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Ouvre: Images from Steven Cohen’s work depict, among others, Boudoir, 2022. Photos: Mario Todeschini

Navigating ethics and art

Stephen Cohen’s retrospective Long Life at Iziko exposes tensions between curatorial freedom, institutional responsibility, and the ethics of display in South Africa’s national museums

  • Library
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Paid a pittance: The artist’s path is never linear, but it has over the years become increasingly unsustainable. Photo: Unsplash

The cost of creativity

South African artists keep dying poor while their work enriches others. The Copyright Amendment Bill could finally change that – if it ever becomes law

  • Eyaaz
5 min read
Scorpion Kings: Kabza De Small and DJ Maphorisa.

Diary: Scorpion kings live at Loftus Stadium, Ofentse Sebula to tour Johannesburg and eSwatini and Gresham Tapiwa Nyaude showcases at JAG

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  • Busi Lethole
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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
Experimental: A timeline of Standard Bank’s involvement in the arts over the years in the Art Lab in Sandton City in Joburg

Standard Bank’s Art Lab turns Sandton Mall into cultural playground

An experimental creative space in the heart of Sandton, Standard Bank’s new Art Lab redefines how everyday audiences experience and engage with art

  • Eyaaz
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Arts & Culture Trust Nyoloha Scholarship Programme applications close 30 March

Press release: The ACT Nyoloha Scholarship offers up to R300 000 for young South African artists

  • Eyaaz
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Sole searching: Usha Seejarim’s exhibition Unfolding Servitude will be on at Southern Guild Cape Town from 13 March.

Diary: Usha Seejarim at Southern Guild, Zoë Modiga empowers her voice, Onset Music Group releases Voicenote

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  • Eyaaz
2 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
Father figures: Lusanda Ndita with one of his works which deal with absent dads.

Diary: Lusanda Ndita crowned, history through fashion, SA Clay Awards at Rust-en-Vrede

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  • Eyaaz
2 min read
Window: Blessing Ngobeni’s The Great African Nude will be one of the works on Inner Sanctum at Everard Read in Joburg.

Diary: Inner Sanctum at Everard Read, HandmadeAfrica market, Inclusive Dance Festival 2024

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  • Eyaaz
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Image making: Artist Phumulani Ntuli’s exhibition Umfanekiso Uyopha Inkungu will be on at the University of Johannesburg.

Diary: Phumulani Ntuli to showcase new exhibition at the UJ Art Gallery, Turn On The Subtitles launches in South Africa, Ster-Kinekor brings 1994 box office throwbacks

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  • Eyaaz
2 min read
Showcase: Zanele Kumalo will take part in Design Week South Africa, which will be on in Joburg and Cape Town

Diary: Design Week South Africa kicks off, African Women artists shine in London, look out for the inaugural Hazendal Festival

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  • Eyaaz
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Blended ballet: Monike Cristina dances in Ukukhanya Kwenyanga by Craig Pedro.

Diary: Joburg Ballet comes to Cape Town, Phillemon Hlungwani to showcase at Everard Read gallery, jazz at the UKZN Centre for Jazz and Popular Music

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  • 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
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Interconnected: Stephen Hobbs’ show The Visitors, on at the David Krut Gallery in Joburg, reflects on our relationship with nature.

Stephen Hobbs: Of man-made forests and the hidden work of fungi

Exhibition delves into the connections and balance between urban life and nature

  • Eyaaz
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Well versed: Artist and poet Lefifi Tladi will be at the festival.

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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Compilation: Some of the artists on ZiiBeats Vol 2.

Diary: Baz-Art celebrates women muralists, bringing jazz to Durban, ZiiBeats vol. 2 drops

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  • Eyaaz
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Musical artist: Buhlebendalo will be performing at She Fest.

Diary: She Fest comes to Constitutional Hill, Soweto’s Buskaid String Ensemble in concert,  Lu Dlamini to perform at UKZN

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  • Eyaaz
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Take that: Siyabonga Mhlanga and Lehlohonolo Sigaba were the first Africans to be invited to the Le Cinéma, Cent Ans de Jeunesse festival for young filmmakers in Lisbon, Portugal.

‘We killed it with our doccie’

Youngsters’ film about Thokoza gets an enthusiastic reception at a festival in Portugal

  • Eyaaz
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Found: Standard Bank Young Artist Award winner Stephané Conradie’s show Wegwysers Deur Die Blinkuur will be on at the National Art Festival in Makhanda.

Stephané Conradie: Objects of our lives as signposts for the future

Artist transforms everyday objects as into poignant narratives exploring identity and heritage

  • Eyaaz
5 min read