Can Art Change Society? This was a question I posed to art specialist Mary Corrigall, who together with myself and fellow colleague Neo Mashigo will be judging M&C Saatchi’s inaugural Art for Change Prize in partnership with the iconic Saatchi Gallery later this year, writes...
Last week Spotify announced the addition of Zambian-born songwriter, poet and rapper, Sampa The Great to its list of EQUAL Africa artists who are taking African music to the world. EQUAL provides a diverse range of female musicians in Africa with the resources they need to...
A 22-year-old continuous work of art in her final year of her degree, majoring in photography and communication design, Mila Nkwada believes she exists as performance art, inspired by films and Baroque paintings, with her life goal being to master all trades. Creative Beginnings...
The Joburg Art Fair returned with a bang at the Sandton Convention Center this past weekend. Boasting exhibitions from their FNB Art Prize 2022 Winner - Dada Khanyisa - among other artists, the experience this year was unforgettable and alive with artistic musings. See our favourite...
Africa’s premier concept store Merchants on Long launches an online shop showcasing a curated selection of African design. Opened in 2010 Merchants on Long was the first concept store in Africa to focus on contemporary Pan-African design. Serving as a platform for emerging and established designers...
In the creator economy, age and experience have no hold. Some of the world’s best creativity has come from the most unlikely places and spaces. A curious mind, a refusal to be idle, and a desire to get off the sidelines are the only prerequisites....
Determination, imagination and cooperation: this was the grit that kept this year’s BASA Award winners on the road through a tough 2021, the year during which the awarded projects took place. From social innovation to education, cultural exploration to artist development and community upliftment, partnerships...
Central to Bineshtarigh’s artistic practice is language and text, written and physical, through intuitive translations and transliterations of shape and form. This results in work that has a written component as much as it has an aesthetic one, with interpretation as an open- ended and...
All his life, Hiram Koopman has been surrounded by music in one way or another. It has been a life-long love story for him with a musical family, and joining his church band at only seven years old. But while it may seem like serendipity,...
Tanzanian visual artist and 2019 Absa L’Atelier Ambassador Winifrid Luena’s first solo exhibition, Parsing The Juncture: 110 Billion Praxis, opened virtually on the Absa Art Hot Spot on 4 August 2022. Bookings for visits to the physical exhibition at the Absa Gallery in Johannesburg open...
Known and loved for their Swiss meringue buttery-cake-goodness and cake workshops the team is now bringing some of their sweetness to your office. ...
The Design Future Lab 2022, hosted by partners Electric South, Twyg and Crossover Labs and supported by the British Council #SouthernAfricaArts selected 18 creatives, working in pairs, to support the creation of XR prototypes to tell the story of sustainable fashion in South Africa. During...
Adidas unites with award-winning contemporary fashion designer, Thebe Magugu on their first collection inspired by African heritage, inclusivity, and kinship. The collection takes inspiration from memories of his family and childhood to bring you a bold collection featuring Performance and Lifestyle pieces. The campaign imagery...
In Collaboration with Trailblazing South African multi-disciplinary artist, Samurai Farai and Dutch denim brand Denham have created a striking window display at Hyde Park Corner’s main entrance until the end of July. The fabric installation is Farai’s interpretation of Denham’s passion for design seen in full...
Vote for your favourite of the 12 finalists and you could win a R3000 Latitudes gift voucher and a year's supply of ANNA products. What's more, the winner of the Audience Award will receive a complimentary profile on Latitudes, a Latitudes viewing room and a...
