South African artist Ruan Hoffmann’s recent residency at the Thami Mnyele Foundation in Amsterdam was an opportunity to get away, for a while.
Reminiscent of a well-crafted glossy advertising campaign, "Jong Afrikaner – A Self-Portrait" is a new book of photographs by Roelof Petrus van Wyk.
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.
Although quite tight-lipped about the details, the gallery wants to create an inclusive history of art.
A South African artist chose the workers as his subjects during his residency at London’s Olympic Park.
Institution faces a funding crisis that could result in priceless works in its storerooms getting damaged.
Deciding what constitutes a South African heritage work of art seems to be a guessing game.
A once-banned anti-war play returns to the stage with a ‘colour-blind’ cast making a very different statement
A new travelling exhibition attempts to uncover "lost" South African art — art that is unknown in its own home.
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.
<i>British Magnum</i> photographer Ian Berry’s odyssey in South Africa is charted in an exhibition at the Liverpool International Slavery Museum.
Nicholas Hlobo’s new exhibition explores cultural history, and explores where identity and truth fit into the bigger picture.
<i>Mama Africa</i>, a feature-length documentary by Finnish filmmaker Mika Kaurismäki, premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival recently.
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/ 20 January 2011
Her father thinks it is Versace but it is Charles Saatchi who is featuring the East Rand girl’s work on his latest exhibition.
Puppeteers turn themselves ‘inside out’, telling the compelling story of their own lives.
German artist and filmmaker Harun Farocki discusses his installation <i>Deep Play.</i>
The World Cup has come and gone and Fifa’s officially endorsed exhibition, the <em>2010 Legacy</em> collection, is on display until the end of July.
"What does it mean to be safe and to be insecure?" artist Marthine Tayou wonders in his installation <em>LOOOOBHY n.50</em>.
The <i>Halakasha</i> exhibition is an ideal way to explore how the beautiful game has seeped into the popular consciousness in Africa.
A look into curator Trevor Steele Taylor’s vision for the season of South African film, currently running at London’s British Film Institute.
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/ 29 September 2009
Rock star Annie Lennox tells of her commitment to fighting HIV/Aids in South Africa and welcomed the appointment of the country’s new health minister.
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/ 21 September 2009
Sotheby’s is holding an Art for Africa charity auction in London, featuring works of art donated by a range of contemporary artists.
David Kramer thinks the use of Afrikaans has been important, even on the London stage.
Jeremy Kuper speaks to Edward Glennon, life partner of the late Albert Adams, about the artist’s conflicted feelings for the land of his birth.
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/ 20 February 2009
Lionel Newton, who plays Treppie in the much-anticipated screen adaptation of <i>Triomf</i>, speaks to Jeremy Kuper about the film.
South African photographer Alistair Allen has made
it big in Britain by hobnobbing with London’s beautiful people, writes Jeremy Kuper.
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/ 7 December 2007
The market has seen a 300% rise in the value of the late Gerard Sekoto’s work in recent years, reports Jeremy Kuper in London.
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/ 15 December 2006
At 53 years old Johnny Clegg is now a seasoned performer and his first album in four years, <i>One Life</i>, shows he is still a potent force in South African music, writes Jeremy Kuper.