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Staircase to Heaven: SA artist
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Staircase to Heaven: SA artist’s optical illusion is mesmerising the internet

SA artist Nic Fredman to showc
Art and Artists

SA artist Nic Fredman to showcase 18 years of work in Cape Town

Celebrating all things poetry
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Celebrating all things poetry at the 2021 McGregor Festival this November

Staircase to Heaven: SA artist
Art and Artists

Staircase to Heaven: SA artist’s optical illusion is mesmerising the internet

SA artist Nic Fredman to showc
Art and Artists

SA artist Nic Fredman to showcase 18 years of work in Cape Town

Celebrating all things poetry
Books

Celebrating all things poetry at the 2021 McGregor Festival this November

Artist funds
News

Nathi Mthethwa: Artist relief funds misused, according to forensic report

By Gcina Ntsaluba27-09-2021 15:42

Nathi Mthethwa the Minister of Arts and Culture said the artist relief funds were misused according to a forensic investigation.

Dynamic festival to celebrate
Live
Entertainment

Dynamic festival to celebrate Heritage Month in Cape Town

By Erene Roux10-09-2021 15:19

Here’s your chance to see hip hop artist and poet, Quinten Goliath (Jitsvinger) and musician, singer and composer Lungiswa Plaatjies.

Design Indaba opens entries fo
Art and Artists

Design Indaba opens entries for the 2022 Emerging Creatives Programme

By Erene Roux08-09-2021 16:44

A chosen group of 40 young design mavens will have the opportunity to showcase their work on the Design Indaba platform next year.

Is that a TV? ‘Art lover bergi
Art and Artists

Is that a TV? ‘Art lover bergie’ steals R100k piece of art in Cape Town

By Erene Roux07-09-2021 13:34

The artist, Willem Pretorius, believes that a ‘bergie’ stole his painting worth R100k after mistaking it for a television.

Mamma Mia! Cape Town included
Live
Entertainment

Mamma Mia! Cape Town included in Abba’s virtual reunion tour

By Erene Roux05-09-2021 00:28

Fans are delighted as Abba’s new album will come out on 5 November 2021, with their virtual tour expected to kick off in May 2022.

Funny snaps from this year’s C
Lifestyle

Funny snaps from this year’s Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards

By Erene Roux03-09-2021 13:09

The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards are back to show a lighter side to the animal world. Which one do you think will take the win?

‘AGT’ semi-finals: Simon Cowel
Entertainment

‘AGT’ semi-finals: Simon Cowell considers this act to be the frontrunner [watch]

By Erene Roux01-09-2021 16:20

Simon Cowell said that the self-taught aerialist, Aidan Bryant, is “the one to beat” after the first field of semi-finalists finished their set on ‘America’s Got Talent’.

Queen’s ‘corgi portrait’ to fe
Art and Artists

Queen’s ‘corgi portrait’ to feature in National Gallery exhibition

By Erene Roux29-08-2021 19:46

A portrait of the Queen ‘looking like a corgi’ is set to feature in a special Lucian Freud Exhibition in the UK.

Plan B: National Arts Festival
Art and Artists

Plan B: National Arts Festival reimagined once more

By Erene Roux05-07-2021 15:59

Time for Plan B! The 2021 National Arts Festival is set to move into an online space for the second time this coming July.

Cape Town artist creates statu
Art and Artists

Cape Town artist creates statue by recycling used coffee capsules

By Erene Roux24-06-2021 11:30

Sculpture artist, Godfrey Dambuleni recently created a special version of Oscar the Seal by recycling used coffee capsules.

What you need to know about th
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What you need to know about the 2021 National Arts Festival

By Erene Roux15-06-2021 11:48

The 2021 National Arts Festival will take place in various cities in South Africa from 17 June to 4 July.

Watch: Ndlovu Youth Choir goes
Entertainment

Watch: Ndlovu Youth Choir goes viral with Xhosa version of Lady Gaga’s ‘Shallow’

By Erene Roux03-06-2021 10:08

South Africans will love the Ndlovu Youth Choir’s version of Lady Gaga’s ‘Shallow’ from the film ‘A Star Is Born’.

SA sculptor Pitika Ntuli just
Art and Artists

SA sculptor Pitika Ntuli just won a Global Fine Art Award

By Erene Roux20-05-2021 10:47

Pitika Ntuli’s’ exhibition ‘Azibuyele Emasisweni’ won one of the two People’s Choice Awards at this year’s Global Fine Art Awards.

Loyiso Mkize DC Comics
Art and Artists

‘Achievement unlocked’: SA’s Loyiso Mkize pencils episode for DC Comics

By Andrea Chothia13-05-2021 12:05

SA artist Loyiso Mkize has not only made his country proud but he has blazed the trail for other creatives by scoring a far-reaching debut with DC Comics.

New artwork revealed in Braamf
Art and Artists

New artwork revealed in Braamfontein to honour the women of Joburg [photos]

By Erene Roux12-05-2021 14:25

Artist Faith XLVII (read as Faith 47) recently completed the final instalment of the iconic Mural Trilogy in honour of the women of Johannesburg.

National Arts Festival to pres
Art and Artists

National Arts Festival to present a multi-layered experience this 2021

By Erene Roux10-05-2021 11:10

Introducing the National Arts Festival, a hybrid festival of the arts, anchored in Makhanda, accessible online and coming to you in cites across South Africa.

RIP Phumlani Pikoli: About the
Lifestyle

RIP Phumlani Pikoli: About the author and controversial artist

By Erene Roux12-04-2021 12:48

The son of National Prosecuting Authority head Vusi Pikoli, Phumlani, died at the age of 33 over the past weekend.

SA’s Busiswa calls out Rihanna
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SA’s Busiswa calls out Rihanna for ‘remake’ of ‘Midnight Starring’ in new ad

By Erene Roux30-03-2021 12:51

Busiswa took to Twitter to say that Fenty Beauty owner Rihanna used a remake of her song ‘Midnight Starring’.

Stunning map shows the most Go
Art and Artists

Stunning map shows the most Googled artist in every country [photos]

By Erene Roux23-03-2021 17:47

Researchers used Google search data to reveal the most Googled artist of 2020 in each country. Here’s what they found:

Cape Town joins the ‘longest h
Art and Artists

Cape Town joins the ‘longest human chain’ in the world [video]

By Erene Roux26-01-2021 12:16

French-Swiss artist Saype recently brought his impressive Beyond Walls series – which sees hands painted on land – to Cape Town.

Mzansi reacts to Rasta’s paint
Lifestyle

Mzansi reacts to Rasta’s painting of Jackson Mthembu

By Erene Roux26-01-2021 11:09

Celebrity painter Lebani Sirenje, otherwise known as Rasta, has had a go at painting the late minister Jackson Mthembu.

DJ Maphorisa
Entertainment

Here is Spotify’s top local artist for 2020 and it’s not Master KG

By Gig Mensah16-12-2020 11:59

The streaming platform’s list gives a glimpse of what South Africans have been bobbing heads to during this weird year.

Artist hopes life-sized portra
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Artist hopes life-sized portrait in Mowbray will haunt police

By Ground Up26-09-2020 09:54

Sex worker and activist Robyn Montsumi was arrested on a drug charge. A few days later she died in police custody.

Sundown Sessions: See SA menta
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Art and Artists

Sundown Sessions: See SA mentalist Russell Fox in special virtual sessions

By Erene Roux21-09-2020 20:46

Tune in to see SA mentalist Russell Fox in a virtual show on Zoom called The Sundown Sessions every Saturday.

RJ Benjamin
Entertainment

#MusicExchange Q&A: RJ Benjamin speaks to the future of music

By Martin Myers18-09-2020 22:05

Award-winning vocalist, songwriter, vocal coach, music producer and director RJ Benjamin is one of the keynote speakers at the digital Music Exchange 2020 conference.

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