From page to stage with Joburg Ballet
The global success of the Marvel movie Black Panther placed Africa at the epicentre of contemporary popular culture. Keke Chele spoke to Joburg Ballet’s Senior Soloist Kitty Phetla, who was
Symbols and metaphors in Juan Stockenstroom’s paintings
Juan Stockenstroom’s intuitive, streetwise, mixed-media paintings are a far cry from the process-driven lino cuts of his Model C high school art classes. Fed the inexpensive medium as a mono
What’s on at Cinema Nouveau: Greta
Greta is a contemporary psychological thriller from Academy Award winner Neil Jordan (The Crying Game). After discovering a handbag on a New York subway train, Frances McCullen (Chloë Grace Moretz), a young woman bereaved
Brett Bailey’s Samson
Third World Bunfight’s newest production, Samson, is a sensuous, poetic and thought-provoking dance-music-theatre piece set in a dystopian contemporary context of political extremism, inequality, human displacement and violence. Creative Feel
100 years of Bauhaus
In 1919, architect Walter Gropius opened a small school in Weimar, Germany, that soon became a breeding ground for a new aesthetic movement – the first school of modern architecture
Acts of Transgression: Contemporary Live Art in South Africa
The Institute for Creative Arts (ICA) is proud to announce the launch of the ICA’s new book, Acts of Transgression: Contemporary Live Art in South Africa, on Saturday 16 February,
Figure-ring the state of dance in Africa
The South African State Theatre is proud to announce that the newly revived and revamped Dance Umbrella Africa (DUA) will launch under the theme Figure-ring – The State of Dance in
Peaceful Music: A new playlist for the mindful listener
Universal Music Group recently launched the new, ever-evolving Peaceful Music playlist on Apple Music. This is the first playlist brand to be co-created by Universal Music Group in conjunction with
Sasol New Signatures 2018 – Last call for entries:
With submissions closing on 3 July, now is the time to get your entry ready to submit! Held annually, in proud partnership with the Association of Arts Pretoria,
Aspire Art Auctions Sees Sustained Success In Cape Town
The latest Aspire auction in Cape Town saw strong performances in the contemporary segment and their varied and excellent sculpture offering. Aspire Art Auctions’ latest auction, on 25
Steven Cohen: Living Art
Arts critic and academic, Robyn Sassen, provides a compelling, in-depth look into the life and work of visual and performance artist Steven Cohen. Unafraid. That’s how you understand
I am because you are: A search for Ubuntu with permission to dream
The Standard Bank Gallery joins hands with renowned artist and curator, Usha Seejarim to present an inspiring exhibition of artworks lifted from the bank’s corporate art collection from 2 February
Unusual and unique art exhibition taking place at The Gallery in Riebeek Kasteel
Famous artworks by the old masters are being revisited with a twist in a unique art exhibition entitled In With The New. Taking place at The Gallery in Riebeek Kasteel
Dance Umbrella 2016 – Collaborations and Master Classes
Dance Umbrella 2016, with ten days of new contemporary work, will host master classes and mammoth collaborations at the Dance Factory, Market Theatre, Soweto Theatre and the UJ Arts Centre