Ian Engelbrecht | Tripping Down Memory Lane
A generational relic found in so many South African homes is the ‘Kist’; a chest used for storing linens and clothes. In my childhood home it was used to store porcelain clowns and…
Ibrahim Kejo’s | Welcome to Heartbreak
Guest Contribution by Hafiz Juma On January 15th Ibrahim Kejo had his inaugural exhibition – Welcome to heartbreak. This is not a review, simply an artistically impaired individual’s take on what he sees….
Apr 2013 | Art Exhibition Recommendations
Another Africa’s art exhibition picks this April from around the globe. From Cairo, to Cape Town, Lagos to London, Johannesburg and more contemporary Africana abounds.
Ingrid Baars | The Poetic Psyche of Female Iconography
The life of an artist is that of an impetus to humanity’s search for beauty, truth and understanding. A breed entirely apart, struggling to bring forth onto the canvas of a chosen media, feelings…
The Walther Collection
On November 10, 2012, The Walther Collection collaborated with NYU’s Department of Photography and Imaging and the University College London, for a symposium on ‘Alternative Ways to Describe Historic and Contemporary African Photography.’…
True As(s) Confessions | Chatting with Cameron Platter
Interplanetary zebras and high octane love affairs between crocodiles and go-go dancers become documents of reality and morality in an intense South African narrative. The message conveyed without actually being portrayed.
