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David Goldblatt, Saturday afternoon in Sunward Park, Boksburg, 1979. (Courtesy Goodman Gallery and the David Goldblatt Legacy Trust)
APARTHEID

The lawn is singing

What, asks Jonathan Cane, is the role of the lawn in the construction of whiteness?

  • Jonathan Cane
8 min read
Feijoada: There is something disturbing about a national cuisine based on amnesia
BRAZIL

Brazil’s food is hatched of myth, not history

The World Cup host’s national pride is built on a treacherous foundation – and so is its cooking.

  • Jonathan Cane
11 min read
‘Love and Loss’ are self-portraits of Muholi and her lover in their vulnerable states of undress and caress.
CORRECTIVE RAPES

Zanele Muholi: The task of mourning

South African artist Zanele Muholi’s two shows come from different directions at the central issue: the (im)possibility of the task of mourning.

  • Jonathan Cane
4 min read