The artist deftly navigates sexist roadblocks and patriarchal potholes with Johannesburg tools: walks and weapons
A walk through the Norval Foundations inspires thoughts on frames as anchors, thresholds and art
In an art system committed to emphatic figuration and digital evanescence, aspects of Dale Lawrence’s work can seem slightly outmoded — cool, but retro
‘Liminality’ is a buzz word in art speak, but does the current Johannesburg Contemporary Art Foundation exhibition go far enough in meaningfully unpacking it?
Here is a recap of disputes over artefacts looted from Europe’s former African colonies.
‘Of Blood, Sweat and Data’, on show as part of FNB Art Joburg’s Open City programme, hopes to alter the way art lovers view Johannesburg — and photography
Dr Zolelwa Sifumba went from being a frontline healthcare worker to stepping back from clinical work. She speaks to Elna Schütz about her shift into more open spaces
FNB Art Joburg director Mandla Sibeko speaks to Kwanele Sosibo about this year’s Open City, during which unlikely spots are turned into art spaces
iwalewabooks offers artists, cultural workers and academics a roving space to explore aesthetic and intellectually rigorous modes of publishing
The artist Nakhane is fatigued by the idea that lifestyle choices are ‘other people’s business’
Tshepiso Moropa used her parents’ marriage as inspiration for her latest collage, titled Til Death Do Us Apart
Senzo Shabangu’s solo exhibition, showing as part of the National Arts Festival, interrogates the contradictions of life in Makhanda
Once we have borne the brunt of what has happened to us, we must decide to begin again and change ourselves
The artist is associated with printmaking, but he wants us to remember that it all starts with a drawing
The group exhibition at SMAC gallery, curated by Gcotyelwa Mashiqa, revisited the chromatic and social properties of blackness in contemporary South African visual art
How Shona stone art came into its own after independence
Loyiso Mkize talks to Bongekile Macupe about joining the DC Universe, the influence of his parents and teachers, and getting up more than falling down
A retrospective of photographic works at the Standard Bank Gallery offers a snapshot in time
A virtual retrospective of photographic works at the Standard Bank Art Gallery offer a snapshot in time
An exhibition of Matthew Krouse’s underground films reveal an agitator awed by the tradition of ‘dirty queens’
Emanating from years spent behind the wheel, the artist’s style is part memory, part imagination
A visit to Japanese art island Chichu is both a meditation and an education
‘I never looked at it like it was my work’: Justin Nomad says his mural at The Orbit ensured the musician never left the building, even when the music stopped
Fancy figuring how a torn-up shoe inspired Sechaba Morojele’s new film? Or sipping cocktails while listening to Tefo Mahola? Whatever your tastes, we’ve got you covered this long weekend
In theorising his oeuvre, it seems that the ‘people’s painter’ is most likely working in a new mode
For the artist, creating work helps her make sense of her feelings around complex and heated subjects
Art, theatre and literature events to feed your soul this long weekend
The Kenyan artist, who recently passed away, was one of the most influential of her generation
These one-of-a-kind digital collector’s items are being sold for unprecedented prices
The artist continues to give voice to unrecognised labour through her expanding practice that includes durational performance, installation and video work
In this extract from But Beautiful, the writer Geoff Dyer reflects on how photographs ‘work on you’
Nolan Oswald Dennis’s digitial essay game, ‘a sun.black’, keeps all options available as it examines decolonisation