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Black folk frolicking - on Sabelo Mlangeni’s ‘Honeymoon’
In 'Honeymoon. The happily ever after?' at KZNSA Gallery, photographer Sabelo Mlangeni captures black joy, leisure, and desire alongside Durban's contradictions, scars, and…
Athenkosi Kwinana
Athenkosi Kwinana creates art that asks people to look again. Her work challenges long-held assumptions about albinism, replacing stereotypes with stories of identity, resilience…
Bronwyn Katz digs beneath the surface to uncover stories held by the land
Bronwyn Katz, the 2026 Standard Bank Young Artist for Visual Arts, creates sculptures and installations that delve into ancestral memory, the history of Kimberley, and the quiet…
Zanele Muholi’s 20-year fight against forgetting
World-renowned visual activist Zanele Muholi's latest solo exhibition, 'Kanye Nawe', opens at Southern Guild Cape Town. The show spans two decades of their practice, including…
Why Muofhe Manavhela wants SA's art world to return to Venda
Artist Muofhe Manavhela is spearheading a movement to reverse the traditional flow of South African art, inviting artists, curators, and cultural enthusiasts to Venda. Her…
Mawande Ka Zenzile’s ‘Indlela Ibuzwa Kwabaphambili’ is an exhibition about listening
There is a Xhosa proverb that says indlela ibuzwa kwabaphambili — the way is asked from those who have gone before. It reminds us that progress is rarely achieved in isolation.…
Mthatha-born artist’s exhibition opens in New York this Friday
Mthatha-born ceramic artist Zizipho Poswa is set to open her major survey exhibition, iMbewu (The Seed), at Southern Guild New York. The exhibition traces a decade of her…
Santu Mofokeng and the dignity of everyday life
Santu Mofokeng's photographs invite viewers to slow down and recognise the humanity of people beyond their circumstances. His work, which challenged conventional struggle…
Mandy Johnston burns art to rekindle lost traditions
The Joburg-born artist’s latest exhibition uses burning steel wool sculptures and ash paintings to explore ritual, transformation and the transitions that shape our lives
Outside the white cube, art learns to breathe again
A group exhibition in North West challenged institutional norms, inviting artists and audiences to rethink experimentation, community and artistic freedom
‘Atlas of Uncertainty’ reimagines the African city through art and flux
A sprawling exhibition at the Origins Centre challenges colonial narratives and reframes African cities as spaces of resilience, creativity and constant transformation
A ‘One-Night Stand’ with Amogelang Maepa
A chance gallery stop becomes an intimate encounter with Amogelang Maepa’s sensual, emotionally charged exploration of fleeting desire and lasting residue
Six decades In, Goodman Gallery reflects on its role in art and society
Liza Essers reflects on Goodman Gallery’s legacy, its global ambitions and the challenges of sustaining a space for art, conversation and community
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
Thando Mama steals the spotlight at Spier Light Art Festival
A twilight visit to Spier Light Art unfolds into a layered reflection, as two voices capture the power, intimacy and meaning of contemporary South African art