Anne Sassoon

Anne Sassoon is an artist and art writer, whose work shows the influence of places where she has lived for a period of time. These include apartheid Johannesburg, post-apartheid Cape Town, London, Boston, Maine, and Jerusalem.



More Articles by Anne Sassoon

Mary Sibande, In the midst of chaos, there is opportunity, 2017. Life-size sculptures: Fibreglass, vinyl, metal, painted wood, 100% cotton, and polyester fiberfill, 800 x 400 x 20 cm. Photo credit: Antonia Steyn
Tuesday, March 27th, 2018

Cathedral, Silo, Museum of Contemporary African Art: Welcome to the Zeitz

A dispatch from Cape Town and the unveiling of a major museum

Tuesday, November 7th, 2017

“A Search For Solace”: Karl Ove Knausgård Curates Edvard Munch

The exhibition was at the Munch Museum, Oslo, this summer

Group IX/SUW, No. 17. The Swan, No. 17, by Hilma af Klint. Courtesy of Stiftelsen Hilma af Klints Verk. Photo: Moderna Museet / Stockholm
Friday, May 6th, 2016

“If a spirit told me to do this, I’d do it”: Painters Respond to Hilma af Klint

A report from London where her show is at the Serpentine Gallery

Clyfford Still, PH-401, 1957. Oil on canvas, 113 x 155 inches. Courtesy of the Clyfford Still Art Museum. © City and County of Denver.
Thursday, June 25th, 2015

Lightning Bolt: A Realization of Clyfford Still

How we recognize an artist’s greatness can come slowly over decades, or in a flash.

Friday, September 5th, 2014

Light Up Gold: The Work of Rafael Wardi

A legend in his own country, the Finnish painter expresses an almost greedy desire for light and color.

Wednesday, June 25th, 2014

“They are looking for answers”: Jawad al Malhi at Al-Ma’mal Foundation

Jawad al Malhi’s work documents the lives, struggles and culture of young men in the Middle East.

Jon Imber, Eva G, 2007. Oil on canvas, 36 x 36 inches. Courtesy of the Artist via jonimber.com
Tuesday, April 29th, 2014

A Rollercoaster Worldview: Jon Imber (1950-2014)

Late paintings achieved the looseness and pungency he was always after