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ART

Diary: One and the Many exhibition at Javette Art Centre,  Simthandile Mtolo Quartet live, Kaleidoscope Festival in the Karoo
Friday
/ 16 May 2025

Diary: One and the Many exhibition at Javette Art Centre,  Simthandile Mtolo Quartet live, Kaleidoscope Festival in the Karoo

Your essential dose of art and culture

By Lesego Chepape
Diary: Soulaced with Louie Vega, Hamba Ungemi on tour, Mantsopa at Market Theatre
Friday
/ 18 April 2025

Diary: Soulaced with Louie Vega, Hamba Ungemi on tour, Mantsopa at Market Theatre

Your essential dose of art and culture

By Lesego Chepape
SA scientists release promising HIV cure trial results
Health
/ 5 April 2025

SA scientists release promising HIV cure trial results

The study found 20% of women who took a drug intervention that included antibodies remained virally suppressed without antiretroviral therapy after 18 months.

By Lyse Comins
Textiles as testimony: Stitching together stories of struggle, survival and gendered history
Friday
/ 29 March 2025

Textiles as testimony: Stitching together stories of struggle, survival and gendered history

Textiles hold memory, meaning and power – challenging erasure, celebrating resilience

By Puleng Segalo
Arts and acts of freedom
Friday
/ 13 March 2025

Arts and acts of freedom

Human rights festival honours the fight for justice with music, films and dialogue, offering free access to all and inspiring change

By Lesego Chepape
Sue Williamson’s retrospective: Art as witness to history
Friday
/ 28 February 2025

Sue Williamson’s retrospective: Art as witness to history

Her work confronts South Africa’s past, blending art, activism and memory

By Zada Hanmer
Diary: Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Protest theatre classic returns, Ayanda Jiya in Durban
Friday
/ 21 February 2025

Diary: Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Protest theatre classic returns, Ayanda Jiya in Durban

Your essential dose of art and culture

By Kibo Ngowi
Anelisa Mangcu is weaving art into legacy
Friday
/ 17 February 2025

Anelisa Mangcu is weaving art into legacy

Her gallery, Under the Aegis, is intended to nurture artists and build the community

By Kibo Ngowi
Diary: Siviwe James goes solo, Una Rams and Muneyi release ndi a mufuna, Lorin Sookool at Artscape
Friday
/ 31 January 2025

Diary: Siviwe James goes solo, Una Rams and Muneyi release ndi a mufuna, Lorin Sookool at Artscape

Your essential dose of art and culture

By Lesego Chepape
Games could help people stick to HIV treatment
Health
/ 29 November 2024

Games could help people stick to HIV treatment

People with HIV can live a long, healthy life — if they take their medication correctly. But too many don’t. A game might help to change that, research shows

By Thalyta Swanepoel
Pieter Hugo’s tragic beauty pushes the button of mortality
Friday
/ 25 October 2024

Pieter Hugo’s tragic beauty pushes the button of mortality

The photographer’s ambitious new exhibition What the Light Falls On is a free-ranging meditation on life

By Charles Leonard
Exhibition shows the convergence of art, craft and design
Friday
/ 14 October 2024

Exhibition shows the convergence of art, craft and design

A new wave of African creatives is working with galleries to blur the distinction between the three disciplines

By Julia Snowball
Scribes of freedom: Southern African literature works for a just society
Opinion
/ 3 September 2024

Scribes of freedom: Southern African literature works for a just society

From critiques of apartheid to reflections on post-colonial identity, Southern African literature has chronicled the region’s history and shaped its trajectory to a just society

By Chikumbutso Ndaferankhande
Challenge Met, says New York art museum director
Friday
/ 5 June 2024

Challenge Met, says New York art museum director

Max Hollein of the Metropolitan Museum of Art talks about art on the African continent

By Sean O Toole
‘My art provides the catalyst’
Friday
/ 20 May 2024

‘My art provides the catalyst’

Majak Bredell explores themes of nature, our relationship to the earth and feminism

By Aarti Bhana
Can brain transplants preserve artistic legacies?
Opinion
/ 17 May 2024

Can brain transplants preserve artistic legacies?

Transferring someone’s consciousness may not be possible, and it raises ethical questions about identity, autonomy and the sanctity of life

By Marietjie Botes
Standard Bank and Blessing Ngobeni forge artistic collaboration
Friday
/ 17 May 2024

Standard Bank and Blessing Ngobeni forge artistic collaboration

Award-winning artist partners with the institution on custom apparel and homeware

By Lesego Chepape
Bobi Wine, Uganda’s democracy hunter
Opinion
/ 18 April 2024

Bobi Wine, Uganda’s democracy hunter

The documentary, Bobi Wine, the People’s President, shows the confluence of music and art in the pursuit of freedom and democracy

By Robert Kigongo
AI-generated art: Protected in SA law?
Opinion
/ 6 April 2024

AI-generated art: Protected in SA law?

As we move into a new era of creativity, legal frameworks need to take in the role of human intellect in the creation of AI-generated works

By Donrich Thaldar and Marietjie Botes
Tretchikoff can’t be brushed aside
Friday
/ 15 March 2024

Tretchikoff can’t be brushed aside

Tretchi also knew how to find innovative gaps to make money out of his art

By Charles Leonard
Tretchi, the original meme artist, enjoys lift off at auction
Friday
/ 14 March 2024

Tretchi, the original meme artist, enjoys lift off at auction

Passion, profit, prestige … the popularity of ‘the people’s artist’ endures, despite his work being rejected as kitsch

By Sean O Toole
Art in a time of conflict
Friday
/ 14 March 2024

Art in a time of conflict

Many of Sudan’s creatives have had to flee their homes because of the civil war in their country

By Vincent Ng’ethe and The Continent
Art doesn’t end with artificial intelligence
Opinion
/ 11 March 2024

Art doesn’t end with artificial intelligence

Art is unique; it is about what an artist chooses to create and how it resonates with the viewer

By Wiebke Hutiri
Short film project pushes against the current
Friday
/ 26 February 2024

Short film project pushes against the current

In his Cape Town exhibition, Abri de Swardt delves into the politics and history of water

By Georgia Munnik
Football shoots one past art
Friday
/ 17 February 2024

Football shoots one past art

Project at Cape Town Art Fair demonstrates the links between the sport and art

By James Sey
The African art market boom — a myth or a reality?
Friday
/ 16 February 2024

The African art market boom — a myth or a reality?

The art market is more complex than other investment markets, such as stocks and government bonds, as art has an intrinsic value that cannot necessarily be quantified and plugged into economic models as easily

By Julia Snowball
Brush off traditional views of art
Friday
/ 15 February 2024

Brush off traditional views of art

The Mother City’s premier art event promises to leave viewers unbound

By Julia Snowball
Izonzobila: A tear in the world
Friday
/ 10 February 2024

Izonzobila: A tear in the world

Asemahle Ntlonti’s exhibition explores the tearing of land(scape) and of the flesh

By Vusumzi Nkomo
The soft heart of a stone thrower
Friday
/ 3 February 2024

The soft heart of a stone thrower

Brett Murray speaks about the shift in the work that appears on his new exhibition

By Charles Leonard
Don’t look away: Local artists on the war in Gaza
Friday
/ 19 January 2024

Don’t look away: Local artists on the war in Gaza

Five creatives tell of their work on the Israeli violence and the responses they’ve had

By Charles Leonard
Driven to protest for Palestine
Friday
/ 26 December 2023

Driven to protest for Palestine

‘I don’t know how to keep quiet,’ says Cape Town artist Thania Petersen of the Israel-Gaza war

By Sean O Toole
The complex art of the kibosh
Friday
/ 22 December 2023

The complex art of the kibosh

South African-born Jewish artist Candice Breitz has had her exhibition in a German museum scrapped

By Charles Leonard
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