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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…

5 artists who exhibited at Investec Art Fair for the first time

The Cape Town Investec Art Fair has been celebrating artists and supporting the growth of the Cape Town art scene for 10 years. Celebrating its tenth anniversary this year, the Cape Town Investec Art Fair has been curated around the theme of time, as we reflect on the achievements of the past decade. Taking place…

Dominique Cheminais’ figures seduce, assault, delight and confuse

Dominique Cheminais is a dexterous colourist — she mixes, shades and tinges with intonations and delicate variations that produce remarkable visual sensations. Her solo exhibition at THK Gallery in Cape Town, Things Done While Dreaming, reads like a rediscovery of the plasticity of representation where characters from her literary texts are vigorously animated in a…