Museums

Ndebele artist Gogo Esther Mnguni has transformed historic World Cup rugby and netball match balls into cultural masterpieces, showcasing a rare chicken-feather brush technique…

The Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Mocaa) in Cape Town has announced Elvira Dyangani Ose as its new artistic director. Her appointment follows an extensive search after…

Few places carry the weight of history quite like Robben Island. For Siphuxolo Mazwi, preserving that legacy is about more than protecting the past — it is about ensuring each…

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has opened its new Head Office Campus and Museum in Pretoria, transforming a traditionally imposing institution into a vibrant space for…

Elias Ditaba Sewape, at nearly 80, presents his first museum solo exhibition, "Ditaba – 80 Albert Street," at the William Humphreys Art Gallery in Kimberley. Through painting and…

The artist’s exhibition challenges colonial looting and the fight to reclaim Africa’s stolen cultural heritage

28 years after the killing of more than 250 000 during the Rwanda genocide, Lulam Njapa visits the Kigali Genocide Memorial.

British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare offers us a mongrelised vision for the future with his new hybrid forms

To celebrate International Museum Day, we look at10 culturally-relevant museums in African

‘Liminality’ is a buzz word in art speak, but does the current Johannesburg Contemporary Art Foundation exhibition go far enough in meaningfully unpacking it?

The new Joburg Contemporary Art Foundation compels visitors to contemplate and luxuriate in art, writes Mary Corrigall

The cultural and political activist is on a quest to bring looted treasures back home

As efforts to repatriate Africa’s artefacts continue, a Zulu collective has hit upon a digital solution

Decolonising museums requires more than knowledge exchange and lending back stolen artefacts

South Africa’s identity issues are reflected in its lack of appreciation for pan-African art