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Greatest AfricansAfricaEducationJoburgSouth AfricaGreatest AfricansSouth Africa is a country with a deep artistic heritage, where traditional art forms have been passed down for centuries. However, in recent years, we have seen a growing trend in contemporary artists incorporating traditional techniques and themes into their work.
Wezile Harmans' DO NOT TRUST THE BORDERS solo exhibition at UJ Art Gallery explores the dehumanizing impact of migration and challenges the gatekeepers that perpetuate othering. Using various mediums, he advocates against social inequality and investigates displacement and dispossession. Harmans will lead a walkabout on 31 March 2023.
The Five Films for Freedom campaign is back for its ninth edition, and it promises to be another exciting year for the world’s largest LGBTQIA+ digital campaign. The British Council has partnered with BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival to showcase five powerful LGBTIQ+ themed short films from the BFI Flare programme.
A new book, Convening Black Intimacy, explores the history of Christianity, gender and precolonial marriage and sex traditions in South Africa in the late 1800s and early 1900s. To conduct her study, historian Natasha Erlank drew on court records of cases of seduction, church records, anthropological texts, and many sources from black ...
Experience the beauty and urgency of the "To Embrace the Shadow is the Journey of the Sun and the Soul" exhibition in Johannesburg, where artists explore our relationship with nature and the pressing issues of our time.
In South Africa, there has been a growing concern about the lack of recognition and support for the arts and culture industry. Legendary actress and filmmaker Connie Chiume, alongside Minister of Sports, Arts & Culture Zizi Kodwa, recent...
Johannesburg-based mural artist Dbongz Mahlati has recently collaborated with Disney Plus to create a proudly South African mural celebrating the launch of Star Wars: The Mandalorian Season 3. As a contemporary artist, Dbongz Mahlati bri...
