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Black folk frolicking - on Sabelo Mlangeni’s ‘Honeymoon’
In 'Honeymoon. The happily ever after?' at KZNSA Gallery, photographer Sabelo Mlangeni captures black joy, leisure, and desire alongside Durban's contradictions, scars, and…
The photographs that connect two histories of displacement
Veteran photographer Jimi Matthews pairs his archive of apartheid-era forced removals in District Six with intimate portraits of daily life and resilience in Palestine in a…
The women history forgot are still here
Marking 70 years since the 1956 Women's March, an exhibition of Alf Kumalo's photography explores the depth, joy, and defiance of the women who fought against apartheid pass laws.
The road that brought Subotzky to Johannesburg
Artist Mikhael Subotzky's new exhibition in Johannesburg explores his family's multigenerational journey, from Nazi Germany to South Africa, intertwining personal history with…
Zanele Muholi’s 20-year fight against forgetting
World-renowned visual activist Zanele Muholi's latest solo exhibition, 'Kanye Nawe', opens at Southern Guild Cape Town. The show spans two decades of their practice, including…
Santu Mofokeng and the dignity of everyday life
Santu Mofokeng's photographs invite viewers to slow down and recognise the humanity of people beyond their circumstances. His work, which challenged conventional struggle…
Fietas and the enduring question of home
David Goldblatt’s Fragments of Fietas captures more than loss — it reveals how memory, belonging, and faith survive even after home is erased
Picturing the future with care and collaboration
At a three-day gathering in Johannesburg, the Black Women in Photography Conference centres their voices, struggles and legacies
Contra.Joburg creates space for art that finds you
The city’s most radical art festival returns to disrupt, inspire and reconnect the city through the raw power of studio-born creativity
Jonathon Rees: Finding stillness in a note
Photographer’s images are a soulful visual tribute to South African jazz
Looking back in black and white to see more clearly
A nostalgic journey through analogue photography that bridges generations and memories
In My Element: The art of recovering from grief
Phumele Kunene tells a story of loss and memory through her photography
Bafana Zembe has no hang-ups about his job
Behind every work on a gallery wall is someone like the unsung art installer
Between Two Worlds: A reflection on identity
An exhibition of the work of 16 photographers from Thokoza reveals the many parts that make us who we are
Diary: Sara Buijskes at Heritage Foundation, Queertopia.za returns, Joe Kay brings Soulection to Jozi
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