Sean Otoole

The Mother City’s premier art event promises to leave viewers unbound

After a game of ministerial musical chairs that saw Nathi Mthethwa replace Paul Mashatile, Sean O’Toole wonders if Mthethwa is suited for the arts.

From mine dumps to city skylines, four new books bring South Africa’s diversity into focus, writes Sean O’Toole.

Paris is hosting ‘My Joburg’, a large group exhibition devoted to art from and about the place of gold

Next week, prominent South African photographer Zwelethu Mthethwa will appear in court to defend himself against allegations of murder.

Sean O’Toole traces the genre from its current incarnation back to the golden age of the genre amid high apartheid and African independence.

Cape Town has South Africa’s toughest rules to deal with animal behaviour, including noise limits and pooh. But do they work?

Climbing Mount Fuji is best done in July and August, when you may see more than just blackness and clouds, writes Sean O’Toole.

This year’s edition of the Documenta exhibition is a bit like a ‘magic encyclopaedia’,a space that covers the full spectrum of human expression.

Many in the publishing industry are wondering: Was Penguin’s Alison Lowry pushed — or did she jump?

On the corner of Kuyper Street and Service Road, finds the point where Zimbabwe meets Cape Town.

Sean O’Toole explores some of the portrayals of the naked black body that have elicited fierce reactions in SA’s recent past.

Photographers Stan Engelbrecht and Nic Grobler have been cycling across SA, photographing and interviewing bicycle-riding South Africans.

Artist Candice Breitz is using the popular soapie <i>Generations</i> to further the racial debate in South Africa.

The sprawling physical bulk of the current airport is a short story written in numbers.