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Sanele Qwabe: Breathing life into nostalgia with Kind Kid

Kind Kid transforms childhood memories into heartfelt, collectable art toys

  • Lesego Chepape
3 min read
Holding pattern: A retrospective exhibition of Esther Mahlangu’s work, which references Ndebele painting, a practice passed down the generations, is on at Wits Art Museum. Photo: Supplied
ANDY WARHOL

The brilliance of Esther Mahlangu, beyond the biography

A retrospective delves into the depth, symbolism and global reach of the renowned artist’s work

  • Lesego Chepape
4 min read
Showcase: Zanele Kumalo will take part in Design Week South Africa, which will be on in Joburg and Cape Town
ART ZANELE KUMALO

Diary: Design Week South Africa kicks off, African Women artists shine in London, look out for the inaugural Hazendal Festival

Your essential dose of art and culture

  • Lesego Chepape
2 min read
Because Katrina Esau is one of very few remaining speakers of the N|uu language, she decided to publish a children’s story in her mother tongue, saying it was a ‘matter of the heart’ for her. Photo: James Oatway/Gallo Images/Sunday Times
BODOUR AL QASIMI

N|uu book waters the seed of the decolonisation project

Katrina Esau’s The Ostrich and the Tortoise aims to preserve N|uu for its next generation of speakers

  • Perfect Hlongwane
6 min read
Grand dame: Esther Mahlangu
BELVEDERE VODKA
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Mahlangu leads by example

The artist is a national treasure who wants others to do what she has done for Ndebele art

  • Zaza Hlalethwa
8 min read