“Late Style” describes the work of artists in the final years of their lives. Ashraf Jamal, a research fellow at the University of the Free State and the 2026 Artist-in-Residence, explores how artists do not necessarily conclude their lives harmoniously but remain complex and contradictory. The idea of a linear life is challenged by rupture and disruption. Death is not simply an end, and great art questions dominant views. Georgia O’Keeffe serves as an example of the synergy between ageing and creativity.
