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Outdoor art: Mankebe Seakgoe’s When the Sky Opened Up and Swallowed us Whole (2023), charcoal on canvas. Photos: Supplied
ART FUNDING

Outside the white cube, art learns to breathe again

A group exhibition in North West challenged institutional norms, inviting artists and audiences to rethink experimentation, community and artistic freedom

  • Gillian Fleischmann
8 min read
Cameroonian-Swiss curator Koyo Kouoh, who died of cancer on 10 May, was executive director and chief curator of the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa in Cape Town. Photo by Mirjam Kluka
AFRICAN CONTEMPORARY ART

‘A loss we cannot quantify’: The enduring legacy of Koyo Kouoh

Artists, fellow curators and friends reflect on the singular presence of Koyo Kouoh and the imprint she leaves behind

  • Kibo Ngowi
8 min read
Wave goodbye: Cameroonian-Swiss curator Koyo Kouoh, who died of cancer on 10 May, was executive director and chief curator of the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa in Cape Town.
AFRICAN ART

A love supreme: A requiem for Koyo Kouoh

Bongani Madondo remembers Koyo Kouoh as an activist and a community worker — and curator of collective futures

  • Bongani Madondo
15 min read
Sindiwe Magona writes to leave footprints. (Graphic: John McCann)
AFRICAN WRITERS

Sindiwe Magona

Writer

  • Carl Collison
3 min read
When women assert themselves people think they are being aggressive, says Lesedi Moche. (Graphic: John McCann)
BLACK WOMEN

Lesedi Moche

Storyteller

  • Carl Collison
3 min read
Women are funny in general, says Celeste Ntuli. (Graphic: John McCann)
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

Celeste Ntuli

Actress and comedian

  • Kwanele Sosibo
3 min read
Women’s perspectives: Nontobeko Ntombela has curated the SOLO exhibition at Cape Town Art Fair that features works by emerging female artists
BLACK WOMEN IN ART

‘From No Fixed Place’, a space appears

"Violence targeted at erasing the bodies of women tells us that their physical, emotional, and political and intellectual labour remains a threat".

  • M Neelika Jayawardane
9 min read