The Lockdown Collection, Latitudes Online to host an online auction created by 21 South African artists

The proceeds will be split between the contributing artists, the Lockdown Collection’s Vulnerable Artists Fund and Latitudes Outreach.

Tumisang Khalipha, Lean On Me, 2020

TLC called for new artwork donations and submissions from South African artists, while Latitudes carefully considered each of the hundreds of submissions, before selecting 21 emerging artists to contribute to the collection.

Artists featured in this new collection include Thuli Libisi, Cinthia Sifa Mulanga, Vivien Kohler, Fanie Buys and Puleng Mongale to name a few.

The full collection to be released in the coming weeks. “It is a privilege to collaborate with these amazing artists. Their artworks capture the nuances of lockdown life and the effects of the pandemic. Their artistic reflections will become significant historical references for future generations, telling the story of this time,” says Kim Berman, TLC co-founder and professor of visual arts at the University of Johannesburg (UJ).

Puleng Mongale, Cravings of a Lost City Girl II, 2020

“The Lockdown Collection has demonstrated that art has value that we cannot put a price onto. Art can mobilise a community, it can uplift the vulnerable and it can tell a story that moves us. For Latitudes Online, the partnership with The Lockdown Collection is a welcome opportunity to leverage the strengths of both our organisations,” says Lucy MacGarry, co-founder, Latitudes Online.

Roberta Coci, the co-founder of Latitudes Online, explains that the auction will run online for four days.

We anticipate that our international network of buyers will be enthusiastic about this collection, as they have come to see Latitudes as a platform to discover new talent, and this exciting auction will introduce emerging South African artists to a global audience in an exciting format.