For better or worse, subconscious fear has come to fascinate me. I remember the … [Read more...] about Each line a reckoning: Portia Zvavahera’s ‘Pane rima rakakomba’
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Rest in peace: Andrew Da Conceicao
We are sad to share the news that Andrew Da Conceicao, one of the founding … [Read more...] about Rest in peace: Andrew Da Conceicao
Plantation Inheritances: Zenaéca Singh in ‘US’
In 1972, Anansi published the Trinidadian author Harold Sonny Ladoo’s gut … [Read more...] about Plantation Inheritances: Zenaéca Singh in ‘US’
Otherscapes: A Meditation on South Africa’s Past, Present and Future
As the fourth instalment hosted by the young institution JCAF, Otherscapes … [Read more...] about Otherscapes: A Meditation on South Africa’s Past, Present and Future
Tripping at the National Arts Festival
The Eastern Cape has always been a door ajar. I have been turning this line … [Read more...] about Tripping at the National Arts Festival
Don’t I know you from somewhere?: SA artists in Amsterdam
In 2017, Ernest Cole's lost collection of 60,000 negatives and contact sheets … [Read more...] about Don’t I know you from somewhere?: SA artists in Amsterdam
On the Structure(s) of Abstraction: Mongezi Ncaphayi’s ‘Standard of Language’
“If you’re going to rescue Blackness from its place in the world, you have to … [Read more...] about On the Structure(s) of Abstraction: Mongezi Ncaphayi’s ‘Standard of Language’
Lines of sight: Thato Toeba’s ‘Phate lia Lekana’
Phate lia Lekana, the latest exhibition by artist and legal scholar Thato Toeba … [Read more...] about Lines of sight: Thato Toeba’s ‘Phate lia Lekana’
All that carries us: A Q&A with Zanele Muholi
Zanele Muholi's eponymous exhibition with Southern Guild sees the artist … [Read more...] about All that carries us: A Q&A with Zanele Muholi
Novelty index: RMB Latitudes Art Fair
Nkhensani Mkhari shows a finger he maimed while playing with fireworks as a … [Read more...] about Novelty index: RMB Latitudes Art Fair
