South Africa

Virtual village

Ubuntuland, Africa’s first Metaverse marketplace, explores a new digital era of art on the continent >
Feminine mystique

Design Indaba Emerging Creative for 2022 Fikile Sokhulu pursues femininity in fashion >
Beam me up, skattie

The Magolide Collective has launched an AR fashion range >
Live art

The convention-flouting ICA Live Art Festival is back! >
Fired up

We chat to Julia Duduzile Mohanoe on swopping accountancy for art >
Melting pot

Buhle Nkalashe’s powerful artworks are steeped in isiXhosa, isiZulu and Ndebele traditions >
Pool poetics

Kanya Viljoen’s Eurydice makes use of femme narratives in a waterless pool >
Still lives

Arron Nathan Moos’s moving, contemplative portraits bring the lives of others sharply into focus. >
Paper towns

One architectural drawing a day for 365 days has culminated in the exhibition RSA 365 >
A golden milestone

Cape Town’s beloved Irma Stern Museum celebrates its semicentennial with a line-up of exhibitions, events and talks. >
Travel, exploration and wonder

We explore what informs Amy-Leigh Braaf’s restless creativity >
Deconstructing dreams

Akshar Maganbeharie’s portraits of pop stars and movie icons celebrate and vilify fame and pop culture >
Paying homage to the matriarchy

Nokukhanya Charity Vilakazi’s work explores the power of the stories African grandmothers tell their grandchildren. >
Light my wire

A contemporary spin on telephone wire weaving makes for a range of mesmerising pendants. >
A look into the work of Luke Rudman

Luke Rudman uses performance art, photography and painting to explore queerness. >
The body eclectic

Queerness and environmentalism are central to the work of Luke Rudman >
Animals crossing

Ardmore launches its ravishing Jabula Ceramic Collection >
Tsonga Pride

adidas and fashion designer Rich Mnisi unveil sizzling performance wear >
Announcing Design Indaba’s Emerging Creatives Class of 2022

This unique developmental programme offers gifted young creatives a platform to gain exposure and grow their careers >
Riyaadh Ismail

Fashion Designer

Riyaadhs Yaad is a streetwear fashion house, focusing on inclusivity, culture, sustainability and tailoring. >
Tshepiso Lekganyane

Jewellery Designer

Tshepiso Lekganyane is a young jewellery designer. >
Thulani Kubeka

Interaction Designer

As a child Thulani was always interested in ways of creating, especially music and art >
Thando Ntuli

Fashion Designer

Soweto-born Thando Ntuli wants to pay homage to the women who were here before us >
Siyabonga Mtshali

Entrepreneur

Siyabonga Mtshali is a 23-year-old creative entrepreneur hailing from the coast of KwaZulu Natal. >

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