The Mother City’s premier art event promises to leave viewers unbound
After a game of ministerial musical chairs that saw Nathi Mthethwa replace Paul Mashatile, Sean O’Toole wonders if Mthethwa is suited for the arts.
From mine dumps to city skylines, four new books bring South Africa’s diversity into focus, writes Sean O’Toole.
Paris is hosting ‘My Joburg’, a large group exhibition devoted to art from and about the place of gold
Next week, prominent South African photographer Zwelethu Mthethwa will appear in court to defend himself against allegations of murder.
Sean O’Toole traces the genre from its current incarnation back to the golden age of the genre amid high apartheid and African independence.
Cape Town has South Africa’s toughest rules to deal with animal behaviour, including noise limits and pooh. But do they work?
Climbing Mount Fuji is best done in July and August, when you may see more than just blackness and clouds, writes Sean O’Toole.
This year’s edition of the Documenta exhibition is a bit like a ‘magic encyclopaedia’,a space that covers the full spectrum of human expression.
Many in the publishing industry are wondering: Was Penguin’s Alison Lowry pushed — or did she jump?
On the corner of Kuyper Street and Service Road, finds the point where Zimbabwe meets Cape Town.
Sean O’Toole explores some of the portrayals of the naked black body that have elicited fierce reactions in SA’s recent past.
Photographers Stan Engelbrecht and Nic Grobler have been cycling across SA, photographing and interviewing bicycle-riding South Africans.
Artist Candice Breitz is using the popular soapie <i>Generations</i> to further the racial debate in South Africa.
Prince Charles recently visited South Africa on a whistle-stop tour to discuss trade and investment, unemployment, and visit local royalty.
What happens when an art critic becomes an investigator of organised crime and corruption?
Famous artist William Kentridge’s brief stint as a cartoonist for the <i>Weekly Mail</i> was marked by trepidation.
Being stuck in traffic is a state of being in SA cities. And if estimates are right, it’s only going to get worse, says <b>Sean O’Toole</b>.
Photographer Marc Shoul’s black-and-white <i>Flatlands</i> finds moments of poignant silence in the hustle and bustle of the Johannesburg CBD.
Nowadays, South Africa’s media training institutions all agree that students should be trained to think critically about the broad forces shaping a post-apartheid society. Sean…
