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Zanele Muholi has left her long-time gallery but they are as alive and productive as ever
The photographer has created a nurturing space for young creatives to tell their own stories by setting up the Muholi Art Institute in Cape Town
Artists whose work speaks against gender violence is art as activism that shows the need for more than 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence
The city has long had a fascination with South African jazz — and now with its visual artists
However, contemporary artists such as Cinga Samson, Zanele Muholi and Mohau Modisakeng found a liberating ally in self-portraiture
Performances for ‘Any Given Sunday’ shook up Cape Town’s public spaces in a decolonial gesture in 2015
In her book ‘Femicide in South Africa’, journalist and researcher Nechama Brodie examines the violent history the country’s black lesbians have endured
Deseni Soobben’s sensibilities have changed over the years, but she keeps revisiting the composition and design techniques she learned from her mentors
Mandisa Buthelezi and Thembi Mthembu are adding depth to the photographic archive through their self-portraits with captions and historical reframing
Pola Maneli’s latest work, ‘An Indigenous I/Eye’, is an attempt to visualise blackness
Reimagining image making through concepts found in isiZulu
Sumayya Menezes reflects on trawling through the source material that birthed Mating Birds Vol.2
A group exhibition exposes emerging creatives and raises money for a foundation
If beauty is a joy forever, so it is with the photos jumping out of whitewashed gallery walls
Zanele Muholi speaks about creating images of LGBTI people that move beyond hate crimes
Zanele Muholi’s latest work finds the activist photographer turning the camera on herself.
From photographer Zanele Muholi’s latest exhibition to the Jazz and African Music Nights show, we round-up this week’s hot-ticket events.
Zanele Muholi has been shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse photography prize and sees it as an opportunity to put the LGBTI message on the world stage.
Photographer Zanele Muholi’s new book of portraits gives visual voice to the plight of ‘queer’ black women.
Zanele Muholi’s portraits of post-apartheid sexuality join Mikhael Subotzky’s book, Ponte City, in an eclectic, political selection.
Protests have brought activists to the centre of politics again, but these aren’t the only voices heard. We look at the state of activism in SA today.
South African artist Zanele Muholi’s two shows come from different directions at the central issue: the (im)possibility of the task of mourning.
To mark 16 Days of Activism, Human Rights Watch has released a documentary about the work of LGBTI activist and award-winning artist Zanele Muholi.
SA’s exhibition at this year’s Venice Biennale includes works by a radically diverse group of artists – but it does not reflect an all-defining view.
Zanele Muholi has won the Freedom of Expression Index award over punk group Pussy Riot, filmmaker Haifaa al Mansour and cartoonist Aseem Trivedi.
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.
Zanele Muholi’s images of the lesbian, transgender and gay community have been chosen for a prestigious exhibition.
African photographers were well represented at the showcase in Paris due to the drive of one collector.Natalie Dixon
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Zanele Muholi speaks about her documentary <i>Difficult Love</i>, and allowing "outsiders" to examine her life as a black lesbian in South Africa.
A new exhibition of South African photography in London documents both the disappointments of the post-Mandela era and the hopes of the ‘born frees’.