For a long time in South Africa art has always occurred in one of two places: the austere, echoing halls of the gallery or public space.
Avant-garde gay porn filmmaker <b>Bruce LaBruce</b> talks to <b>Anthea Buys</b> about morals, Hillbrow and zombies.
Meet Philisile, the Shwe-shwe Poppi. A label tells us that she has a taste for chicken and rice and that she likes lions.
The headscarf is unlikely to trump push-up bras and bling as the dress of choice for hip-hop girls courting fame.
Japanese design house Muji’s disposable cardboard speakers are not well adapted for braais or pool parties.
Unashamedly materialistic and intentionally obscure, Michael MacGarry’s <em>Endgame</em> is one slick show, writes <b>Anthea Buys</b>
Visitors to this year’s National Arts Festival are planning their schedules around Mlu Zondi’s latest piece of choreography.
An old-style movie house in downtown Jo’burg is showing that audiences can be lured away from mainstream cinemas, writes <b>Anthea Buys</b>.
Can magnificent clothes really leave you pondering about illiteracy?
Seven distinct sub-exhibitions of <em>In Context</em> bring a mini-biennale to Jo’burg.
A treasure trove of contemporary Cuban art has been unearthed in London, the property of a South African collector.
The Johannesburg Art Gallery breaks 2010 ranks to stage a show about race and identity, writes <b>Anthea Buys</b>.
<em>Remotewords</em> aims to "disseminate literary statements" around the world through satellite mapping programmes.
Nicholas Hlobo’s topographies on canvas have extended pictorial space into three dimensions, writes <b>Anthea Buys</b>.
One morning in April the dilapidated foyer of the National Gallery of Zimbabwe slowly filled up with the city’s aspiring filmmakers and video artists.
The latest Kentridge exhibition offers little to think about but opening night was a red-carpet affair, writes <strong>Anthea Buys</strong>
After years of obscurity, William Kentridge has had her big break.That’s right — "her".
Miranda Friedman shows Anthea Buys the prized works in her home-cum-gallery.
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/ 25 November 2009
It was an existential thing. My wife prefers to call it early onset midlife crisis, but my angst had a depth Jean Paul Sartre would’ve been proud of.
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/ 18 November 2009
As unlikely as it would seem, South Korea and South Africa share a social philosophy — ubuntu.
Nandipha Mntambo speaks to Anthea Buys about her obsession with all things bovine.
During the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown every vertical plane in the town is plastered with posters advertising events.
A group of entrepreneurs, “trolley-pushers”, has been especially vulnerable to this economy’s dubious relationship with the law.
By lunchtime on Saturday the Joburg Art Fair was in full swing, with a queue of visitors snaking out the doors and the floor bustling with regulars.
After a night of merciless schmoozing and boozing at Thursday’s launch event, the Joburg Art Fair sleepily opened its doors early on Friday morning.
It’s time for the 2009 Joburg Art Fair — it started on Friday — and this means that I have to resurrect this blog from its long hibernation.
Anthea Buys looks at the convergence of art and design ahead of the Joburg Art Fair
Illinois-based curator Tumelo Mosaka will present a non-commercial video project, titled <i>Here and Now</i>, at this year’s Joburg Art Fair.
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/ 12 February 2009
The auction of Brett Kebble’s collection could fetch R100-million, writes Anthea Buys.
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/ 4 February 2009
Some would call Kentridge’s extensive pre-emptory delivery of material simulacral, others would call it a gratuitous tease.
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/ 12 January 2009
Before the banks of the world took a turn for the broke, dragging the big spenders with them, 2008 was a good year to be an artist in South Africa.
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/ 20 November 2008
An award-winning sculptor’s work redefines African masculinity, writes Anthea Buys.