‘Plight of the Rhino’, the first anthology of short stories from Springbok Publications, recently launched in London. At least £1 from every book sold will go towards the charity Save the Rhino International.
Evita is ready to liven up your Christmas holiday and invites all expats to come home and join her in a very festive silly season in Darling.
South African performer, Odile Rault, shares the stage with Stiofan O’Doherty, Maggie Robson and Eryl Lloyd Parry.
By using traditionally ugly materials to create something beautiful, ‘Beauty remained for just a moment then returned gently to her starting position…’ passes the test of creativity, appealing to dance, theatre and performance art audiences alike.
Seven South African photographers have taken top prizes in this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition and will go on display at the Natural History Museum in London.
Beating almost 43,000 other entries from across 96 countries, Greg du Toit’s photo of elephants will take centre stage at the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition opening at the Natural History Museum on 18 October 2013.
Art from Africa is one of the fastest growing and most vibrant scenes in the art world. At this week’s 1:54 fair in London, 15 galleries will showcase work by more than 70 artists, providing a unique opportunity to see and acquire work from across the continent and its diaspora
Robyn Orlin, who is known for reflecting the difficult and complex realities of her native South Africa, brings Johannesburg dance troupe Moving Into Dance Mophatong to the UK in ‘Beauty remained for just a moment then returned gently to her starting position…’
Irma Stern’s painting was the top-selling item at the Bonhams South African Sale in London, held on the artist’s birthday.
We chatted to South African comedian Trevor Noah about why he doesn’t need to justify basing his comedy on race; his plans to do stand-up comedy in German and about bringing his critically acclaimed show, The Racist, to Hammersmith Apollo later this year.
Lola Frost’s work draws visually on photographs of the physical landscape of places as diverse as the Drakensberg mountains, the Sonoma Valley in California, and the forest tunnels of Kent.
The We Love Mandela exhibition at South Africa House will showcase a significant collection of artworks in the image of, and inspired by Nelson Mandela, including paintings, sculpture, photography, cartoons, beadwork, prints. Entry is free to the public.
At an intimate tasting at the South African owned High Timber Restaurant in London, the components of Spice Route Winery’s iconic red blend Chakalaka were presented to provide a “deconstructed” perspective of the Swartland. We tasted samples of the five wines used in the Chakalaka 2012 blend (Syrah, Mourvèdre, Carignan, Grenache, Petit Shirah) as well as the 2011 vintage, followed by a glass of Spice Route’s estate-brewed beer.
When debates over whether it’s time to turn on the heating or not surface, it’s time to retreat to the warmth of Africa which, this week, was to be found at the opening of the Graphic Africa Exhibition on London’s Kings Road.
London’s Middle Temple will provide the perfect setting for an evening of wine, food and entertainment in aid of Zimbabwe A National Emergency, including a recital by South African flutist Marlene Verwey.
Products designed by four South Africans and one Zimbabwean will be featured in Graphic Africa, which showcases new contemporary furniture by 16 leading designers from 10 countries in East, West and Southern Africa.
‘Mies Julie’ has won a string of international awards including an Edinburgh Fringe First Award, and has received 30 five-star ratings in under a year.
South Africa is well represented at the Edinburgh Fringe, with a number of shows ranging from comedy, drama, to song and dance.
After great success in both Johannesburg and Cape Town, the Holi One festival attracted quite a large South African following in London.
A graduate of the University of the Arts London and originally from Durban, London-based creative Victoria Mae has won funding for her ceramics design business.
Rock of Ages, currently playing at The Garrick Theatre in the West End, is the smash hit musical set in 1987 Los Angeles. The bewigged and rocked-up accompanying band is fronted by South African guitarist Nick Kendall, originally from Johannesburg.
Urban Interpretation is a collaboration of South African and British artworks by “street” artists at Graffik Gallery’s Portobello Road premises. The work on display is on the whole highly skilled and incredibly varied from Warren Petersen’s finely painted anime-esque girls to Trust.iCON’s Banksy-inspired stencils.
The line-up for the UK’s third annual Wilderness Festival includes Rodriguez, who rocketed from unknown talent in his homeland and cult musician in just South Africa to global notoriety following the Bafta- and Oscar-winning documentary about his life, Searching for Sugarman. He will be joined by artists such as Noah and the Whale, Tom Odell, Martha Wainwright and Michael Kiwanuka.
Urban Interpretation is a group exhibition which brings together works from South African and British artists at Graffik Gallery in London.
A portrait of Nelson Mandela by South African artist Conor Mccreedy has disappeared from a New York storage space.