At 88 the artist Esther Mahlangu is world famous and is the subject of a major exhibition in Cape Town.
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His work can only be fully understood by observing the shared traditions of Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
The Head & The Load finally reaches Johannesburg after delays caused by the COVID pandemic.
A major exhibition in Cape Town revealed the unique brew that characterises the work of this politically charged feminist artist.
The last great modernist of South African painting, he influenced a generation of black artists.
The master of abstract art proved that black ‘township artists’ from South Africa could become leaders of international styles.
Four decades later, post-apartheid South Africa barely recalls the Medu Art Ensemble’s contributions to the liberation struggle. But that could be changing.
Beautiful art can provide hope and healing.
For William Kentridge, searching and erasure serves as a model for understanding our place in the world.
‘African Guernica’ is an incredibly powerful work of art in many ways, importantly filling that space between the visible and the visible.
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South African visual artist and senior lecturer of Art History and Visual Culture at Rhodes University, Rhodes University
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Emeritus Professor, University of Cape Town
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Associate professor, Ramapo College of New Jersey
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Research associate, History Workshop, University of the Witwatersrand
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Lecturer of Political Science, University of Mpumalanga
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Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Humanities in Africa, University of Cape Town
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Head of Department of Theatre and Performance and PhD candidate, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor of Visual Studies, Stellenbosch University
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Honorary Research Associate at Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town
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Nancy and Robert J. Carney Postdoctoral Associate in Art History, Rice University
