Art museum honours women pioneers

With International Women's Day celebrated yesterday and March marking women's history month, the Oliewenhuis Art Museum in Bloemfontein is highlighting the plight of women in art. Education officer Yolanda de Kock explains their #5WomenArtist Campaign hosted in collaboration with the National Museum of Women in Arts, New York, aims to empower female artists. The exhibition includes work from renowned South African artists Nomusa Makhubu, Helen Sebidi, Nandipha Mntambo, Penny Siopis and Diane victor, who were selected in terms of their extraordinary achievements regardless of age, race of background...