Standard Bank Young Artist Award
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Litchi HOV on dance, inheritance and refusing to quit
A deeply personal portrait of Litchi HOV, the award-winning choreographer turning movement into a language of memory, resilience and generational change
Gabi Motuba and the sound of sacred resistance
Gabi Motuba’s music stretches beyond jazz, transforming grief, memory and resistance into a spiritual sonic language rooted in black life and liberation
Art, politics and integrity: The Standard Bank Young Artist Award then and now
Ahead of the Standard Bank Joy of Jazz, Kwanele Sosibo interviews this year’s music and jazz SBYA winners for their reflections on the history and meaning of the awards
Musician Siya Charles is breaking brass ceilings
The 2025 Standard Bank Young Artist for Jazz reflects on her beginnings, her inspirations and her vision for South African jazz
Modise Sekgothe’s poetry of transformation
In a quiet moment on an otherwise ordinary afternoon, Modise Sekgothe found out he had been selected as only the second poet to win the Standard Bank Young Artist Award for…
A journey beyond music, exploring art, justice and transformation with Msaki
KUTHI MANDITHETHE: Of Art & Justice is running until 31 January 2025 at the Standard Bank Art Gallery
Diary: Stephané Edith Conradie’s exhibition opens at the Standard Bank Gallery, Poetry Africa returns in October, Fizzy B releases Abahlali
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Jazz maestro Darren English to debut ‘The Birth’ at National Arts Festival
We chat to Darren English about his musical journey, inspiration and experience on stage
Lady Skollie has an ace in the hole
A workshop with the artist paves the way for healing, self-discovery and cultural education
The movement maverick: Mamela Nyamza
“I must deliver a work that not only speaks to me and the world but one that speaks to the issues that our country is facing".
Into the abyss of bureaucracy
Thandazile Radebe’s commissioned dance piece Sabela darkly explores how identity can be used to exclude
SA Young Artist Award winners expand on their new work
With the euphoria of winning, the South African Young Artist Award winners ponder over their new works.
Essop brothers’ exhibit probes stereotypes, violence and anonymity
The award-winning duo have put together a thought-provoking exhibition highlighting society’s tendency to perceive Muslim men as one and the same.
Sebokeng dancing star Luyanda Sidiya gets ‘recognised among giants’
Dancer and artistic director Luyanda Sidiya has expressed his joys at taking the 2015 Standard Bank Young Artist of the Year prize for dance.
DON’T MISS THIS: Argentinian Cultural Week and CT fashion week
The Argentinian Cultural Week features a line-up of dance performances, theatre production, exhibitions and music collaborations.