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The Portfolio: George Tatakis

Friday Institute - 23 Oct 2020

The Greek photographer is on a quest to document traditional costumes around the country

Abracadabra: The magic of Jay Electronica

Friday Kwanele Sosibo - 23 Oct 2020

The elusive rapper’s recent confounding and reluctant releases are rap as liberation theology

Don’t Miss: Our roundup of this week’s virtual and in-person events

Friday Arts Desk - 22 Oct 2020

From live music by the Reza Khota Quartet in Gugulethu to J.Bo’s live, online event, there’s plenty of culture to keep you entertained

‘Before Night Falls’: Reinaldo Arenas breaks down (in) Fidel Castro’s Cuba

Friday Percy Zvomuya - 22 Oct 2020

Reinaldo Arenas’s memoir reveals the contradiction of a revolutionary society ruled by an autocrat

Black futures in the age of apocalypse

Friday Nkgopoleng Moloi - 22 Oct 2020

Curating the End of the World deploys Afrofuturism to respond to Covid-19, anti-black violence and capitalism

Talking Bodies: Photographers use self-portraits to tell stories

Friday Niamh Walsh-Vorster - 17 Oct 2020

Mandisa Buthelezi and Thembi Mthembu are adding depth to the photographic archive through their self-portraits with captions and historical reframing

Don’t Miss: Our roundup of this week’s virtual and in-person events

Friday Arts Desk - 16 Oct 2020

For good vibes and an Arts fix, don't miss this

The Portfolio: Nthikeng Mohlele

Friday Nthikeng Mohlele - 16 Oct 2020

A veteran author and part-time festival director, Nthikeng Mohlele can attest to the respective experiences being irreconcilable. Or are they?

Totally gone mad: Covid-19 and the Trump presidency

Friday Kwanele Sosibo - 16 Oct 2020

Tracing America’s bungling of the containment of the coronavirus, Totally Under Control unveils the deep rot in Trump’s presidency

Book review: The girl with the louding voice by Abi Daré

Friday Tshegofatso Mathe - 16 Oct 2020

Abi Daré’s debut novel has been described as a celebration of girls who dare to dream

Can ‘The Nonrepresentational’ prove a new model for artists and galleries?

Friday Nkgopoleng Moloi - 10 Oct 2020

‘The Nonrepresentational’, created virtually through discussions between the artists and the gallery, seeks to build a new model of artist representation

The Portfolio: Philip Steele

Friday Philip Steele - 9 Oct 2020

Artist Philip Steele collected street ads from various cities and evolved them into artworks, currently exhibited as part of Three way, a group show at the KZNSA Gallery

Don’t Miss: Our round-up of this week’s virtual and in-person events

Friday Arts Desk - 9 Oct 2020

Whether you fancy flying a kite in support of mental health, or attending the virtual Mafika Gwala annual lecturer, there are plenty of activities to keep you entertained this week

Extract: Mandy Wiener’s ‘The Whistleblowers’ shows the cost of speaking out

Friday Mandy Wiener - 8 Oct 2020

In this extract from journalist Mandy Wiener’s latest book she examines the death of ANC Youth League member Sindiso Magaqa in KwaZulu-Natal

The new wave way: How SA’s now generation moves different

Friday Sabelo Mkhabela - 8 Oct 2020

South Africa’s newest stars have turned to the internet and cultivated cult followings to launch themselves onto the global music scene

Nobel Literature Prize 2020: Controversy or crowdpleaser?

Friday Pia Ohlin - 6 Oct 2020

Names tossed about in the speculation include Caribbean-American author Jamaica Kincaid, Canadian poet Anne Carson, Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Hungary's Peter Nadas and American novelist Thomas Pynchon.

Working alone, together: presenting the Wits Young Artist Award 2020 winners

Friday Amie Soudien - 2 Oct 2020

Vick Bester, Pebofatso Mokoena and Jade Palmer, this year’s Wits Young Artist Award winners, each engage with with the particularities of the places where they live, inviting us in to their personal spaces

‘Elusive Spring’ reveals South Africa today

Friday Heather Dugmore - 1 Oct 2020

Mike van Graan’s 2012 political thriller comes to life again ― and its themes are more relevant than ever

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