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MATT WILSON/COMEDY CENTRAL’S THE DAILY SHOW WITH TREVOR NOAH
BLACK COFFEE

Where to now, Trevor Noah?

Lihle Z Mtshali got a front-row seat to watch A-lister Trevor Noah’s penultimate hosting of The Daily Show – a gig that turned him into a superstar

  • Lihle Z Mtshali
8 min read
An image of a colour pastel drawing reproduced as a print that was hawked by Aisatic merchants in black townships.
ACTIVISM

The current infatuation with portraiture has colonial roots

However, contemporary artists such as Cinga Samson, Zanele Muholi and Mohau Modisakeng found a liberating ally in self-portraiture

  • Percy Mabandu
13 min read
Wake-up call: Mandla Sibeko, entrepreneur and founding director of FNB Art Joburg. (Photo: Andy Mkosi)
APARTHEID

Open City: The art of invading Jo’burg

FNB Art Joburg director Mandla Sibeko speaks to Kwanele Sosibo about this year’s Open City, during which unlikely spots are turned into art spaces

  • Kwanele Sosibo
4 min read
Face in the Hole, SA National Space Agency #1, Hermanus
WEDOCARE

Don’t Miss: Our selection of events and shows to indulge in over the Easter break

Fancy figuring how a torn-up shoe inspired Sechaba Morojele’s new film? Or sipping cocktails while listening to Tefo Mahola? Whatever your tastes, we’ve got you covered this long…

  • Arts Desk
3 min read
Makamo opened possibly the largest exhibition of his works to date at Botho Project Space in November last year. (Image courtesy of Botho Project Space)
ANNE REVERDY

Reward outweighs the risk for artists daring to go it alone

The success of galleries owned and run by the artists themselves has led to a re-examination of the business of art

  • Mary Corrigall
8 min read
Nelson Makamo.
BLACK ART

Gatekeeping, knowledge and access to resources deemed main issues in black art

Discussion participants say these debates can be traced in written discourses since the late 80s but since 1994, little has changed fundamentally.

  • Kwanele Sosibo
6 min read
BLK JKS

The august house that fosters art

Welcome to August House, a relic of Doornfontein’s ?industrial past and home ?to some of South ?Africa’s top artists.

  • Percy Zvomuya
  • Katlego Mkhwanazi
12 min read