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ART

ByLwansta: Walking in the shadow of DOOM
Friday
/ 8 January 2021

ByLwansta: Walking in the shadow of DOOM

Rapper, producer, designer and ardent DOOM fan ByLwansta shares the influence the masked villain had on his craft

By Kwanele Sosibo
The rhyme and reason behind DOOM’s villainy
Friday
/ 8 January 2021

The rhyme and reason behind DOOM’s villainy

Hip-hop auteur Daniel Dumile’s rapping was fuelled by a remarkable erudition, his multiple characters broaching diverse topics with a beguilling playfulness

By Kwanele Sosibo
The story as a creative psychological quest
Thought Leader
/ 24 December 2020

The story as a creative psychological quest

To combat anxiety in a disrupted, pandemic-riddled world, it’s better to channel creativity into storytelling, art and design than into conspiracy theories

By Sarah Jayne Fell
‘Kartografi’: The testing of our boundaries
Friday
/ 11 December 2020

‘Kartografi’: The testing of our boundaries

Scott Eric Williams’s new art project challenges our ideas of mapping, moving into philosophical territory

By Nkgopoleng Moloi
Don’t Miss: An update of in-person and virtual events
Friday
/ 11 December 2020

Don’t Miss: An update of in-person and virtual events

From ballet, to art exhibitions to podcasts, there’s plenty on offer in the cultural world to capture your attention this weekend

By Arts Desk
Picking up threads from the cutting room floor
Friday
/ 4 December 2020

Picking up threads from the cutting room floor

Lesiba Mabitsela’s multidisciplinary project interrogates the influence of modernity through examining the intersections between fashion and architecture

By Nkgopoleng Moloi
Don’t Miss: A weekly round-up of virtual and in-person events
Friday
/ 27 November 2020

Don’t Miss: A weekly round-up of virtual and in-person events

From art exhibitions to live jazz, we’ve got your weekend programming sorted

By Arts Desk
How the Joburg Contemporary Art Foundation promotes ‘slow’ looking
Friday
/ 27 November 2020

How the Joburg Contemporary Art Foundation promotes ‘slow’ looking

The new Joburg Contemporary Art Foundation compels visitors to contemplate and luxuriate in art, writes Mary Corrigall

By Mary Corrigall
Don’t Miss: Our weekly round-up of virtual and in-person events
Friday
/ 20 November 2020

Don’t Miss: Our weekly round-up of virtual and in-person events

From art exhibitions to film festivals, we’ve got your entertainment covered this weekend to the next

By Arts Desk
Don’t Miss: Our roundup of this week’s virtual and in-person events
Friday
/ 22 October 2020

Don’t Miss: Our roundup of this week’s virtual and in-person events

From live music by the Reza Khota Quartet in Gugulethu to J.Bo’s live, online event, there’s plenty of culture to keep you entertained

By Arts Desk
Black futures in the age of apocalypse
Friday
/ 22 October 2020

Black futures in the age of apocalypse

Curating the End of the World deploys Afrofuturism to respond to Covid-19, anti-black violence and capitalism

By Nkgopoleng Moloi
Working alone, together: presenting the Wits Young Artist Award 2020 winners
Friday
/ 2 October 2020

Working alone, together: presenting the Wits Young Artist Award 2020 winners

Vick Bester, Pebofatso Mokoena and Jade Palmer, this year’s Wits Young Artist Award winners, each engage with with the particularities of the places where they live, inviting us in to their personal spaces

By Amie Soudien
On Jackson Hlungwani: A close encounter with an artistic deity
Friday
/ 21 September 2020

On Jackson Hlungwani: A close encounter with an artistic deity

A survey of Jackson Hlungwani’s practice presents a transcendental experience, even for non-believers

By Mary Corrigall
‘There are Mechanisms in Place’: Collaboration births sacred text
Friday
/ 3 September 2020

‘There are Mechanisms in Place’: Collaboration births sacred text

‘There are Mechanisms in Place’, comprising text, poetry and visual analysis of Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum’s practice, reveals how working together is a powerful philosophy

By Nkgopoleng Moloi
The Portfolio: Levy Pooe
Friday
/ 1 September 2020

The Portfolio: Levy Pooe

Artist Levy Pooe conceptualises his work as ‘a social diary of being black in the city’

By Levy Pooe
The landscape of meaning: mechanism and memory in depictions of disaster
Friday
/ 13 August 2020

The landscape of meaning: mechanism and memory in depictions of disaster

‘There Are Mechanisms in Place’ posits that the all-encompassing physicality of the landscape does not reference an ‘abstract’ danger, but one that is created by both nature and human design

By Amie Soudien
Athi-Patra Ruga’s new exhibition: The stain at the end of rainbow
Friday
/ 31 July 2020

Athi-Patra Ruga’s new exhibition: The stain at the end of rainbow

Athi-Patra Ruga’s latest exhibition, ‘Interior/Exterior/ Dramatis Personae’, takes his characters on transformative journeys

By Kwanele Sosibo
Extractive histories and a waste-laden present: On Sammy Baloji’s Essay on Urban Planning
Friday
/ 21 July 2020

Extractive histories and a waste-laden present: On Sammy Baloji’s Essay on Urban Planning

Congolese photographer Sammy Baloji’s Essay on Urban Planning interrogates the links between colonialism, extractive practices and environmental catastrophes in Urban Africa

By Mpho Matsipa and Sindi-Leigh McBride
The Portfolio: David Phume
Friday
/ 3 July 2020

The Portfolio: David Phume

Animator, roboticist and artist David Phume is on a mission to show that technology is not just for the geniuses in Silicon Valley

By David Phume
The cyclical politics of help
Friday
/ 24 June 2020

The cyclical politics of help

Black women and trans artists are worthy of support but it should not come with terms and restrictions

By Zaza Hlalethwa
The Portfolio: Puleng Mongale
Friday
/ 16 June 2020

The Portfolio: Puleng Mongale

The artist is drawn to collage because it allows her to be as complex and layered as she wants to be

By Puleng Mongale
Talia Ramkilawan’s tapestries: When making is its own medicine
Friday
/ 4 June 2020

Talia Ramkilawan’s tapestries: When making is its own medicine

Talia Ramkilawan uses rug hooking to create her portraits, which aim to subvert trauma

By Zaza Hlalethwa
The Portfolio: Neo Matloga
Friday
/ 4 June 2020

The Portfolio: Neo Matloga

The artist shares how his practice has evolved: initially he was an oil painter, but now he works in mixed media, marrying painting with collage

By Neo Matloga
Are surrogate and IVF babies ‘essential’ in a pandemic?
Coronavirus
/ 22 May 2020

Are surrogate and IVF babies ‘essential’ in a pandemic?

Now is the time to examine how reproductive health in South Africa is riddled by inequities based on race and class

By Amrita Pande
The politics of guilt and the violence of the archive
Article
/ 14 April 2020

The politics of guilt and the violence of the archive

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

By Thembeka Heidi Sincuba
Bringing home baby when you’re HIV positive and bae is not
Article
/ 6 December 2019

Bringing home baby when you’re HIV positive and bae is not

Sperm washing, assisted insemination and long hospital waits – if you were lucky. But things are changing for the better

By Nelisiwe Msomi
Risks & benefits: new HIV drug combo could change the course of SA’s epidemic
Health
/ 6 December 2019

Risks & benefits: new HIV drug combo could change the course of SA’s epidemic

South Africa’s next chapter in HIV treatment holds amazing promise, but unlocking it rests on having the right kind of discussions with women

By Laura López González
David Koloane’s art is a love letter to Jo’burg
Article
/ 4 December 2019

David Koloane’s art is a love letter to Jo’burg

Two art exhibitions reveal the intimate relationship between one of South Africa’s great modernists and the city of his life

By Niren Tolsi
Slice of life: ‘I fell in love with a space’
Article
/ 20 September 2019

Slice of life: ‘I fell in love with a space’

It’s an unloved, rusted old factory. But I fell in love with the amount of empty space and the possibilities of what we can do with it

By Tshegofatso Mathe
Slice of Life: When ink is more than skin deep
Article
/ 1 December 2017

Slice of Life: When ink is more than skin deep

‘Clearly emotional, it soon became clear that she had come to see me more as a psychologist than an artist’

By Luke Feltham
A guide to embarking on an arts career in South Africa
Article
/ 22 November 2017

A guide to embarking on an arts career in South Africa

The politics of art aren’t always discovered in the confines of the art industry and its institutions

By Thulile Gamedze
Spirited away into a latex underworld
Article
/ 31 October 2017

Spirited away into a latex underworld

When art takes on the fragility of an identity styled by the weathered designs of white masculinity

By Staff Reporter
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