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“Freedom is Going Home”: Hank Willis Thomas and Faith Ringgold at Goodman Gallery 

Throughout the latter half of the 20th century, many artists, academics and activists explored expressions of race and identity in reaction and response to the colonial liberation movements that proliferated across countries in the Global South. Specifically within the African diaspora, concepts of race were, and continue to be, a topic of concern. Artists, Hank Willis…

Anke Zurn: Blending Art and Science through Indigo Traditions

The arts and sciences have been separated into distinct fields. More than that, art and science, particularly in Western culture, are often positioned as polar opposites – associated with either the left or right side of the brain, different sections on university campuses, and even gendered as masculine or feminine. These fields never seem to…

In Conservation with Chloe Reid of wherewithall

Reid starts by asking me – who is here to have a conversational interview with her – about myself. She asks about what I do, whether I enjoy it and how I came to do what I do. We laugh, observing the flipped dynamic of interviewer and interviewee. “I like to know who I’m talking…

Lwando Dlamini’s Paintings are a Reclamation of Savage Beauty

The term ‘savage’ has a dark and loaded past in the context of art history, but through contemporary culture, brands like Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty have hijacked it from its historical captors. As new life is breathed into the post-pandemic South African art scene, Bubblegum Club sits down with Lwando Dlamini to discuss his career,…

What becomes of the white cube gallery in 2023?

It was a sad day for the world of art when Carte Blanch released its investigative piece into the state of Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG). The episode revealed that the situation is dire, at best. The structural integrity of the building is below par, with resultant water leaks constantly damaging priceless works of art. Of…

Reflections from the 2023 Investec Cape Town Art Fair 

Time – the core theme of this year’s Investec Cape Town Art Fair – offers us both a threat and a consolation in the same heavy breath: change. Regardless of the happenings beneath it, the sun will rise again, and it will set again. The happenings of the last few years – with so much…

Company MEK: transforming movement on the shores of Senegal and beyond

Self-described as Switzerland’s next generation in dance, Company MEK is proving to be at the forefront of collaborative creative practice that strips back, subverts, and exceeds the limits of European dance. Learning about Muhammed Kaltuk and his company’s research trip to Senegal enlivened me and gaining insights into the company’s ethos, the ways in which…

Finding ways of sensing hidden narratives with Grant Jurius

Grant Jurius’ sonic composition Animal Skin, co-produced with the Lumpen station in Switzerland, is a progressive medley with fragments of conversation and snippets of the sonic cityscape. The work is arranged on a bed of persistent and low-frequency rumbling that crescendos into a contemplative and broody 19-minute-long melody. Sirens, laughter, drums, the clattering of objects…