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Documenting Life on Both Sides of the South African Color Line
David Goldblatt photographed the societal warping that apartheid inflicted, drawn to “the quiet and commonplace where nothing ...
William Kentridge Reflects on What It Means to Be a South African Artist
I think my experience of South Africa has been that one has to keep an optimism and a pessimism together, and neither by ...
Stars, stitches and stripes: Africa's top shots
Texas Tech's Lauren Halleman was called out attempting to steal second base in the fifth inning. At least she thought she was ...
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New York's Met museum sheds new light on African art collection
From a delicate 13th-century clay figure to self-portraits by photographer Samuel Fosso, New York's Metropolitan Museum reopens its African art collection on Saturday, exploring the "complexity" of ...
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uMsizi noPende hosts inspiring art walkabout for local learners
A walkabout hosted by uMsizi noPende immersed learners in the world of visual art at the Strings Arts Gallery on May 22. The atmosphere buzzed with curiosity and excitement when the learners from ...
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His photographs cut through apartheid — and never diminished their subjects
(David Goldblatt/Yale University Art Gallery) Review by Sebastian Smee ... who took pictures in South Africa for more than 70 years, photographed almost exclusively in black-and-white.