Sipho ‘Hotstix’ Mabuse, Msaki to headline BMW Art Generation at NIROX

702 Bongani Bingwa speaks with Kim Kandan, curator and fair manager at FNB Art Joburg.

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The BMW Art Generation programme returns to the NIROX Sculpture Park on 30 August 2025.

Presented by FNB Art Joburg in collaboration with BMW Group South Africa, the event combines art, music and fashion.

Under the theme ‘A Tropology Between Image and Imagination’, attendees can expect a rich blend of visual art, live music, panel discussions, and workshops that speak to the vibrancy and complexity of African identity and imagination.

The musical programme includes the legendary Sipho ‘Hotstix’ Mabuse and Msaki.

There will also be a luxury market offering the best in African food, wine, fashion and design.

“This platform was about how we look at ourselves as Africans… as practitioners within the art and cultural ecosystem… towards our future and how we can create meaning for ourselves and how we want to tell our own stories.” 

– Kim Kandam, FNB Art Joburg

Tickets for the BMW Art Generation are available here.

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