LINEAGES
Bev Butkow
October Gallery, London
Opens TONIGHT 28 January 6pm
We are proud to open the year with Bev Butkow's first exhibition at London's prestigious October Gallery.
Lineages brings together the work of Susanne Kessler, Elisabeth Lalouschek, Theresa Weber, Golnaz Fathi, Tian Wei, El Anatsui, Gerald Wilde and includes for the first time, striking works by Eleanor Lakelin, Junko Mori, and Bev Butkow. The exhibition explores how these artists employ line, in which the notion of line emerges as a connective thread in concept and form. Each selected work examines where lines become pathways across histories, environment, languages and materials.
Mother/Other: Art, Care & the Maternal Imagination
Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town
Tuesday 17 February
Bev Butkow will also be a speaker at the Iziko Museum next month, where her work is currently being exhibited. The one-day symposium on motherhood and mothering will examine motherhood not only as a biological or domestic identity but as a cultural, political and artistic concept that intersects with care, creativity, identity and resistance. Get in touch for more information.
Zenaeca Singh
Sharjah Art Foundation Residency
February - March
Hannah Macfarlane Restoration of Sight
Tilga Art Prize / Southern Guild
17 - 22 February 2026
On view during Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Restoration of Sight brings together South African finalists from the 2022 and 2025 editions of the Tilga Art Prize, including Hannah Macfarlane.
Curated by Mpumi Mayisa, the exhibition invites slower, more attentive ways of seeing. More information.
Nicola Brandt
Book Talk: Jonathan Ball Publishers
Investec Cape Town Art Fair
Sunday 22 February, 12:00 - 13:00
Don't miss this opportunity to hear Nicola Brandt speak about her major new book The Distance Within (2025), which features over a decade of her practise. Alongside her images, Brandt assembles texts by thought leaders in photography, postcolonial cultures, memory and genocide studies. You can buy your copy on the day at the Jonathan Ball booth.
