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Concrete jungle: The Johannesburg inner city provides a great canvas for graffiti artists to do their work. Photos: Paul Botes

The writing is on the walls in Joburg’s inner city

Take a deep dive into Johannesburg’s graffiti scene, which, love it or hate it, is flourishing

The Soweto Theatre wall was transformed by artists participating in the Ubuhle Bendalo urban art residency last week. Photo: Mpho Mokgadi
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Ek sê, give graffiti the kasi flavour

The Ubuhle Bendalo urban art residency furthered the subversion of the broken window theory

A glimpse of the Graffiti Gallery in Newtown. Photo: Oupa Nkosi

Mapping the city through graffiti

An inner city graffiti festival aims to make Johannesburg a global graffiti destination

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Graffiti and Herman Mashaba’s bid to erase public art histories

Bylaws in SA’s major metros are killing off an art form that marginalised people could call their own

Football legend Samuel Eto’o spoke to the Mail & Guardian about the criticisms African players face when making big money moves to less stellar clubs.

Editorial: Mayor’s walls of shame

It looks like the mayor felt some pressure to come up with something he could use to show how firm he is, but it is completely irrelevant to most.

“A good graffiti artist

Writing’s on the wall for Jo’burg’s graffiti artists

Mayor Herman Mashaba believes the art form is a deterrent to investment and will review how it is policed.

Paint speaks to power

Graffiti has long been used as a form of protest, which a new generation in South Africa is discovering.

Eight of Cape Town’s top street artists on Instagram

From Mak 1 to DALeast, we profile some graffiti artists in Cape Town on Instagram who use this social media tool to showcase their work and process.

Military police stand next to a mural of an Amazonian tribe member wearing a football jersey during a protest against the 2014 World Cup in São Paulo.

Angry message in São Paolo’s murals

Glamour and squalor coexist uneasily here, but one thing unites rich and poor: everyone’s furious about Fifa World Cup Brazil.

Gallery puts graffiti into orbit

Graffiti artist Mars makes the leap from Jo’burg’s grimy streets to an exhibition space to show off the other side of his urban art.

The taming of the beasts

Streets ahead in the realm of public art

Enigmatic artist Faith47 has painted walls from Milan to Melbourne — and now she is making her mark in Jo’burg.

Going wild in the city: Belgian street artist ROA’s collection of animals decorate the side of a Jo’burg building

I Art Joburg: The writing on the walls

Five street artists are enlivening the eastern face of Johannesburg with large-scale murals, writes Laurice Taitz.