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Colourful past: Yinka Shonibare’s Fake Death Picture (The Suicide — Manet). (Photo: shoot Art Mobile)
WILLIAM KENTRIDGE

​History re-dressed by Africa

British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare puts his wax-print stamp on our colonial past to imagine a brighter future

  • Kwanele Sosibo
5 min read
Mundane made magical: Billie Zangewa’s textile tapestries, such as Return to Paradise II (above) depict everyday domestic situations documenting her personal history and challenging stereotypes, particularly those concerning black women.
NKGOPOLENG MOLOI

Billie Zangewa’s self in a patchwork of silk

Through herself portraits Billie Zangewa stitches together the soft fabric to explore and challenge stereotypes of gender and identity

  • Nkgopoleng Moloi
4 min read
ART SOUTH AFRICA

Jo’burg Art Fair stirs up debate

A kaleidoscope of African images and themes is a fitting backdrop for the debate the Jo’burg Art Fair, which opened to the public on Friday, has sparked about what it means to be…

  • Celean Jacobson
6 min read