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Making a museum: Fine artist Clive van den Berg says he used a flexible grid system, editable when displays become tired, in designing the permanent exhibition of the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre. (Paul Botes/M&G)
CLIVE VAN DEN BERG

SA genocide museum opens

Permanent exhibition elements are arranged to immerse visitors fully in the experience

  • Robyn Sassen
7 min read
Siva is choreographed by this year’s Standard Bank Young Artist winner for dance
LUYANDA SIDIYA

Q&A Luyanda Sidiya: The seeds dance sows

Siva is an electric dance into the notion of what god is, courtesy of Standard Bank’s Young Artist winner.

  • Robyn Sassen
4 min read
Peter Schütz’s ‘Landscape with Sheep’
PETER SCHUTZS

Peter Schütz’s carved celestial creatures

Peter Schütz’s sculptures are not only aesthetically brilliant, they also have the power to evoke a belief in the Omnipotent.

  • Robyn Sassen
6 min read
Strange friendship: Sipho Mahlatshana as Sol Plaatjie and David Dukas as Cecil John Rhodes in ‘Hinterland’.
CECIL JOHN RHODES

The human face of colonialism

The imagining of a friendship between Sol Plaatje and Cecil Rhodes feels particularly relevant right now.

  • Robyn Sassen
4 min read
“Ngizwe” is a piece by Sonia Radebe of Johannesburg’s most established contemporary dance company
DANCE UMBRELLA

Dance Umbrella: Festival streets ahead with new dances

The Dance Umbrella has been reconstructed and this year’s offerings enhance the genre’s dimensions.

  • Robyn Sassen
4 min read