Museum exhibitions are rarely warm — neither in the degree of heat nor homely reception — but as I entered the second floor of the grain silos at Zeitz Mocaa, a sense of warmth engulfed me. From the sweet and tangy smell of citrus in Thania Petersen’s Rampies Sny (2022), the tender voices recorded in Luvuyo…
It must have been a random evening of mindless scrolling through my Instagram gallery when I suddenly received one of those incredibly annoying notifications of a livestream by someone I forgot I followed. Except, this time, I clicked in with full excitement after noticing that it was a SCCA Tamale live. The Savannah Centre for…
It’s Black History Month in the United States, which presents Americans and the world at large an opportunity to learn more about historically minimised portions of a history that colour the present day existence of folks in the US and even worldwide. However, while most are detached from investigations of black history in the US,…
Curated by 17-year-old, Diana Sinclair, The Digital Diaspora is an exhibition that features Black creatives from around the globe and aims to spotlight Black artists working in the non-fungible token (NFT) market. Produced by Towards Utopia, the exhibition takes form both on and offline with a gallery space in SoHo New York exhibited by Superchief Gallery NFT —the world’s first physical dedicated…
Bambatha Jones known for having a variety of artistic inclinations regards himself as a photographer above all else. Growing up in Diepkloof, Soweto, he describes his childhood as quiet. “Diepkloof is commonly seen by those on the outside as a crime-heavy area, but for me it was a sweet respite from the bustling bodies of…
