‘Let Me Tell You About Red’, artist Mary Sibande’s third instalment in the tricolour Sophie series, is on in Durban
In the past few decades the Johannesburg inner city, like many urban centres worldwide, has become home to painters, photographers, printers and their imaginative brethren. In the surrounding buildings, behind walls and in sun-dappled studios, there’s a corresponding energy as artists create magic like modern-day alchemists. The inner city’s large lofts and converted industrial spaces […]
The group exhibition at SMAC gallery, curated by Gcotyelwa Mashiqa, revisited the chromatic and social properties of blackness in contemporary South African visual art
A retrospective of photographic works at the Standard Bank Gallery offers a snapshot in time
A virtual retrospective of photographic works at the Standard Bank Art Gallery offer a snapshot in time
Welcome to August House, a relic of Doornfontein’s ?industrial past and home ?to some of South ?Africa’s top artists.
Mary Sibande is moving on from a familiar character in her oeuvre and, by exploring an historical event, is digging for deeper meaning.
2012 was a year where art made headlines. But there was more to the art world than the hype around Brett Murray’s controversial work.
Some Standard Bank Young Artist laureates are too successful for their awards, argues Percy Zvomuya.
M&G arts editor Matthew Krouse picks the brains of five winners of the 2013 Standard Bank Young Artist Awards.
South Africa’s first attempt at official national representation at the Venice Biennale has been a messy affair, but hopes are high.
Ten years ago Jo’burg launched the Johannesburg Art City Project, meant “to transform the city into the world’s largest outdoor art gallery.
Percy Zvomuya speaks to visual artist Mary Sibande about freedom, politics and alter egos.