimensional, immersive space invites the viewer to experience the piece from above and below, from ‘inside’ and from ‘outside’ as one would any built work of architecture.