David Koloane

In the past few decades the Johannesburg inner city, like many urban centres worldwide, has become home to painters, photographers, printers and their imaginative brethren. In…

Artist Levy Pooe conceptualises his work as ‘a social diary of being black in the city’

Two art exhibitions reveal the intimate relationship between one of South Africa’s great modernists and the city of his life

Two exhibitions across downtown Jo’burg force a slower look at the famed artist’s work

Koloane played a huge role in creating opportunities for black artists

"Few will ever tell you he turned them down. That is the man Koloane was; a humble and affirming man througout his life."

His work as a curator, teacher and mentor cemented his role as a hands on, revered voice in Africa’s artistic landscape.

Visual arts in South Africa has had a reputation for elitism — until now

I listen to rather a lot of music because, when I was young, I thought I would become a musician.

‘If there is ever an African form of metropolitan modernity, then Johannesburg will have been its classical location."