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Mandy Johnston’s latest exhibition uses burning steel wool sculptures and ash paintings to explore ritual, transformation and the transitions that shape our lives
AFRIKABURN

Mandy Johnston wants to burn things to bring back traditions

The Joburg-born artist’s latest exhibition uses burning steel wool sculptures and ash paintings to explore ritual, transformation and the transitions that shape our lives

  • Unathi Kondile
6 min read
South African rapper, producer and musical artist, Sam Turpin
4AM IN JOZI

Sam Turpin’s notes on grief

The legacy of photographer Gisèle Wulfsohn echoes through her son’s music as Sam Turpin confronts sorrow through art

  • Fezokuhle Mthonti
6 min read
Audiences can expect a set that moves between Lordkez’s earlier, more experimental work and her newer, R&B-driven material.
AFRICAN MUSIC

Lordkez brings R&B-rooted sound to Cape Town International Jazz Festival debut

Blending R&B, soul and jazz, Lordkez arrives at CTIJF with a clearer sense of identity and a growing reputation as a compelling live performer.

  • Kibo Ngowi
5 min read
What does it mean to truly take your time? Artist shows us through a devotion to detail that transforms everyday materials into meditations on life, loss and transformation
ARMOUR AND LACE

Walter Oltmann and the alchemy of wire

What does it mean to truly take your time? Artist shows us through a devotion to detail that transforms everyday materials into meditations on life, loss and transformation

  • Thembeka Heidi Sincuba
6 min read
Emotional depth: Composer Zethu Mashika is exactly where he wants to be – painting a picture with his music for films that strengthen the frames and dialogue
AFRICAN COMPOSERS

Mashika tracks spiritual sounds

Zethu Mashika crafts soundtracks that stir the soul, and it all began with one lucky night

  • Busi Lethole
5 min read
Alex Appolis and a work from A Neo-Arcadian Tale: BLACK Pan in South Africa’s Pastoral Romance, on at the Wits Art Museum. (Photos by Zanele S. Maduma)
ALEXANDER APPOLIS

Alexander Appolis on space, race and the pastoral imagination

Artist uses nature and cryptic visions in his paintings to highlight South Africa’s racial and spatial history

  • Zanele S. Maduma
5 min read