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Nadine Botha
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Where hypervisibility meets true transformation in the arts
Twelve women curators speak of the challenges of being top decision-makers in South Africa’s art world.
Curated retail is the antidote
Luxury shopping at the V&A’s Watershed and Zeitz Museum is not about price tags but rather authenticity and limited editions.
Changing the world of art – to click or not to click?
Clicktivism – can logging into a website and adding your name to a petition really change the world of art?
Tokolos Stencil Collective: ‘Crap’ art designed to unsettle
Guerilla art group Tokolos Stencil Collective poses dirty challenges to audiences and the art gallery.
Spill the coffee beans and get people talking
A machine that is “definitely not the most efficient way to dispense coffee beans into packages” has been unveiled at the Truth HQ in Cape Town.
Things of beauty: Rock girl benches
India Baird is a human rights lawyer who has taken the bench out of the courtroom and installed it in public spaces to create safe areas for women.
Rhode to fame well travelled
Incognito, he uses South Africa’s streets as his canvas – but his path to renown was international.
Put money where your mouth is
Jules Mercer spares no expense in curating her marvellous feasts in the most unlikely venues.
Creativity, allure and inspiration
There was no shortage of beautiful things at this year’s Design Indaba Expo.
Stepping on toes
Leanie van der Vyver says her designs are a reaction to the things that bother her about modern society.
Grunge gives way to design in Woodstock
Woodstock is the go-to place for creatives who don’t have money to set up shop in the City Bowl.
Art with a black heart
The new Cape Town exhibition from a cult artists’ collective delves into Africa’s war-torn history.
Plastic post-mortality has been perfected
Having showed across the world for the past 15 years, the blockbuster Body Worlds exhibition has now berthed in Cape Town.
Thing of beauty: Elusive art for man in the street
A man-made rainbow, comprising simply sunlight and water, has popped up in Cape Town.
Pop-up one-upmanship
The Spier ‘Secret’ Festival is trading on the current obsession to experience something others can’t.