Sean O'Toole

Goodman Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

A round-up of the best shows on view now

What early 20th Century painters omitted from their representation of South Africa

BRUNDYN+, Cape Town, South Africa

Johannesburg Art Gallery

The life and death of public monuments

Witte de With

What a skatepark in Uganda symbolizes about African urbanity

The emotive language used to describe art-world narratives

Contemporary African artists respond to prejudice and homophobia

Being an artist in Africa means constantly dealing with officialdom, ennui and endless waiting

The re-writing of art history in South Africa

Various venues, Cape Town, South Africa

Amar Kanwar’s multilayered films and installations prompt ‘revelations, of different kinds, for different individuals’

Begonias, the lure of travel, endless writing and an unfinished book

Photography, Africa, dystopian fantasies and ‘the present as a screen’

Studio Museum of Harlem, New York, USA