Home – wherever or whoever that is – is a sanctuary, an escape from the outside world
The latest exhibition by Zeitz MOCAA’s Koyo Kouoh is a refreshing take on being black
Opened five years ago, Cape Town’s Zeitz Mocaa was once a storage building for grain
Art & Opulence-themed event will preview an new exhibition titled When We See Us
It was not only objects that were removed, knowledges — social, political, ecological and epistemological organisation —‚on the continent were destroyed
It is where curators and artists make grand gestures but, despite the wealth of talent in South Africa, our pavilion lacked punch
Ghanaian author Ken Kweku Nimo tells the story of the continent’s successful couturiers in his new book
Thebe Magugu keeps making headlines. The source of his success his country’s history and his own
Rare art, pottery, jewellery and watches with price tags in the millions to go under the hammer for Cape Town Auction Week
Visual artist Roger Ballen has a distinctive style that has evolved over a 50-year period
The experimental spirit of the modernist vanguards are leading the way for new ideas and reimagination.
David Otaru is a contemporary Nigerian visual artist canvassing his lived experiences in his upcoming exhibition ‘Face-Me-I-Face-You’
Decades later, Mbongeni Ngema’s work still has life lessons for South Africans in these dark days for our democracy
Now in its 10th year, Joburg’s Turbine Art Fair moves to the Rosebank Oxford Park precinct to continue its commitment to showcasing new artists
‘Let Me Tell You About Red’, artist Mary Sibande’s third instalment in the tricolour Sophie series, is on in Durban
Pandering to the art world is no longer a prerequisite for success. Zandile Tshabalala has proved this in the last two years by exhibiting abroad before coming home
This year’s National Arts Festival in Makhanda – the first live one since the pandemic – tackles unemployment, the Marikana Massacre and the manner in which black women in society are written about
The Springs Art Gallery presents the Print Portfolio Exchange Exhibition. It features original work of 25 artists commissioned by the Soweto Arts Company
Theatre on the Square The New Abnormal and Country Duty by award-winning playwright Mike van Graan
The season’s finale leaves our two reviewers wanting
Florida Road – where you’re immersed in all things that celebrate cultural craft – comes to KwaZulu-Natal for the first Arts Bar Festival.
With the invention of the cell phone, anyone can make a movie. With the creation of the 1-Minute Film Festival, anyone’s movie can be seen.
Mounou Désiré Koffi is bringing attention to the world’s e-waste menace by using dead cell phone keyboards in his art.
Congolese-born, South Africa-based artist Cinthia Sifa Mulanga collaborated with Italian luxury fashion brand Gucci in a tribute to the late Princess Diana
A new exhibition, When Rain Clouds Gather: Black South African Women Artists, 1940-2000, held at the Norval Foundation, is a corrective to the previous systemic exclusion of Black women
Boitumelo Diseko has married her love of art and business by opening the B Artworks Gallery
The bulk of Sindiso Nyoni’s work involves brands. Making the concept translate is a tight balancing act
When we think about sustainability in the arts, do we think (enough) about art writers? They are everywhere and yet often invisible. Their names appear in small print beneath or alongside the artists they cover in catalogues, papers and magazines. Their work can be found on a thin sheet of paper handed out to visitors […]
Award-winning Zimbabwean painter Wycliffe Mundopa has a reputation as a recluse who prefers to let his art speak for itself. However, he recently agreed to do this Q&A with Percy Mabandu
However, contemporary artists such as Cinga Samson, Zanele Muholi and Mohau Modisakeng found a liberating ally in self-portraiture
The artist reflects on the homecoming of his exhibition, and how it interacts with the gallery and its environment
The artist deftly navigates sexist roadblocks and patriarchal potholes with Johannesburg tools: walks and weapons