Shaldon Kopman: If the monkey suit fits, wear it
Emilie GambadeSelf-taught clothing designer Shaldon Kopman is giving men a hot local option for street-savvy African style.
Soweto pop-up gallery merges arts, urban spaces
stefanie jasonFrom photographer Jodi Bieber to printmaker David Koloane, 11 artists were exhibited at a revamped chesa nyama for the Bombay Imagination Room.
Shanty towns: The new urban aesthetic
Percy ZvomuyaThe continent's cities are built very differently to those in Europe, and a new book dedicates itself to these singular settlements.
A photographer's search for Jo'Burg's essential essence
stefanie jasonNigerian photographer Akinbode Akinbiyi's exhibition "(Alice) Adama in Wonderland" draws on his fascination with Johannesburg and Africa's megacities.
The master and the maestro
Shaun de WaalWilliam Kentridge discusses his love of music, his fusion of art and opera, and the spin-offs from that.
Treasured past secures a priceless future
Laurice TaitzThe Art History Department at the University of the Witwatersrand produces its first Wits History of Art portfolio.
Anant Singh buys up R950k of Mandela memorabilia
Anant Singh, who produced the movie "Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom", has bought an assortment of signed mementos from Nelson Mandela's personal items.
Paul Smith: From a box to billions
Charles LeonardBritain's most successful fashion designer last week opened a major exhibition in London's Design Museum – just don't call it a retrospective.
Thing of beauty: The black photo album
Matthew KrouseA deep look into history through stark studio portraits of South Africans.
Simmi Areff is SA's cup of tea
Nechama BrodieThe funnyman may have irked Muslim authorities but his take on a world outside the corner shop has the nation in stitches.
Afghanistan's modern artists puzzle and provoke
Ben SheppardShocking and often bemusing to outsiders, the modern art produced by a small group of young Afghans would come as a surprise to most art connoisseurs.
Win with Chivas Regal and the M&G
The Mail & Guardian in association with Chivas Regal is giving readers the chance to win a bottle of limited edition 12-year-old Chivas Regal.
Sharp turns on an angry road
Percy ZvomuyaThe poet Makhafula Vilakazi lays bare and rejects the sorry conditions that govern life on the margins.
Portraits of isolated beauty in bustling Lagos
stefanie jasonIn the fashion of great African studio photographers, Lakin Ogunbanwo tears down and rebuilds portraiture in his own image, writes Stefanie Jason.
Curating Jo'burg's FoodWineDesign Fair
Matthew KrouseFrom scouring Twitter to braaiing burgers, curator Roberta Coci speaks to the M&G about puting the pieces of this year's FoodWineDesign Fair together.
FoodWineDesign Fair: Exhibiting SA's best
The FoodWineDesign Fair returns for its fourth year, bringing together close to 100 exhibitors and focusing on craft and produce from across SA.
Mystery surrounds discovery of Nazi-stolen art
The discovery in a rubbish-strewn German flat of nearly 1 500 paintings looted by Nazis has sparked urgent calls to hunt for their rightful owners.
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Africa's haute affair
Rhodé MarshallFrom model Alek Wek joining in on the festivities to the showing of over 30 designers, the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week proved to be a glitzy show.
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Kenyan jewellery designer Samuel Semat handcrafts his beautiful jewellery from brass with the help of 20 local women.
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