Same Mdluli
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When 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
‘Photographs In Our Mother Tongue’: The new South Africa under scrutiny
A retrospective of photographic works at the Standard Bank Gallery offers a snapshot in time
‘Photographs In Our Mother Tongue’: The new South Africa under scrutiny
A virtual retrospective of photographic works at the Standard Bank Art Gallery offer a snapshot in time
Black Art: Its place in the sun
Visual arts in South Africa has had a reputation for elitism — until now
South African art yearns for caring conservators
“We live in a culturally rich space, yet most of the time our preservation of it is poor.”
A Black Aesthetic lacks rigour
A Black Aesthetics as being uninventive and politically questionable
Exhibition toasts SA sculpture world’s ‘stars of the north’
Instead of overanalysing the context from which these Limpopo artworks sprung, we should enjoy them for their individual merits.
Art and the grey area of ‘betweenness’
Institutions need to engage more rigorously with "rural" artists such as Johannes Segogela and Jackson Hlungwani, writes Same Mdluli.