Friday Night Flicks - May 1st The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, Her Lover The Grand Budapest Hotel 6-9pm, Light refreshments served & BYO $15 Individual, $25 for Two Downtown Jersey City An Artists' League Fun(d)raiser Tickets: site-u70yqs1n0.godaddysites.com #JerseyCity #FridayNight #MovieNight

Athi-Patra Ruga Homecoming, 2025 copper foil, lead solder, onglaze fired, stained glass, steel frame 54 x 43 x 1 cm 21 1/4 x 16 7/8 x 3/8 in 1 of 1 + 1 AP (#1/1)

ATHI-PATRA RUGA Mayibuye in Excelsior, 2025 copper foil, lead solder, onglaze fired, stained glass, steel frame 104.5 x 64 x 1.5 cm 41 1/8 x 25 1/4 x 5/8 in 1 of 1 + 1 AP (#1/1)

Athi-Patra Ruga "Over the Wall", 2026 copper foil, lead solder, onglaze fired, stained glass, steel frame 14 x 50.5 x 1 cm 1 of 1 + 1 AP (#1/1)

South Africa’s high court has rejected artist Gabrielle Goliath’s bid to reinstate her pavilion artreview.com/south-africa...

Perennial vegetables are eco-friendly, easy to maintain and can provide you with fresh produce over many harvests. We have tips on how to start your own garden: https://wapo.st/4kGRC6E

Happy Valentines Art Lovers . (“I’m smiling on the inside bih!”)

Opening tomorrow “Cameos from athe Frontier.” 14/02

Make a place for me on the Ark of Bones. @fordhampress.bsky.social

Azania Stainedglass, lead, glaze. 2013

Mail Day

A personal relationship with the late artist and his defiant, fiery work artreview.com/one-day-this...

I went through a little bit more of the Asian Art Museum, mostly the Indian and Iranian art, and some of the Chinese art. That museum sprawls a little, and I kept getting lost. Then, it was off to the African Art Museum. First stop was the queer art exhibition.

Interview with Artthrob Chief Editor Nkgopoleng Moloi for my first US institutional . #athipatraruga

Here: Pride and Belonging in African Art@smithsonian_africanart ! Curated by Kevin Dumouchelle & Serubiri Moses. This exhibition is the largest and first show (outside of Africa) to focus on out artists making work about their identities, experiences, worldviews, and communities. #athipatraruga

Versatile Queen: A Transhuman Proposal 2016 Wool and thread on tapestry canvas Smithsonian Museum purchase, 2024-8-1. #athipatraruga #queerart #blackart #protectthedolls

“Decolonization cannot be conditional. It cannot operate on the assumption that Western institutions are the most competent custodians of non-Western heritage. Nor can it coexist with legal frameworks designed to protect the spoils of empire.” –Emiline Smith

Home #hogsback #easterncape #southafrica

Home #hogsback #easterncape #southafrica

On January 20th, one year into Trump's second term, do I really need to remind you? zeteo.com/p/our-year-f...

Thank you to all with eyes to see and hearts to feel . “Lord I gotta keep on (moving)” Leslie Lohman Museum Manhattan, NY. #africanart #queerart #figurativeart #athipatraruga

Studio jamming to Philip Glass’s ‘Satyagraha’ got me thinking about Gandhi’s time in South Africa. It’s fascinating how non-violent resistance worked for Gandhi but was a different story for Black South Africans during apartheid armed struggle . A lot to unpack there 🤣

The artist and curator selected to represent South Africa at this year’s Venice Biennale have appealed to the country’s president to intervene after their pavilion was cancelled by a government minister. buff.ly/rs3Gkx0

“Long-term loans are not restitution. They do not acknowledge historical wrongdoing, nor do they restore agency to source communities. Instead, they reinforce a museum’s claim of ownership over objects it has no moral (and often legal) right to possess.” –Emiline Smith buff.ly/5rMvteu

Last Weekend to see our first institutional show in the US - Lord I’ve gotta keep on (moving). Leslie Lohman Museum Manhattan, New York .

Magnolia infused turps could be a vibe … a mood .

mods are asleep post Rare Kate Bush

Stainedglass series loading … #softskinwillcut #artsky #queersky #athipatraruga

“CRASH” Marker on paper, collage, 2025.

Merry Xmas from us to You ⛱️ #athipatraruga #xmas #blacksky #queersky #femsky

Sad Sack Bullied By Area Goose https://theonion.com/sad-sack-bullied-by-area-goose-1819573528/

Oops. Almost forgot the book cover. What a title!

i made some comically large pancakes for breakfast this morning

Without Hope, 1945 #kahlo #surrealism

The Whitney Museum has announced 56 artists, duos and collectives for the 2026 Biennial, spanning 25 US states, Puerto Rico and regions shaped by US power. buff.ly/4vK9bq9

A new MoMA exhibition examines how West and Central African studio portraits of the 1950s and 60s helped shape ideas of freedom and Black identity. buff.ly/48pdbWh

…after he left . 2007 Video ed. 5/5 x 2AP #athipatraruga #femmesky #queerart #blacksky

Mayibuye in Alia 2015 Stainedglass, pigment on glass . Now on view at Leslie Lohman Museum, New York, NY.

Thank you Artthrob for the conversation on our show Lord I Gotta Keep on Moving at @leslielohmanmuseum 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿 artthrob.co.za/2025/10/09/b...

Daily practice. After Athi-Patra Ruga, Zipporah Regards Bridegroom of Blood. 2025. Pastel on paper.

Now playing (03:05 AM PST): "Public Service Announcement" (2014) By Athi-Patra Ruga Runtime: 15 min.

Hazendal Launches Limited-edition Prestige Brut By Athi-patra Ruga TO Support SA Arts - MyPressportal - Free Press Releases South Africa #mypressportal #pressrelease #AfricaNewsroom #bizcommunity #publicrelations #africa #southafrica

Glas durch das turmhohe Atrium aus Sichtbeton, es fühlte sich an wie Science-Fiction. Kurze Anprobe für ein Shooting mit der amerikanischen «Vogue», dann ein Rundgang durch die verschiedenen Ausstellungen. Kouoh machte mich auf das Werk des Südafrikaners Athi-Patra Ruga aufmerksam, der

“Lord, I gotta keep on (movin’)” Athi-Patra Ruga Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art

Deadboyz Auto Exotica Series 1,2 and 3, by Athi-Patra Ruga. Viewed at the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay Art, 2025 #gayart #gayartist #queer #leslielohman #queerartist #nyc #gaylikeme #malenudes #tribeca #queertalent @athipatraruga.bsky.social

Watusi Queen by Irma Stern Bruecke Museum , Berlin July 2025 #athipatraruga

LESLIE-LOHMAN MUSEUM Athi-Patra Ruga: Lord, I gotta keep on (movin’) SEP 11, 2025 - JAN 18, 2026

During the Art Deco movement, cinema conjured a dream of what modernity could look like, and modernity raced to make that dream real.

Athi-Patra Ruga by Luke Bell Doman.