IT'S FUNNY TO THINK THAT, 100 YEARS AGO, art historians thought traditional portraiture and figurative painting had run their course. But portraiture never went away; it continued to evolve and develop. In fact, there has been a recent explosion in the genre around the world as well as at home.
“There's a lot going on with portraiture in South Africa,” confirms Everard Read's Grace O'Malley. An exhibition of three portrait-style works by Ayanda Mabulu, titled “The Healers”, ran at Everard Read's Circa Gallery in June and July. At the
