Jeremy Kuper
latest news & developmentsDark forces at work in Amsterdam
South African artist Ruan Hoffmann’s recent residency at the Thami Mnyele Foundation in Amsterdam was an opportunity to get away, for a while.
Face to face with the new Afrikaner
Reminiscent of a well-crafted glossy advertising campaign, "Jong Afrikaner – A Self-Portrait" is a new book of photographs by Roelof Petrus van Wyk.
Baaba Maal lights Africa’s Olympic torch
Musician Baaba Maal speaks to the M&G about ‘Africa Utopia’, a series of talks, concerts and events he is curating in London ahead of the Olympics.
London’s Tate Modern takes a new view of Africa
Although quite tight-lipped about the details, the gallery wants to create an inclusive history of art.
Art as an Olympic event
A South African artist chose the workers as his subjects during his residency at London’s Olympic Park.
Jo’burg gallery awash in sewage
Institution faces a funding crisis that could result in priceless works in its storerooms getting damaged.
Currency of culture
Deciding what constitutes a South African heritage work of art seems to be a guessing game.
A new generation at war
A once-banned anti-war play returns to the stage with a ‘colour-blind’ cast making a very different statement
Repatriated ‘struggle’ work goes on show
A new travelling exhibition attempts to uncover "lost" South African art — art that is unknown in its own home.
Push to save London’s Africa Centre
The African community in London was shaken by the news that the trustees of the Africa Centre planned to sell their building in Covent Garden.
Stripped naked, our racist past is ugly
<i>British Magnum</i> photographer Ian Berry’s odyssey in South Africa is charted in an exhibition at the Liverpool International Slavery Museum.
In search of a rubber identity
Nicholas Hlobo’s new exhibition explores cultural history, and explores where identity and truth fit into the bigger picture.
Mama Africa goes with the flow
<i>Mama Africa</i>, a feature-length documentary by Finnish filmmaker Mika Kaurismäki, premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival recently.
SA painter’s brush with VerSaatchi
Her father thinks it is Versace but it is Charles Saatchi who is featuring the East Rand girl’s work on his latest exhibition.
Breathing life into graven images
Puppeteers turn themselves ‘inside out’, telling the compelling story of their own lives.