In a quiet moment on an otherwise ordinary afternoon, Modise Sekgothe found out he had been selected as only the second poet to win the Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Poetry in its 40-year history. “I was in the house writing,” he tells me when we speak at an event introducing this year’s winners […]
KUTHI MANDITHETHE: Of Art & Justice is running until 31 January 2025 at the Standard Bank Art Gallery
We chat to Darren English about his musical journey, inspiration and experience on stage
A workshop with the artist paves the way for healing, self-discovery and cultural education
“I must deliver a work that not only speaks to me and the world but one that speaks to the issues that our country is facing".
Thandazile Radebe’s commissioned dance piece Sabela darkly explores how identity can be used to exclude
With the euphoria of winning, the South African Young Artist Award winners ponder over their new works.
The award-winning duo have put together a thought-provoking exhibition highlighting society’s tendency to perceive Muslim men as one and the same.
Dancer and artistic director Luyanda Sidiya has expressed his joys at taking the 2015 Standard Bank Young Artist of the Year prize for dance.
The Argentinian Cultural Week features a line-up of dance performances, theatre production, exhibitions and music collaborations.
Standard Bank’s Young Artist of the Year for Jazz Kyle Shepherd may only be 26 but his music and discography makes him something of a veteran.
Donna Kukama is tired of the gallery space — but she intends to stay inside the system and to make the most of it by subverting it.
Donna Kukama – winner of the Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Performance Art – speaks to the M&G about breaking a leg and "being f***ing real".
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.
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/ 4 November 2011
Princess Zinzi Mhlongo is the Standard Bank Young Artist award winner for drama in 2012. She spoke to <b>Matthew Krouse</b>.
At this year’s National Arts Festival sponsor Standard Bank celebrates 25 years of its Young Artist Awards with an exhibition and a panel discussion.
Nicholas Hlobo is this year’s Standard Bank Young Artist Award-winner for visual art. Anthea Buys asks him about his enigmatic sculptures.
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/ 20 November 2008
An award-winning sculptor’s work redefines African masculinity, writes Anthea Buys.