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The politics of guilt and the violence of the archive

Article Thembeka Heidi Sincuba - 14 Apr 2020

During the lockdown, artists must rethink their place in the system. Now is the chance to advocate and appreciate the human condition of being constantly and chaotically in flux

Jozi’s must-try art galleries

Article Ondela Mlandu - 23 Apr 2019

There’s no Table Mountain in Jozi, but there are amazing art spaces

Spaces are not neutral to the art they show

Article Thuli Gamedze - 4 May 2017

Dorothee Kreutzfeldt’s exhibition shows art and galleries can be part of the urban landscape

Berlin Biennale curator Gabi Ngcobo gets organised

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 7 Dec 2016

Gabi Ngcobo’s speciality is to contribute to global discussions about how best to curate art.

‘Africans in America’ reveals diasporic disconnections

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 22 Nov 2016

The exhibition shows that African-American no longer speaks to one specific group.

Art, consumerism and ‘curated’ gentrification meet at Keyes Art Mile

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 10 Oct 2016

A new "curated neighbourhood" in Rosebank, Johannesburg, is on the block but this "safe space" is certainly not inclusive.

Inspired by the ‘hand of God’

Article bogdan TagDiv - 19 Jul 2013

The work created by ceramist Nic Sithole for the Adelaide Tambo Collection is something to behold.

A hip place to park in Moscow

Article Mark Brown - 4 May 2012

A ruined Soviet-era restaurant in Gorky Park, Moscow, is set to become the unlikely new home for one of Russia's hippest arts centres.

Guggenheim proposes $178-million Helsinki museum

Article Staff Reporter - 12 Jan 2012

A new museum will add to the foundation's growing stable of contemporary art spaces around the world.

Art theft: Now you see it, now you don’t

Article bogdan TagDiv - 4 Oct 2011

The theft of valuable bronze works from the Johannesburg Art Gallery has raised issues of security and funding in South Africa's public galleries.

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