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Anthea Buys

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Anthea Buys

Contrasts: In his exhibition

The quiet activism of exposing everyday fragility

German photographer Wolfgang Tillmans captures the mundane alongside the epic

Unions are claiming Friday’s court ruling on labour broking as spelling the end of the practice but other labour specialists disagree. (Madelene Cronje/M&G)

Bopape rattles biennale cage

The South African artist’s new film about a rape challenges the curators and concepts of art

Built to last: The Athlone Power Station behind the remnants of the cooling towers.

Thing of beauty: Athlone Power Station

It is not surprising that so many Capetonians were distraught about the collapse of the Athlone Power Station’s two cooling towers in 2010.

Drawing on the furniture: Industrial designer Laurie Wiid van Heerden and graffiti artist Atang

Collection gets luxury objects down to an art

A new collaboration sees a handful of fine artists joining up with local designers to create unique designer objects.

Family affair: Steven Cohen and Nomsa Dhlamini in Cradle of Humankind.

The evolution of love

Anthea Buys was surprised that only two audience members walked out of the opening performance of Steven Cohen’s Cradle of Humankind.

Mikhael Subotzky’s new film brings the personal lives of Grahamstown’s resident tour guides into the settler discourse.

Observers of the settlers’ town

Mikhael Subotzky’s new film brings the personal lives of Grahamstown’s resident tour guides into the settler discourse.

Pedal at your peril

Riding a bicycle as a simpler, more efficient way to travel? Not in Cape Town, writes Anthea Buys.

Jo’burg art pick: April 29 2011

A Norwegian artists’ collective will be invading the streets of Braamfontein.

Jo’burg art pick: April 22 2011

Seldom do local commercial galleries rummage through their storerooms to put on exhibitions.

Jo’burg art pick: April 8 2011

Donna Kukama positions her works as embodiements of intersubjective difference.

Jo’burg art pick: March 18 2011

Seldom do exhibitions curated as a footnote to conferences stimulate any more interest than the conferences themselves do.

Jo’burg art pick: March 11 2011

Brothers Humberto and Fernando Campana, who make up the industrial design duo Estúdio Campana, have an eye for junk.

Jo’burg art pick: March 4 2011

As an accompaniment to a conference titled Space, Ritual Absence, which takes place at FADA from March 9 – 11, the FADA gallery hosts an exhibition by the same name.

Jo’burg art pick: February 25 2011

Tracy Rose’s Waiting for God Rose goes far beyond mere provocation.

Johannesburg art picks: February 11 2011

Johannesburg art picks: February 11 2011

Parts of the Keleketla! Library at the historic Drill Hall in Joubert Park have on several occasions been wheeled out onto the street.

Seen is believing in the art world

Seen is believing in the art world

A number of young South African artists, including the prodigy Nicholas Hlobo, are making waves in the international art world.

Jo’burg art pick: December 10 2010

This is the last week of action in Johannesburg’s art scene, with most of the city’s art galleries closing from December 15 until mid-January.

Catch Highveld’s dying breath

One of the relatively few joys of remaining in Johannesburg over the festive season are that the streets are virtually empty.

Gauteng art picks: November 5 2010

After an intense run of international exhibitions and residencies, Cape Town based artist James Webb opens his first two solo exhibitions in Jo’burg.

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But, the artist isn’t wearing any clothes

With the slogan "The Heart of Fashion", the SA Fashion Week programme set out to demonstrate a fundamental connection between art and fashion.