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Sue Williamson’s work Better Lives Nelson Manuel, 2003.
ART

Sue Williamson’s retrospective: Art as witness to history

Her work confronts South Africa’s past, blending art, activism and memory

  • Zada Hanmer
6 min read
Women of the struggle: Artist Sue Williamson with works from her series of photo portraits from the ongoing series All Our Mothers. Photo: Courtesy the artist and Goodman Gallery
ACTIVISM

The long and short of a 50-year artistic career

Sue Williamson’s new show opens in Joburg and a retrospective is coming soon

  • Charles Leonard
11 min read
Getting the Ballen-ce right: Hungry Dog. Photographer Roger Ballen believes that the formal qualities of a photograph are vital.
PHOTOGRAPHY

Darkness to burn: The spectral force of Ballen in Joburg

The photographer’s retrospective show maps his decades-long trip through the fear zone

  • Carlos Amato
9 min read