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Rebuild: South African photographer David Goldblatt’s exhibition Fragments of Fietas on at the Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg honours the resilience of a community fractured and displaced by apartheid.
APARTHEID

Fietas and the enduring question of home

David Goldblatt’s Fragments of Fietas captures more than loss — it reveals how memory, belonging, and faith survive even after home is erased

  • Kibo Ngowi
7 min read
Generational wealth: An archive of 60 000 negatives in a Swedish bank was published posthumously by the Ernest Cole Family Trust through Aperture in the book The True America in 2023. Photo: Ernest Cole
AFRICAN ART

A legacy in focus: The long shadow of Ernest Cole

Ernest Cole’s lens captured apartheid’s truth and his legacy continues to shape creatives today

  • Laurence Hamburger
8 min read
Bomme, by Simphiwe Fuwe Molefe, can be viewed at the ‘I Put My Hand On My Chest To Feel My Heartbeat’ exhibition in Joburg. (Photo: Maribe Mokgobu)
DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY

Between Two Worlds: A reflection on identity

An exhibition of the work of 16 photographers from Thokoza reveals the many parts that make us who we are

  • Lesego Chepape
6 min read
Hope: Photographs by Ilvy Njiokiktjien capture the lives of the born-free generation.
35TH BIENAL DE SAO PAULO

Diary: Generation of Hope, Balinese Girl, Choreographies of the Impossible

Your essential dose of art and culture

  • Lesego Chepape
2 min read
Lindokuhle Sobekwa’s ntombi zakwaNala eMtyamde from his show Umkhondo: Going Deeper.
APARTHEID HISTORY

Lindokuhle Sobekwa’s Umkhondo reflects memory and loss through photography

The exhibition invites viewers to reflect on South Africa’s history through deeply personal stories of loss, memory and healing.

  • Lesego Chepape
3 min read
No free lunch: Tshepiso Mazibuko’s photos, which appeared on her prize-winning exhibition titled Ho Tshepa Ntshepedi Ya Bontshepe, explore the challenges facing the generation born after 1994.
DISCOVERY AWARD

The triumph of Tshepiso Mazibuko: The essence of a generation

Thokoza-born photographer wins accolades in France by looking inward and telling the stories of South Africa’s born-frees in the townships

  • Lesego Chepape
5 min read
BLACK WOMEN

Art meets philanthropy as Zanele Muholi embarks on a new chapter

The photographer has created a nurturing space for young creatives to tell their own stories by setting up the Muholi Art Institute in Cape Town

  • Palesa Segomotso Motsumi
19 min read