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Rebuild: South African photographer David Goldblatt’s exhibition Fragments of Fietas on at the Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg honours the resilience of a community fractured and displaced by apartheid.

Fietas and the enduring question of home

David Goldblatt’s Fragments of Fietas captures more than loss — it reveals how memory, belonging, and faith survive even after home is erased

  • Eyaaz
7 min read
A vision: Lufuno Ramadwa, producer at the Muholi Art Institute, which co-hosted the conference at The Market Square in Newtown, Johannesburg.

Picturing the future with care and collaboration

At a three-day gathering in Johannesburg, the Black Women in Photography Conference centres their voices, struggles and legacies

  • Eyaaz
7 min read
Street smart: The Living Artists Emporium, which forms part of the Contra.Joburg festival on at the end of the month. Pictures: Supplied

Contra.Joburg creates space for art that finds you

The city’s most radical art festival returns to disrupt, inspire and reconnect the city through the raw power of studio-born creativity

  • Eyaaz
6 min read
A moment in time: Images from Jonathon Rees’s show titled Stillness.

Jonathon Rees: Finding stillness in a note

Photographer’s images are a soulful visual tribute to South African jazz

  • Eyaaz
6 min read
History: A work by Ruth Motau on at the analogue photography exhibition In Black and White at the University of Johannesburg.

Looking back in black and white to see more clearly

A nostalgic journey through analogue photography that bridges generations and memories

  • Eyaaz
4 min read
Phumelele Kunene explores grief and memory in her new exhibition

In My Element: The art of recovering from grief

Phumele Kunene tells a story of loss and memory through her photography

  • Kibo Ngowi
7 min read
Off the wall: Art installer Bafana Zembe and his team at Nazo Arts and Projects are responsible for hanging exhibitions in galleries. (Photo supplied)

Bafana Zembe has no hang-ups about his job

Behind every work on a gallery wall is someone like the unsung art installer

  • Des Erasmus
6 min read
Bomme, by Simphiwe Fuwe Molefe, can be viewed at the ‘I Put My Hand On My Chest To Feel My Heartbeat’ exhibition in Joburg. (Photo: Maribe Mokgobu)

Between Two Worlds: A reflection on identity

An exhibition of the work of 16 photographers from Thokoza reveals the many parts that make us who we are

  • Des Erasmus
6 min read
Sara Buijskes: Joburg’s first woman commercial photographer.

Diary: Sara Buijskes at Heritage Foundation, Queertopia.za returns, Joe Kay brings Soulection to Jozi

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  • Busi Lethole
2 min read
Issues: Botswanan artist and photographer Thero Makepe’s work Insurance, 2024 will be at his exhibition It’s Not Going to Get Better.

Diary: The realities in Botswana, A Month of Love and Fresh Met operas on South African big screens

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  • Eyaaz
2 min read
Face it: Louise Westerhout’s bold artistry subverts societal narratives on queerness, disability and mortality. Photo: Lauren Brits

‘I’m not someone you can pity’

Louise Westerhout speaks about her challenging art and — the art of dying without fear

  • Eyaaz
5 min read
Palestinians harvest their crops at the start of the olive harvest in Deir al-Balah, Gaza under Israeli attacks on September 21, 2024. (Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Powerful images of ancient trees show Palestinians’ loss

A exhibition at FADA gallery showcases the enduring symbolism of Palestinian olive trees amid decades of destruction and cultural erasure

  • Eyaaz
2 min read
Hope: Photographs by Ilvy Njiokiktjien capture the lives of the born-free generation.

Diary: Generation of Hope, Balinese Girl, Choreographies of the Impossible

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  • Eyaaz
2 min read
Just joking: Kwanda Radebe hosts the comedy and jazz series.

Diary: Jokes & Jazz for UKZN, Strauss & Co photography auction, Locarno comes to Cape Town

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  • Eyaaz
2 min read
Lindokuhle Sobekwa’s ntombi zakwaNala eMtyamde from his show Umkhondo: Going Deeper.

Lindokuhle Sobekwa’s Umkhondo reflects memory and loss through photography

The exhibition invites viewers to reflect on South Africa’s history through deeply personal stories of loss, memory and healing.

  • Eyaaz
3 min read
No free lunch: Tshepiso Mazibuko’s photos, which appeared on her prize-winning exhibition titled Ho Tshepa Ntshepedi Ya Bontshepe, explore the challenges facing the generation born after 1994.

The triumph of Tshepiso Mazibuko: The essence of a generation

Thokoza-born photographer wins accolades in France by looking inward and telling the stories of South Africa’s born-frees in the townships

  • Eyaaz
5 min read
Women of the struggle: Artist Sue Williamson with works from her series of photo portraits from the ongoing series All Our Mothers. Photo: Courtesy the artist and Goodman Gallery

The long and short of a 50-year artistic career

Sue Williamson’s new show opens in Joburg and a retrospective is coming soon

  • Eyaaz
11 min read
Wedding: A detail of one of Songezo Zantsi’s paintings.

Diary: Swingin’ Las Vegas in South Africa, Iyabulele Ilali by Songezo Zantsi and Folklore Festival for 30 days in 3 cities

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  • Eyaaz
2 min read
Keep me where the light is: Andile Bhala says he aims to show that God is good through his collection of photos called Sunday People.

Shooting straight for the soul

My photographic project explores the ideas of faith, of resilience and hope

  • Eyaaz
3 min read
Elana Brundyn and Lebohang Kganye. File photo

Internationally acclaimed photographer Lebohang Kganye exhibits locally

The show is in two parts – sculptures outdoors and artworks in Boschendal’s Manor House

  • Des Erasmus
2 min read