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In 2004, the exhibition “Africa Remix” opened in Europe just as interest in contemporary African art was spreading worldwide. Twenty years later, does the show—and others of the era—still hold up?
Through his vivid landscapes and portraits, Lindokuhle Sobekwa portrays the harsh poetry of rural life in the country’s Eastern Cape.
The curator Marie Meyerding speaks about a group exhibition of photographers who exposed the effects of race, gender, and class on everyday life.
In a dual exhibition, Lebohang Kganye and Sue Williamson consider trauma, healing, and the potential for transformation.
Thembinkosi Hlatshwayo’s experimental, multilayered images invoke the chance gestures and social life of taverns in Johannesburg.
In a new series of photobooks, the revered photographer conjures the mysteries of faith in South Africa.
Along the coast of South Africa, Thirza Schaap collects discarded bottles and shopping bags to create fanciful sculptures.
In an interview, the visual activist speaks about courage, rethinking history, and the politics of exclusion.
Throughout his long career, David Goldblatt has used the camera to reflect the social realities of South Africa.
For more than fifty years, the South African photographer has documented the structures of a divided society.
An innovative book juxtaposes images from the archives of two South African families—one black, and one white.
Asserting black identity, photographers take center stage at a bold new museum.
In a series of photobooks from the revered South African photographer, stories of grace, beauty, and dignity.
In searing and poetic images, Andrew Tshabangu chronicles Johannesburg in the age of democracy.
In a studio outside of Cape Town, photographer Nico Krijno refashions sculpture and performance.
For Bronwyn Law-Viljoen, publisher of Fourthwall Books, the photobook is a space for political and social history.
South Africa’s new media artists are transforming the digital world.
In a new film, photographer Mikhael Subotzky takes on two hundred years of white masculinity.
Aperture’s fall issue, “Arrhythmic Mythic Ra,” refracts themes of family, social history, and the astrophysical through the eyes of guest editor Deana Lawson, one of the most compelling photographers working today.
