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Athi-Patra Ruga & Studio
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South African artist who uses performance, painting, video, textiles to explore notions of utopia in relation to post-Apartheid, material and memory. His work explores the body in relation to sensuality and ideology,often creating cultural hybrids.
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Athi-Patra Ruga & Studio @athipatraruga.bsky.social · Nov 26
The Clown of Fort Glamorgan
Athi-Patra Ruga
Oil on canvas
80 x 80 cm
2024
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Stainedglass series loading …
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December 26, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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“CRASH”
Marker on paper, collage, 2025.
December 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Merry Xmas from us to You ⛱️
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December 25, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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Sad Sack Bullied By Area Goose https://theonion.com/sad-sack-bullied-by-area-goose-1819573528/
Sad Sack Bullied By Area Goose
December 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Oops. Almost forgot the book cover. What a title!
AVON SCIENCE FICTION /18846/$1.25 ROGER ZELAZNY Author of LORD OF LIGHT and NINE PRINCES IN AMBER THE DOORS OF HIS FACE THE LAMPS OF HIS MOUTH AND OTHER STORIES Title story, winner of the NEBULA AWARD
December 21, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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i made some comically large pancakes for breakfast this morning
December 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Without Hope, 1945 #kahlo #surrealism
December 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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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.

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December 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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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.

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December 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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…after he left .
2007
Video
ed. 5/5 x 2AP
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December 20, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Mayibuye in Alia
2015
Stainedglass, pigment on glass
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Now on view at Leslie Lohman Museum, New York, NY.
December 20, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Thank you Artthrob for the conversation on our show Lord I Gotta Keep on Moving at @leslielohmanmuseum 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿 artthrob.co.za/2025/10/09/b...
Bathing in Paradox: An Interview with Athi-Patra Ruga - ArtThrob
The following is an edited conversation between Athi-Patra Ruga and Nkgopoleng Moloi, a few months before the opening of Ruga’s exhibition at the  Leslie Lohman Museum, titled ‘Athi-Patra Ruga: Lord, ...
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December 20, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Daily practice. After Athi-Patra Ruga, Zipporah Regards Bridegroom of Blood. 2025. Pastel on paper.
January 25, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Now playing (03:05 AM PST):
"Public Service Announcement" (2014)
By Athi-Patra Ruga
Runtime: 15 min.
Poster for Public Service Announcement
March 6, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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Hazendal Launches Limited-edition Prestige Brut By Athi-patra Ruga TO Support SA Arts - MyPressportal - Free Press Releases South Africa
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Hazendal Launches Limited-edition Prestige Brut By Athi-patra Ruga TO Support SA Arts - MyPressportal - Free Press Releases South Africa
Hazendal Wine Estate is proud to launch the Artist Series | Limited Edition label.
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May 21, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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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
June 9, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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“Lord, I gotta keep on (movin’)”
Athi-Patra Ruga
Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art
October 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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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
December 8, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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Watusi Queen by Irma Stern
Bruecke Museum , Berlin
July 2025
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September 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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LESLIE-LOHMAN MUSEUM

Athi-Patra Ruga: Lord, I gotta keep on (movin’)

SEP 11, 2025 - JAN 18, 2026
September 6, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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During the Art Deco movement, cinema conjured a dream of what modernity could look like, and modernity raced to make that dream real.
How Art Deco Changed American Cinema
On the centennial of the movement, Film Forum is hosting a months-long retrospective of screenings.
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September 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Athi-Patra Ruga by Luke Bell Doman.
August 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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uFanon eSalon
Tapestry in Petit Point
70 cm x 90 cm
2022
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August 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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“At The End Of The Rainbow We Look Back”. Sculpture by South African artist Athi-Patra Ruga in an exhibition "Of Gods, Rainbows & Omissions" at Somerset House
Larger than life size sculpture of a goddess encrusted with jewels, crystal and glass. She is standing on a mirrored plinth edged with bright lights Close up of the head of a statue of a goddess, showing clearly the encrustation of jewels and crystals
June 8, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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The Apparition
Archival print
2018
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April 24, 2025 at 2:59 AM