We turned and jounced down a dirt road to find “Art Woman,” Esther Mahlangu, barefoot and lying on her stomach outside her thatch-roofed house. Nearly every inch of it was splashed with vivid ...

The code has been copied to your clipboard. Esther Mahlangu is almost 80 but she's still going strong. For decades, she has practiced the traditional art of her tribe, the Ndebele, located in ...

105 x 105 x 2 cm. (41.3 x 41.3 x 0.8 in.) Esther Mahlangu features in Foreigners Everywhere, the main exhibition at this year’s 60th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia. A major ...

Mahlangu didn't attend any formal schooling but her vibrant and distinctive artwork has earned her honorary doctorates and luminary status in contemporary African arts both locally and internationally ...

Esther Mahlangu is a renowned South African artist, born in 1935 in Mpumalanga, South Africa. She is celebrated for her paintings that reflect her Ndebele heritage. Her full name is Esther Nikwambi ...

The annual contest shines a light on the Ndebele matrilineal tradition of home painting using natural materials like ash, clay and ant hill soil. Peggy Masuku put the finishing touches on the welcome ...