- 08 Feb 2013 00:00 - Sean O’Toole
- The Loom of the Land shows South Africa through the eyes of more than 20 artists, but the exhibition’s politeness may leave art lovers unsatisfied.
- 06 Dec 2012 18:30 - Petra Mason
- An artwork from Brett Murray's controversial "Hail to the Thief II" exhibition has been snatched up by hip-hop royalty Sean "Puffy" Combs.
- 12 Oct 2012 00:00 - Phillip De Wet
- The Film and Publications Board cannot ban online images, an appeal tribunal told it this week.
- 29 Aug 2012 15:05 - Genevieve Quintal
- The reaction to a new painting of President Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed has been banal but in an interesting way, Eusebius McKaiser has said.
- 10 Jul 2012 17:17 - Phillip De Wet
- The Goodman Gallery has appealed a ruling that children should be protected from the 'Spear' painting, saying the FPB does not have the authority.
- 12 Jun 2012 17:04 - Simphiwe Dana
- Songstress Simphiwe Dana pens a letter to City Press editor, Ferial Haffajee, on the role "The Spear" had in dehumanising black people.
- 08 Jun 2012 00:01 - Serjeant at the Bar
- The political tsunami generated by "The Spear" has begun to subside, so there is some relative calm in which to assess the consequences of the outcry.
- 29 May 2012 00:00 - Nickolaus Bauer
- The battle against the controversial "Spear" painting moves to the streets as thousands of ANC supporters prepare to march on the Goodman Gallery.
- 27 May 2012 13:07 - Sapa
- City Press editor Ferial Haffajee says the ANC is no longer a party of ideas and debate.
- 26 May 2012 15:46 - Sapa-AP
- Described as "a sensitive man" by Nelson Mandela's lawyer, Gcina Malindi is the anti-apartheid activist now best known for his tearful breakdown.
- 25 May 2012 11:37 - Rory Bester
- Rory Bester believes that the violent outrage at Brett Murray's
painting of Jacob Zuma is as unsurprising as Murray's work itself.
- 25 May 2012 09:21 -
- I am one of those who feel that the controversial Brett Murray painting, The Spear, denigrates our president.
- 24 May 2012 18:54 - Nickolaus Bauer
- How far can artists go in satirising or sending up the powerful? Nickolaus Bauer reports on different value clashes over Brett Murray's 'The Spear'.
- 24 May 2012 18:42 - Sean O'Toole
- Sean O'Toole explores some of the portrayals of the naked black body that have elicited fierce reactions in SA's recent past.
- 23 May 2012 16:41 - Nickolaus Bauer
- One of the men accused of defacing "The Spear" artwork said he did it to defuse a situation that could have turned into a race war.
- 23 May 2012 12:03 - Mpho Moshe Matheolane
- Brett Murray's artwork has brought into sharp focus the issue of black people's representation at the hands of whites, writes Mpho Moshe Matheolane.
- 22 May 2012 00:00
- A giant "X" has been painted over Brett Murray's The Spear, defacing the controversial artwork that depicts the president with his genitals exposed.
- 22 May 2012 11:22 - Staff reporters and Sapa
- A giant "X" has been painted over Brett Murray's The Spear, defacing the controversial artwork that depicts the president with his genitals exposed.
- 22 May 2012 07:05 - Nickolaus Bauer
- The ANC has issued a warning to the judiciary as it takes the Goodman Gallery and City Press to court over Brett Murray's controversial artwork.
- 21 May 2012 14:04 - Matthew Partridge
- Some random cock and balls plonked onto a picture of the president does not good satire make, writes Matthew Partridge.
