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ART

Lebogang Mabusela: Gunz and Makoti bridal technologies
Friday
/ 4 February 2022

Lebogang Mabusela: Gunz and Makoti bridal technologies

The artist deftly navigates sexist roadblocks and patriarchal potholes with Johannesburg tools: walks and weapons

By Lebogang Mabusela
Art: What’s in a frame?
Friday
/ 4 February 2022

Art: What’s in a frame?

A walk through the Norval Foundations inspires thoughts on frames as anchors, thresholds and art

By Simon Abbott
Dale Lawrence’s work refuses oblivion
Friday
/ 2 February 2022

Dale Lawrence’s work refuses oblivion

In an art system committed to emphatic figuration and digital evanescence, aspects of Dale Lawrence’s work can seem slightly outmoded — cool, but retro

By Sean O Toole
What lies in between? Musings on the Joburg Contemporary Art Foundation
Friday
/ 15 December 2021

What lies in between? Musings on the Joburg Contemporary Art Foundation

‘Liminality’ is a buzz word in art speak, but does the current Johannesburg Contemporary Art Foundation exhibition go far enough in meaningfully unpacking it?

By Thabang Monoa
Ghosts of colonial looting haunt Europe’s museums
Africa
/ 14 November 2021

Ghosts of colonial looting haunt Europe’s museums

Here is a recap of disputes over artefacts looted from Europe’s former African colonies.

By Agence France Presse
‘Of Blood, Sweat and Data’: Everyone goes to the mall
Friday
/ 29 October 2021

‘Of Blood, Sweat and Data’: Everyone goes to the mall

‘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

By Thato Mogotsi
Q&A Sessions: Dr Zolelwa Sifumba on learning to rest and healing herself
National
/ 28 October 2021

Q&A Sessions: Dr Zolelwa Sifumba on learning to rest and healing herself

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

By Elna Schütz
Open City: The art of invading Jo’burg
Friday
/ 22 October 2021

Open City: The art of invading Jo’burg

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

By Kwanele Sosibo
New ways of dreaming with iwalewabooks
Friday
/ 22 October 2021

New ways of dreaming with iwalewabooks

iwalewabooks offers artists, cultural workers and academics a roving space to explore aesthetic and intellectually rigorous modes of publishing

By Youlendree Appasamy
Nakhane: ‘Why do they care so much?’
Friday
/ 15 October 2021

Nakhane: ‘Why do they care so much?’

The artist Nakhane is fatigued by the idea that lifestyle choices are ‘other people’s business’

By Tiffany Mugo
The Portfolio: Tshepiso Moropa digs up family treasures
Friday
/ 10 September 2021

The Portfolio: Tshepiso Moropa digs up family treasures

Tshepiso Moropa used her parents’ marriage as inspiration for her latest collage, titled Til Death Do Us Apart

By Tshepiso Moropa
A landscape is politicised through events taking place in: Senzo Shabangu’s ‘ Humble Abode’ exhibition
Friday
/ 9 July 2021

A landscape is politicised through events taking place in: Senzo Shabangu’s ‘ Humble Abode’ exhibition

Senzo Shabangu’s solo exhibition, showing as part of the National Arts Festival, interrogates the contradictions of   life in Makhanda

By Fadzai Muchemwa and Lifang Zhang
The Portfolio: Stories of our Soil explores womanhood, nature and exploitation
Friday
/ 9 July 2021

The Portfolio: Stories of our Soil explores womanhood, nature and exploitation

Once we have borne the brunt of what has happened to us, we must decide to begin again and change ourselves

By Ruzy Rusike
The Portfolio: Senzo Shabangu on not being scared of colour
Friday
/ 2 July 2021

The Portfolio: Senzo Shabangu on not being scared of colour

The artist is associated with printmaking, but he wants us to remember that it all starts with a drawing

By Senzo Shabangu
Black Luminosity foregrounded visibility as an act of refusal
Friday
/ 11 June 2021

Black Luminosity foregrounded visibility as an act of refusal

The group exhibition at SMAC gallery, curated by Gcotyelwa Mashiqa, revisited the chromatic and social properties of blackness in contemporary South African visual art

By Athi Mongezeleli Joja
In praise of African art: How Shona sculpting emerged
Friday
/ 4 June 2021

In praise of African art: How Shona sculpting emerged

How Shona stone art came into its own after independence

By Percy Zvomuya
Q&A Sessions: South African DC Comics artist praises parents for superhero success
National
/ 3 June 2021

Q&A Sessions: South African DC Comics artist praises parents for superhero success

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

By Bongekile Macupe
‘Photographs In Our Mother Tongue’: The new South Africa under scrutiny
Friday
/ 10 May 2021

‘Photographs In Our Mother Tongue’: The new South Africa under scrutiny

A retrospective of photographic works at the Standard Bank Gallery offers a snapshot in time

By Nolan Stevens
‘Photographs In Our Mother Tongue’: The new South Africa under scrutiny
Article
/ 6 May 2021

‘Photographs In Our Mother Tongue’: The new South Africa under scrutiny

A virtual retrospective of photographic works at the Standard Bank Art Gallery offer a snapshot in time

By Nolan Stevens
Matthew Krouse’s ‘mid-career retrospective of a no career’
Friday
/ 1 May 2021

Matthew Krouse’s ‘mid-career retrospective of a no career’

An exhibition of Matthew Krouse’s underground films reveal an agitator awed by the tradition of ‘dirty queens’

By Sean O Toole
The Portfolio: John Phalane’s art ‘gives me a sense of being myself’
Friday
/ 1 May 2021

The Portfolio: John Phalane’s art ‘gives me a sense of being myself’

Emanating from years spent behind the wheel, the artist’s style is part memory, part imagination

By John Phalane
Chichu Art Museum: ‘A site to rethink the relationship between nature and people’
Friday
/ 1 May 2021

Chichu Art Museum: ‘A site to rethink the relationship between nature and people’

A visit to Japanese art island Chichu is both a meditation and an education

By Julian Meyrick
Angel face: painting Bheki Mseleku
Friday
/ 20 April 2021

Angel face: painting Bheki Mseleku

‘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

By Justin Nomad
Don’t Miss: Our selection of events and shows to indulge in over the Easter break
Friday
/ 2 April 2021

Don’t Miss: Our selection of events and shows to indulge in over the Easter break

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

By Arts Desk
Reimagining Rasta, the father of Art Comedy
Friday
/ 31 March 2021

Reimagining Rasta, the father of Art Comedy

In theorising his oeuvre, it seems that the ‘people’s painter’ is most likely working in a new mode

By Lehlohonolo Peega
The Portfolio: Robyn Field’s recurring archetypes
Friday
/ 20 March 2021

The Portfolio: Robyn Field’s recurring archetypes

For the artist, creating work helps her make sense of her feelings around complex and heated subjects

By Robyn Field
Don’t Miss:Your guide to in-person and virtual events
Friday
/ 20 March 2021

Don’t Miss:Your guide to in-person and virtual events

Art, theatre and literature events to feed your soul this long weekend

By Arts Desk
Remembering Rosemary Karuga: Artworks of alluring simplicity and extraordinary detail
Friday
/ 8 March 2021

Remembering Rosemary Karuga: Artworks of alluring simplicity and extraordinary detail

The Kenyan artist, who recently passed away, was one of the most influential of her generation

By Anne Mwiti
Covid triggers crypto collectables boom
Business
/ 6 March 2021

Covid triggers crypto collectables boom

These one-of-a-kind digital collector’s items are being sold for unprecedented prices

By Sarah Smit
Lerato Shadi: The body, the land and the toll of unsung labour
Friday
/ 27 February 2021

Lerato Shadi: The body, the land and the toll of unsung labour

The artist continues to give voice to unrecognised labour through her expanding practice that includes durational performance, installation and video work

By Kwanele Sosibo
The Portfolio: Geoff Dyer
Friday
/ 5 February 2021

The Portfolio: Geoff Dyer

In this extract from But Beautiful, the writer Geoff Dyer reflects on how photographs ‘work on you’

By Geoff Dyer
Black liberation dreaming: Nolan Oswald Dennis’s digital essay game ‘a sun.black’
Friday
/ 24 January 2021

Black liberation dreaming: Nolan Oswald Dennis’s digital essay game ‘a sun.black’

Nolan Oswald Dennis’s digitial essay game, ‘a sun.black’, keeps all options available as it examines decolonisation

By Nkgopoleng Moloi
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