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Athi-Patra Ruga

@athipatraruga.bsky.social
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performance, painting, video, textiles, notions of utopia, post-Apartheid, material and memory,the body, sensuality and ideology and cultural hybrids.

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Athi-Patra Ruga @athipatraruga.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The Mason Free Oil on Belgian linen 43 cm x 33 cm 2026
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MoMA Paintings and Sculpture @moma.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Georges Rouault, Clown, 1912 botfrens.com/collections/14377/cont…
Gift of Nate B. and Frances Spingold
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Athi-Patra Ruga @athipatraruga.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Icanti* ( or Don Quixote) 2025 Oil on Canvas 120 cm x 75 cm * “a charmed snake, friend to prostitutes and unattractive suitors.”
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Athi-Patra Ruga @athipatraruga.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Soty’efileyo* (or The Cannibal) 2025 Oil on Canvas 70 cm x 50 cm More Cameos from The Frontier . *We’ll eat the dead.
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Athi-Patra Ruga @athipatraruga.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Cameo: the fort, your body on mine. 2025 Oil on Canvas 75 cm x 75 cm @athipatraruga.bsky.social
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Erik Steinskog @eriksteinskog.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Michael Tilson Thomas, 1944-2026. R.I.P. Here he is conducting Steve Reich's The Desert Music (written 1982-83, first performance 1984, this recording 1985).
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Steve Reich – The Desert Music 1985 Album
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Sue Burnett @suzyburn.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
My sister got me the greatest birthday present ever!
An action figure of Jessica Fletcher from the tv show Murder She Wrote.
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Athi-Patra Ruga @athipatraruga.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
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)
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Athi-Patra Ruga @athipatraruga.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
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)
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Athi-Patra Ruga @athipatraruga.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
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)
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ArtReview @artreview.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
South Africa’s high court has rejected artist Gabrielle Goliath’s bid to reinstate her pavilion artreview.com/south-africa...
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South African Court dismisses Gabrielle Goliath’s bid to reinstate cancelled Venice pavilion
The judge did not provide reasons for her ruling.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 15/02/2026
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: wapo.st/4kGRC6E
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Athi-Patra Ruga @athipatraruga.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Happy Valentines Art Lovers . (“I’m smiling on the inside bih!”)
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Athi-Patra Ruga @athipatraruga.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Opening tomorrow “Cameos from athe Frontier.” 14/02
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andré carrington @andrecarrington.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Make a place for me on the Ark of Bones. @fordhampress.bsky.social
Paperback book on a desk. The cover of the book is a collage featuring a dark-skinned man wearing a reflective visor over his eyes and butterfly wings where his hair would be. Title of the book is Audiofuturism: Science Fiction Radio Drama and the Black Fantastic Imagination, author's name is andré m. carrington
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Athi-Patra Ruga @athipatraruga.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Azania Stainedglass, lead, glaze. 2013
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Athi-Patra Ruga @athipatraruga.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Mail Day
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ArtReview @artreview.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
A personal relationship with the late artist and his defiant, fiery work artreview.com/one-day-this...
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“One Day This Boy…”: How David Wojnarowicz Gave Me Life
The author of 'I Will Greet the Sun Again' chronicles a personal relationship with the late artist and his defiant, fiery work
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tklv.bsky.social @tklv.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
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.
Title card for the short film, Out of the Blue as it fades in on the protagonist wearing a red hoodie.Simply Human by Athi-Patra Ruga, depicting the artist as both masculine and feminine with a bright green wig and a red dress. Image cannot show how *sparkly* this piece is.
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Athi-Patra Ruga @athipatraruga.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Interview with Artthrob Chief Editor Nkgopoleng Moloi for my first US institutional . #athipatraruga
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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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Athi-Patra Ruga @athipatraruga.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
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
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Athi-Patra Ruga @athipatraruga.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Versatile Queen: A Transhuman Proposal 2016 Wool and thread on tapestry canvas Smithsonian Museum purchase, 2024-8-1. #athipatraruga #queerart #blackart #protectthedolls
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Boy.kingdom @bkd.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
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Hyperallergic @hyperallergic.com · 27/01/2026
“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
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British Museum Launches Farcical “Decolonizing” Loan Program
Long-term loans to former colonies are not restitution. They do not acknowledge historical wrongdoing, nor do they restore agency to source communities.
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Athi-Patra Ruga @athipatraruga.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Home #hogsback #easterncape #southafrica
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Athi-Patra Ruga @athipatraruga.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Home #hogsback #easterncape #southafrica
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
On January 20th, one year into Trump's second term, do I really need to remind you? zeteo.com/p/our-year-f...
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Athi-Patra Ruga @athipatraruga.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
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
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Athi-Patra Ruga @athipatraruga.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
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 🤣
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The Art Newspaper @theartnewspaper.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
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
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Hyperallergic @hyperallergic.com · 11/01/2026
“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
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Athi-Patra Ruga @athipatraruga.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Last Weekend to see our first institutional show in the US - Lord I’ve gotta keep on (moving). Leslie Lohman Museum Manhattan, New York .
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Athi-Patra Ruga @athipatraruga.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Magnolia infused turps could be a vibe … a mood .
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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 27/12/2025
mods are asleep post Rare Kate Bush
Kate Bush seated on a fancy hotel room in 1993
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Athi-Patra Ruga @athipatraruga.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Stainedglass series loading … #softskinwillcut #artsky #queersky #athipatraruga
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Zach Grear @zachgrear.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
“CRASH” Marker on paper, collage, 2025.
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Athi-Patra Ruga @athipatraruga.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Merry Xmas from us to You ⛱️ #athipatraruga #xmas #blacksky #queersky #femsky
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The Onion @theonion.com · 21/12/2025
Sad Sack Bullied By Area Goose theonion.com/sad-sack-bullied-by-ar…
Sad Sack Bullied By Area Goose
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Dia VanGunten / Writer @pinkzombierose.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
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
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21/12/2025
i made some comically large pancakes for breakfast this morning
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Great art on Bluesky @art.feediverse.org · 21/12/2025
Without Hope, 1945 #kahlo #surrealism
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The Art Newspaper @theartnewspaper.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
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
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The Art Newspaper @theartnewspaper.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
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
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Athi-Patra Ruga @athipatraruga.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
…after he left . 2007 Video ed. 5/5 x 2AP #athipatraruga #femmesky #queerart #blacksky
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Athi-Patra Ruga @athipatraruga.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Mayibuye in Alia 2015 Stainedglass, pigment on glass . Now on view at Leslie Lohman Museum, New York, NY.
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Athi-Patra Ruga @athipatraruga.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Thank you Artthrob for the conversation on our show Lord I Gotta Keep on Moving at @leslielohmanmuseum 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿 artthrob.co.za/2025/10/09/b...
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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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Tav Nyong’o @tavia.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Daily practice. After Athi-Patra Ruga, Zipporah Regards Bridegroom of Blood. 2025. Pastel on paper.
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[UNOFFICIAL] Now Playing on Criterion 24/7 @upnextcriterion.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Now playing (03:05 AM PST): "Public Service Announcement" (2014) By Athi-Patra Ruga Runtime: 15 min.
Poster for Public Service Announcement
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PressPortal 🇿🇦 @pressportal.co.za · 21/05/2025
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
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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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