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In the house: Mi Casa to perform at HughFest. Photo: WOM Studio

Diary: HughFest; Heineken® World Tour; and Ballito LIVE

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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

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

Powerful: Siki Jo-An will perform with her band at the University of KwaZulu-Natal next month.

Diary: Siki Jo-An Live in Durban, BMW Art Generation at Nirox Sculpture Park and the Namaqualand Flower Festival 2025

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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

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

Fresh start: Zolani Mahola, former lead singer of Freshlyground. She was one of the performers at the Concert for Love at Nirox Park, north of Joburg, last week. Photos: Aron Halevi, Alaister Russell

Zolani Mahola on music, motherhood and meaning

Reinventing herself through music, nature and purpose, she steps into her true power

Striking: Cion: Requiem of Ravel’s Bolero was choreographed by Gregory Maqoma.

Diary: Requiem of Ravel’s Bolero, BMW Art Generation, live scores to silent films

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Members of The Ugly Veg Company sorting kale. Images by Derek Davey

Ugly vegetables create a beautiful story

A small agricultural miracle is transforming a community in the Cradle of Humankind

Work from Noria Mabasa’s exhibition Shaping Dreams at the Nirox Sculpture Park. (Supplied by Lucky Lekalakala)

Sculptor is shaping dreams

The work of 84-year-old artist Noria Mabasa explores traditions, mythology and spirituality

Grand dame: Esther Mahlangu
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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

Going to print

Print, publish, distribute

Coming to grips with this moment of disillusionment means finding new ways to use our voices

Angus Taylor’s Morphic Resonance was made by packing earth and other materials into a mould.

Nature nurtures Cradle’s art

The works of 50 South A­frican artists draw ­heavily on the environment that they find themselves in.

Singer Josie Field.

DON’T MISS THIS: Acoustic music at Nirox Sculpture Park

Over the weekend, Retrofest#1 is set to host a selection of local contemporary acoustic musicians performing songs from the 1960s and 1970s.

(From left to right) Herbie Tsoaeli, Feya Faku and McCoy Mrubata pay tribute to Zim Ngqawana at the Jazz in the Cradle. (Dan Moser)

Jazz in the Cradle sings its songs of freedom

As the Nirox Sculpture Park plays host to the Jazz in the Cradle series, the M&G chats to its musical director, Nduduzo Makhathini, about the show.

Earthly delights: The Winter Fair at the Nirox Sculpture Garden offers Gautengers inner and outer fuel.

A picnic sculpted for Jo’burg’s winter set

The food side of the Winter Sculpture Fair hopes to bring a taste of Franschhoek to denizens of the north.

Smooth sailing: Mawande ka Zenzile’s wooden steamship.

A physical engagement with art larger than life

Sculpture, unlike painting, allows for physical, tactile encounters, and the work at Nirox is no exception.

A walk in the park: Kim Liebermann’s Human Interception/Prof Lee Berger.

Down to earth at the Cradle of Humankind

Nirox is a fitting location for outdoor sculptures that encapsulate the fragility of humankind.

Still life in Jo’burg

Still life in Jo’burg

<strong>Nechama Brodie</strong> has a touchy-feely moment at the Nirox Sculpture Park.