This year, all the Alliances Françaises and the French Embassy are sponsoring a new award. This is the Gerard Sekoto Award to the most promising disadvantaged artist. To celebrate this milestone event, he Alliance Française de Durban is currently hosting the ABSA L’Atelier Art Competition 2004.

The prize consists of a return air ticket to Paris, three months stay in the Cité Internationale des Arts, nation-wide touring exhibitions, training in French and commission for a poster for the exhibition - total value R80,000.

The exhibition runs until March 26: