South Africa

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At Casey Kaplan, New York, the South African artist transforms everyday materials into colossal tapestries inspired by movements that characterize the dances of his homeland

BY Ian Bourland |

Jonathan Carver Moore speaks to the artist about building Black queer communities through art

Ahead of Bopape's presentation at TBA21–Academy's Ocean Space in Venice, Eric Otieno Sumba reflects on the artist’s relationship with the sea

BY Eric Otieno Sumba |

At Goodman Gallery, Cape Town, the artist presents a video that addresses the issue of gender-based violence and femicide in South Africa

BY Ayodeji Rotinwa |

After a recent fire at the University of Cape Town’s library destroyed irreplaceable books and archival documents, South African artists consider how to redefine the meaning of the archive

BY Portia Malatjie |

As the artist’s largest survey to date opens at Zeitz MoCAA and Norval Foundation, Cape Town, Sean O’Toole examines his dadaist lexicon 

BY Sean O’Toole |

With violence on the rise against Nigerians and other foreign nationals, artists are struggling to find ways to respond

BY Sean O'Toole |

Exotic flora and tentative ‘Afronauts’ speak to a sense of alienation, but throughout the artist’s work runs a current of optimism 

BY Ian Bourland |

Commemorating the 100th anniversary of WWI, The Head & The Load at Tate Modern makes incomprehension the work’s guiding theme

BY Hettie Judah |

A tribute to the late South African photographer, creator of idiosyncratic portrayals of everyday life under the yoke of apartheid

BY Sean O'Toole |

Mark Coetzee, the director of Africa's largest contemporary art museum, resigns following investigation into abusive behaviour

70 years since apartheid became law in South Africa, a retrospective of the photographer's work opens at the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

BY Osei Bonsu |

David Goldblatt discusses representation, censorship and his decision to remove his archive from the University of Cape Town

BY Paul Clinton |

From art under apartheid to a new novel from Walt Whitman: what to read this weekend

BY Paul Clinton |

South Afrian artist Tracey Rose's searing performances raise tough questions around history and race

BY Sean O'Toole |

A visit to Liza Lou’s studio in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

BY Gemma Sieff |

Is it time to eschew the word 'criticism'?

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

BY Sean O'Toole |