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upcoming | 24.11 - 29.12.2026

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A material may outlive the world for which it was made. A garment is discarded, a curtain removed from a home…

Afterlives Matters: Dominique Lanz

Exhibition #2: Salon Des Refusés I

Hands-on is delighted to present Salon des Refusés I, the second online exhibition of works by Ayelen Cerda…

Homo Faber 2026

Audience engagement is often treated as something that happens around an exhibition: a talk, a workshop…

Rituals for Remaking the World

For Gülce Tulçalı, imagination becomes a way of constructing alternatives. Working across film, photography…

Writing the Practice: Five Painters

A curatorial text naturally speaks about an artist’s practice, but its role is not simply to describe what is already…

27 Oct

Exhibition #1: Closer Still

Hands-on is delighted to present Closer Still, the first online presentation of works by Xingxin Hu, Shuchen Hua…

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Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2027

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