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Sixosh’ abathakathi: Ukuthwebula and the photographic image

Article Kholeka Shange - 18 Feb 2020

Reimagining image making through concepts found in isiZulu

Stolen moments of prison life

Article Same Mdluli - 5 Sep 2017

The art anti-apartheid activist Fatima Meer produced in jail not only documented prison life but became a form of resistance in itself

An art exhibition that curates complex identities

Article Staff Reporter - 20 May 2016

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Simon Gush: Images, words and sounds expound on the global work ethic

Article Athi Mongezeleli Joja - 9 Jun 2015

Simon Gush’s latest exhibition interrogates the central role played by work in the construction and perception of our identities.

Essop brothers’ exhibit probes stereotypes, violence and anonymity

Article Athi Mongezeleli Joja - 9 Dec 2014

The award-winning duo have put together a thought-provoking exhibition highlighting society’s tendency to perceive Muslim men as one and the same.

The Creative Showcase: Exploring the female gaze by Billie Zangewa

Article Staff Reporter - 6 Aug 2014

A weekly round-up of South Africa's creative community and projects, by Between 10and5.

A photographer’s search for Jo’Burg’s essential essence

Article Staff Reporter - 28 Nov 2013

Nigerian photographer Akinbode Akinbiyi's exhibition "(Alice) Adama in Wonderland" draws on his fascination with Johannesburg and Africa's megacities.

Paul Smith: From a box to billions

Article Staff Reporter - 21 Nov 2013

Britain's most successful fashion designer last week opened a major exhibition in London's Design Museum ?– just don't call it ?a retrospective.

Acts of art put violence in the frame

Article Staff Reporter - 25 Oct 2013

From Marina Abramovi? to Yoko Ono and Jane Alexander, 30 artists tackle gender-based violence in "Off the Beaten Path: Violence, Women and Art".

Collection of beauty

Article Tamsin Oxford - 19 Jul 2013

The memory of Adelaide Tambo is honoured by an art exhibition that encapsulates her personal love for vases in all forms and interpretations.

Artist tackles SA’s violence head on

Article Staff Reporter - 5 Jul 2013

He is writing his PhD on masculinities because ‘men especially need to confront their insecurities’.

Art Basel’s debut in Hong Kong attracts global celebrities

Article Staff Reporter - 28 May 2013

Western art dealers have focused their attention on wealthy Chinese buyers at the Asian debut of the world's most prominent art fair.

Dutch police investigating art heist tips

Article Staff Reporter - 17 Oct 2012

Police are following more than a dozen tips from witnesses to retrieve the paintings that were stolen from the Kunsthal exhibition in Rotterdam.

Fair and fabulous

Videos Staff Reporter - 8 Sep 2012

M&G's arts editor Matthew Krouse takes us behind the scenes at the 2012 FNB Jo'burg Art Fair, which took place in Sandton at the weekend.

Exhibition hits the G-spot

Article Staff Reporter - 15 Jul 2011

Soviet condoms, a wall of drawings celebrating spanking, Obama and Putin doing battle with oversized penises: welcome to Moscow's first sex museum.

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