‘Most puzzlingly, there’s a woman in the middle of the painting — a “mascot”, says Wikipedia demeaningly’
"When we talk about the value of art, people’s minds jump to the artists themselves: Who were they? What were they known for? Are they still alive?"
Dorothee Kreutzfeldt’s exhibition shows art and galleries can be part of the urban landscape
"There are more than 17 people in South Africa whose work is shifting consciousness"
Bylaws in SA’s major metros are killing off an art form that marginalised people could call their own
Ronald Muchatuta rejects labels and uses the checked bag to show how the migrants’ identity traps people
A new "curated neighbourhood" in Rosebank, Johannesburg, is on the block but this "safe space" is certainly not inclusive.
Mthembu offers little explanation: "This is not a, ‘we give you our cultural capital’. This is ‘are you credible enough to have this conversation?’."
Wits University film lecturer Nduka Mntambo writes about the enthralling arts festival held annually in Accra.
Preeminent Kenyan artist Wangechi Mutu’s presence and work is one of the most anticipated at the 2016 edition of the FNB Joburg Art Fair.
Tshepo’s primeval scream; what it means and what it might be in reaction to, seeps its way into the curated pieces in the various exhibition spaces.
Traditional healing and drama art may not typically intersect, but they do have a connection.
The Sex exhibition, at Stevenson Gallery in Braamfontein, doesn’t go far enough to explain the problems specific to our generation.
There is a growing sense of alienation sweeping through the artistic community, in terms of support from both the state and the private sector.
The award-winning duo have put together a thought-provoking exhibition highlighting society’s tendency to perceive Muslim men as one and the same.
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A new sculpture that neatly aligns commercial interests with art and our history has the twitterati frothing about apparent opportunism.
The African Creative Economy Conference that takes place in Morocco this week will shine a spotlight on the role of artists as agents of change.
A new festival of contemporary arts is shaking up the Comoros with provocative works that confront the island nation’s fraught post-colonial history.
Interactive installation artist Jenna Burchell has had to continually create her own path and value in order to pursue her passion.
For Meleko Mokgosi, painting – as an act, object and commodity – is always political. And his approach to his work is unrelentlingly uncompromising.
Concept design duo Jana + Koos have drawn inspiration from the city of Johannesburg for their current collection, titled ‘City of Gold Diggers’.
Roger Ballen’s images explore his desire to come to terms with the ultimate meaning and purpose of his life.
Garth Walker’s Loeries-winning magazine "ijusi" encourages and promotes a visual design language rooted in our own South African experience.
The sculptures that make up Golden Age Rising include an electric organ fitted with a crystal sensor that produces sounds to the movement of the sun.
Frances Goodman is sanguine about giving territory and feminine identity the finger(nail) in a bold new exhibition.
Karin Miller has developed an own iconography, in which (mostly) local saints and sinners are purged of their context and gloriously reimagined.
Marianne Fassler and Charles Bothner share a passion for local art and their home is filled with a wide range of eclectic and treasured pieces.
Hank Willis Thomas has revealed his latest exhibition of unconventional stills that force us to look at our history from a different perspective.
Global rock stars of art and design are ?showing their work this weekend in ?three events that are part of the
World Design Capital 2014 programme.
Port Elizabeth-born illustrator Pola Maneli says his art style bridges between elements of pop culture and social commentary.
Former Constitutional Court justice Albie Sachs is bound to art and politics by love and lineage. He chats about this and his years of art collecting.
Shunned by the serious arts establishment, ?Paul du Toit embraced the naive and innocent.