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PORTRAITS: İEVA SAUDARGAITĖ, JUSTICE MUKHELI

Makgati Molebatsi
Art consultant, Johannesburg

It takes a certain fortitude and determination
to trade in a 30-year career in marketing and
communications, working with the likes of
Revlon and Johnson & Johnson, to work in
the contemporary art world. But having done
just that, Molebatsi now boasts a thriving
visual art advisory consultancy that helps
her clients, both artists and buyers, create
value in their collections and artworks.
‘Art is my passion, and spending every day
talking or reading about art is my ultimate
joy.’ She recently worked with Ivorian
photographer Ananias Léky Dago on an

exhibition of images shot in Soweto, but

it’s her extensive travel schedule that

most informs her view of the art world.

‘Whether for biennales and art fairs, I travel

for art, and I always have, even before

I became an art advisor,’ admits Molebatsi.

‘And I always visit museums and galleries.

I once spent the entire day at the Prado

without noticing the time.’ DW

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