Khwezi Gule
latest news & developmentsWhen art returns, who does it belong to?
As masterpieces by William Kentridge and Pablo Picasso return to Johannesburg, Homecoming becomes less about art on walls and more about who gets to claim it
In the Shadow of the Gallery: Art, power and the fight for Johannesburg’s soul
Johannesburg Art Gallery’s decay reveals deeper cracks in South Africa’s cultural and political institutions
Tracey Rose: Comical, cynical, carnivalesque
In a world bursting with self-appointed saviours, Tracey Rose speaks truth to power
The Portfolio: The Johannesburg Art Gallery Summer and Winter School
By facilitating a community for thought, the Sekoto School hopes to ground various discourses to do with black life
The art of serving the public
The Art of Comics exhibition, now on at the Johannesburg Art Gallery, aims to meet this need
More than one layer to the art and life of Tracey Rose
She might have softened her approach but her emotions still run high in all she does
JAG exhibition sparks new discussion on all your faves
New in-house show re-engages gallery’s diverse collection
She fights for artists’ rights
The curator cum activist understands creatives’ struggles and is working to rectify this situation
The quiet activism of exposing everyday fragility
German photographer Wolfgang Tillmans captures the mundane alongside the epic
The custodian: Khwezi Gule
“People have lofty ideas of what I am expected to do but my view is to pose the question, ‘What type of institution do the people expect?’ ”
The honesty in playing it safe
Tshabangu’s images of poverty don’t push the boundaries but his approach has integrity.
Getting Beezy with Mandela
The artist Beezy Bailey is perhaps best known for having staged a hoax in the local art world. But everyone knows that he lends a critical voice.
Just ’cause you feel it doesn’t mean it’s there
Is Anton Kannemeyer’s <i>Pappa in Afrika</i>, flagrantly racist or is it a lament for a continent ravaged by centuries of colonial rule?