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Take a bow: Siya Charles, winner of this year’s Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Jazz performs on stage. Photo: Mark Wessels
CULTURAL LEGACY

Art, politics and integrity: The Standard Bank Young Artist Award then and now

Ahead of the Standard Bank Joy of Jazz, Kwanele Sosibo interviews this year’s music and jazz SBYA winners for their reflections on the history and meaning of the awards

  • Kwanele Sosibo
9 min read
Sculpture under the sun: A talk around Angus Taylor’s Morphic Resonance was held during the BMW Art Generation Vol III at Nirox Sculpture Park last weekend. Photo: BMW Group South Africa
ART AND CULTURE TRENDS

A day of art, vibes and black joy

BMW Art Generation fused music, fashion and community ambiance in an event that outshone traditional notions of art

  • Thembeka Heidi Sincuba
6 min read
Rocking Tshivenda: Muneyi, who was the winner of the 2024 Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Music, says that his next project will be wholly in his mother tongue.
CAPE TOWN ART FAIR

Muneyi: A decade of storytelling and musical integrity pays off

Muneyi, a poetic voice from Limpopo, blends folk and tradition into something urgent, modern and, finally, something celebrated

  • Kibo Ngowi
5 min read
Opening: Siviwe James’s exhibition Ubuhle Ngaphaya Kwameva.
ART

Diary: Siviwe James goes solo, Una Rams and Muneyi release ndi a mufuna, Lorin Sookool at Artscape

Your essential dose of art and culture

  • Lesego Chepape
2 min read
Queertopia organisers Andiswa Dlamini (centre), posing with curator Kefiloe Siwisa (right). (Photo: Lee-Roy Jason)
BUHLEBENDALO

Queertopia: In pursuit of an expansive queerness

The reimagined, three-day country of Queertopia dares to imagine a world ‘designed by and for queer communities’

  • Carl Collison
8 min read