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BRAAI ART: Johannes Phokela, who will represent South Africa at the Venice Biennale next month, with plays with  stereotypes in his depiction of a braaivleis in South Africa in his work, Exciting Recipes.  Picture: ARNOLD PRONTO

Disrupting the cosy conceptions of art

The art of Johannes Phokela, who will represent South Africa at next month’s Venice Biennale, is not always earnest, writes Chris Thurman

FILM: The Sapphires; 360; Fast and Furious 6

(Left to right) Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy, Miranda Tapsell and Shari Sebbens as The Sapphires.
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Phillip Altbeker reviews the drama The Sapphires, City of God director Fernando Meirelles’s latest offering 360 and the sixth iteration of the Fast and the Furious franchise

DANCE : Dominion, and Uncles and Angels

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Dance Forum has invited two vital young choreographers to showcase their work at the annual Sanaa Africa Arts Festival, writes Tammy Ballantyne

A right royal romp for the king of rock

VIBRANT: Bovim’s Private Presley is a great tribute to the 'king of rock ’n’ roll' Elvis Presley
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Sean Bovim combines the technique and structure of ballet with the nonconformity and rebellion of rock ’n’ roll in his most recent work Private Presley, writes Penny Haw

The lack of grace in victimhood

GOING TO THE DOGS: Possession, by Heike Allerton-Davies, part of her Valley of Grace exhibition in Johannesburg.
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The contemporary community documented in Heike Allerton-Davies’s Valley of Grace exhibition is far from a state of grace, writes Chris Thurman

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Arts & Entertainment

ON THE STAGE: Hats Off

ARTS: The vital economic impact of the arts in the UK

The Royal Opera House in London, with Enzo Plazzotta's statue, Young Dancer, in the foreground.
10 day(s) ago

Research reveals that London is tightening its grip on arts philanthropy in the UK, writes James Pickford

Jury out on The Great Gatsby as Cannes festival kicks off

ACTION! Director Steven Spielberg, president of the 66th Cannes Film Festival, on Tuesday, the eve of the opening of the festival in Cannes. Picture: REUTERS
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Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby to open this year’s Cannes Film Festival

Blitz to put SA film industry on map continues

DUTY CALLS: South African comedian Kagiso Lediga in the recently released comedy Blitz Patrollie
11 day(s) ago

SA’s film industry faces piracy, distribution hurdles, write Khulekani Magubane and Phetane Rapetswane

Portraits of the muso as an artist

AND THE BEAT GOES ON: Nighthawks (by Edward Hopper) Revisited (via Tom Waits) by Rupert de Beer.
10 day(s) ago

The range of media employed in the exhibition Tom Waits for No Man, the second project Gordon Froud has undertaken as an homage to a musician, is impressive, writes Chris Thurman

JAZZ: Strong roster of nominees on Sama’s jazz short list

Gwen Ansell promo
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For genres such as jazz, the South African Music Awards will never be the most appropriate arena, but it seems the awards are finally maturing into the music barometer it ought to be, writes Gwen Ansell

Pupils see Xhosa novel come to life

A scene from Amaza to be shown at Artscape from May 13 to 24.
31 day(s) ago

Amaza, adapted for stage by Thoko Ntshinga, tells the story of a detective whose investigations bring him back to the village of his youth, writes Penny Haw

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