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"While Vladimir Tretchikoff (1913-2006) is undoubtedly one of South Africa's most controversial artists, much maligned in the 1960s and onwards by several membe

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In January 1900, galvanised by the daring of the Boers in taking on imperial Britain, the young Russian officer Yevgeny Avgustus set off for the Transvaal to fi

Just Above the Mantelpiece is the first serious look at mass-produced, affordable art from the late 1950s that today is highly collectable.