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Going once: Five lots that caught our eye at Strauss & Co’s September auctions

Art to admire and desire

Eight questions for the interested and interesting: Sara Hallatt

Sara Hallat is director of the META Foundation, a visual arts NPO

A good week for Elvira Dyangani Ose

Elvira Dyangani Ose is the new boss of the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art. Christopher Willis faces scrutiny over Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden.

Hilton Art Fair.

KZN’s creative comeback takes shape at Hilton Arts Festival

Creative confidence may be KZN’s clearest sign of recovery, with artists and cultural institutions driving renewal from the ground up

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Eight questions for the interested and interesting: Jonathan Oxenham

Jonathan Oxenham’s essentials? A blue kikoi, ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’, good surf and a healthy supply of pinot noir

Reverse Futures exhibition, from left Etel Adnan, Satellites 27 (2020); Yinka Shonibare, Refugee Astronaut X (2024) and Calculating Empires: A Genealogy of Technology and Power since 1500 (2023) by Kate Crawford and Vladan Joler. Photo Graham De Lacy/Supplied.

JCAF: a glimpse of tomorrow

Fancy a wee dose of smart art? JCAF’s new ‘Reverse Futures’ exhibition is exactly where you need to be

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Eight questions for the interested and interesting: Sue Williamson

The Cape Town-based artist talks autobiographies, cloudscapes and James Dean

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Eight questions for the interested and interesting: Brandon Fairweather

The author and brand manager talks Liverpool, Lego and a new framework for managing money

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Eight questions for the interested and interesting: Sethu Mehana

The Nubian Cosmetics founder on turning a hobby into a business, Joburg go-to spots and how Kentridge inspired her love of art

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Eight questions for the interested and interesting: Kirsten Goss

The acclaimed jewellery designer talks ‘Hamnet’, A Tavola, Picasso’s ‘Guernica’ and the joy of sparkling water

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‘It’s massive’ – Zanele Muholi on winning the Hasselblad award

The acclaimed photographer, activist and Hasselblad-winner on art, activism and why the next generation matters most

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Eight questions for the interested and interesting: Jo Watson

The bestselling author talks Fredrik Backman, Hieronymus Bosch, chaotic hobbies and a lifelong love of Depeche Mode

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Eight questions for the interested and interesting: Bianca Amato

The beloved South African actress is in a new stage production called ‘Midnight in Parys’. Here she talks books, Kate Bush and jigsaw puzzles

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How I spend my currency … with former Purple Group CEO Mark Barnes

The former SAPO CEO on retirement assets, informal markets and why art makes for great company

Joburg’s Barbican building is back, baby!

Explore the history of the Joburg’s Barbican building, an architectural gem that has had a wonderful revival

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Eight questions for the interested and interesting: Katherine-Mary Pichulik

The founder of PICHULIK tells us about books, art and tarot cards

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PODCAST: How do you start investing in art?

Is art an investment, or pleasure posing as a share portfolio? Tim Cohen and Mark Barnes find out. With special guest Susie Goodman

Rumours/2026 at the Standard Bank Art Lab

Beyond photography: Standard Bank Art Lab honours Santu Mofokeng

A new exhibition in Sandton captures the creative range of the celebrated photographer. It’s an archive of memory, emotion and experience

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Dada fumbles new JAG board

The fracas around the gallery has reached the courts, with Webber Wentzel seeking to have the appointments of the governing committee set aside

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Eight questions for the interested and interesting: Ernst Frame-Tolmie

Interior architect Ernst Frame-Tolmie on teenage angst, desert island soundtracks and the objects he swears by