This year is the centenary of Nelson Mandela and Albertina Sisulu

Big events have their attractions but niche festivals, which are less financially risky, are drawing crowds

What constitutes a political song, or a song of political value?

The National Arts Festival theme of disruption is evident in What Remains as well as Neo Muyanga’s struggle-songs set

The artist will exhibit new ink, watercolour and crayon paintings and will paint a large-scale mural for the gallery on site.

This year’s art fair sees a strong focus on Nigeria, and aims to highlight the pan-African buyers and curators.

Grahamstown’s arts festival is the most varied in the country, but still lacks diversity, writes Brent Meersman.

Arts Festival ’86 towards a people’s culture The programme of the Arts Festival ’86 in Cape Town was booked on run in this space. Unfortunately the festival was banned on…