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Some of the residents of the relaunched August House gather in artist Samson Mnisi’s studio.

August House: The home of Jozi’s rising sons and daughters

Officially relaunching during this Art Week Joburg, the artist’s residency is full of history and a place for those long on vision but short of cash.

Fifteen artists are embarking on a mission to Accra art festival

Massive attack: Joburg art collective gears up for Ghana

With a bit of crowdfunding and a large gathering of multidisciplinary artists, JHB Massive looks to make an impact at Accra’s Chale Wote art festival.

Activist and artist Adejoke Tugbiyele.

Q&A with Adejoke Tugbiyele: Art that tackles homophobia

We recently caught up with the US-born Nigerian artist and activist, whose work on show at Speaking Back tackles Nigeria’s anti-gay law.

Curator Natasha Becker is back in SA

Women artists talk back to race and gender in new show

SA-born Curator Natasha Becker widens the geographical loupe to enable women artists to speak out in "Speaking Back".

Photograph by Ala Kheir

Bridging the gap: New network zooms in on Africa’s photography

Linking African photographic centres and practitioners, Centres of Learning for Photography in Africa aims to develop lens-based practices.

Speaking out: Citizenfour tracks the unfolding events as Edward Snowden blew the whistle on US National Security Agency surveillance.
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Citizenfour beats back Big Brother

The screening of the documentary about NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden at SA’s Encounters documentary film festival is timely.

Award-winning Kyle Shepherd is not resting on his laurels.

Pianist Kyle Shepherd wrestles with new notes

2015 marks a metamorphic time for the musician as he moves beyond revivalism and continues to explore a new sound with his trio.

With a career that stretches over 15 years

HHP on wanting a Nobel prize, xenophobia and performing in Lesotho

Ahead of his performance at the Lifaqane-Mfecane festival in Lesotho, we chat to the rapper about his bucket list, the Samas and xenophobic attacks.

Some of the artists who will be going as part of the Johannesburg pavilion show: Arya Lalloo

SA trips as Joburg lands on the steps of the Venice Biennale

Unlike the Joburg showcase, the SA pavilion will present a show that many believe does not reflect the demographics of SA.

Billy Domingo

Billy Domingo sings a sweet tune for the jazz festival’s future

The newly appointed director of the Cape Town International Jazz Festival shares his plans and vision for taking the jazz festival forward.

Mamela Nyamza in ‘Wena Mamela’ showing at Dance Umbrella.

Dance Umbrella 2015: What not to miss

Here’s our indepth round-up of the highlights from the Dance Umbrella programme this year.

Kenyan-based architect Naeem Biviji of Studio Propolis was part of a lengthy list of speakers at this year’s Design Indaba.
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Design Indaba 2015: It’s a wrap

Though the ticket price for the conference is prohibitive for most, the three-day design and music showcase is worth it for those with deep pockets.

Nelisiwe Xaba ‘Fremde Tänze’ is one of the highlights at this year’s Dance Umbrella.

Nelisiwe Xaba makes her moves on the politics of exoticism

The feminist choreographer and dancer, whose activism is embedded in her art, tells Stefanie Jason that the fight for gender equality is not over.

“We live with sick people

Nathi Mthethwa condemns killers of Bryanston couple

The minister has vented out at the killing of Wamukelwa Zuma-Memela and his wife, Wandy Campbell, who were murdered in their Bryanston home.

Xander Ferreira from the music group Gazelle.

Blackface, white guilt, grey area

Awareness of cultural appropriation is much more widespread but for some white South African musicians it’s a rejection of Afrikaner stereotypes.

Following Simphiwe Dana’s scathing tweets about a photo of the star holding women by hair leashes

Rapper Tumi Molekane – ‘I knew the video would offend people’

Following Simphiwe Dana’s scathing tweets about a photo of the star holding women by hair leashes, Molekane says the imagery aims to tell a story.

A woman poses in Brett Bailey’s art installation ‘Exhibit A: German South-West Africa’ at the Museum of Ethnology in Vienna on May 16 2010.

Brett Bailey’s show cancellation reeks of ‘censorship’

Theatre representatives have expressed anger over the shutting down of Brett Bailey’s ‘Exhibit B’, but a protester says they didn’t call for a ban.

Jazz musicians Wanda Baloyi and Asanda Bam.

An ode to trailblazing jazz singers

This year’s Joy of Jazz line-up pays special tribute to the influence of vocalists on the genre.

Jill Scott not only sings

Black out the media’s unbearable whiteness

To change a world in which news of white people overshadows that of black people, seek out media that take "the other" seriously, says Stefanie Jason.

Art piece by artists Mr Fuzzy Slippers and Nolan Oswald Dennis.

Art Week bursts on to the Johannesburg culture scene

The onset of spring in the city sees the start of Arts Alive month, Art Week and the annual FNB Joburg Art Fair.