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Robyn Sassen remembers Frank Jolles as an ?uncompromisingly scrupulous cultural scholar.
A write minded gathering
The M&G LitFest brought together those who have a keen interest in ‘telling the untellable’ and keeping alive South African writing.
The studious observer: Nontobeko Ntombela
Nontobeko Ntombela, curator of contemporary art at the Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG), laughs about the idea of being considered a guinea pig.
Performers shift perceptions as they step off stage
Choreographers are surprising unsuspecting audiences by taking dance performance into new spaces.
Dipstick of where SA art is at
This diverse collection of essays is a gauge of what’s hot and not in the contemporary art scene.
Exhibitor: Sway
Run your eye along a rack of Sway clothing and you will see florals boasting witty discursions and matchsticks dancing with apparent haphazardness.
The foibles that make us all human
Robyn Sassen reviews <i>Bar Flies</i>, now on stage at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown.
Art of place in your face
The body is a brutalised landscape in a new exhibition of South African and Danish art, writes Robyn Sassen. From home we have Willem Boshoff, Kendell Geers and Karel Nel. From…
Gallery springs to life at the Civic
It all began with a perceived need for an art advisory facility in Johannesburg. Humble beginnings matured to realise a gallery called The Premises, 150m2 and 4,5m high, writes…
Miro in Africa
The current exhibition of the works of European master Joan Miro exposes an artist striving to relate to African aesthetics writes Robyn Sassen.
Turning the gallery inside out: Joubert’er believe it
After its pre-opening teasers, the Joubert Park Public Art Project 2001 (JPP) is finally open, writes Robyn Sassen.