CityLife Arts is a specialist arts publication that focuses on visual art, theatre and literature.
By Edward Tsumele There was a time in art history in South Africa whereby both adults and children would go to a museum and immerse themselves in viewing art, often … Read More
“If they are part of the LGTQ1+ community, I want them to walk away with a profound sense of lineage, knowing they do not come from a void, that they … Read More
The Insomnia of a Biscuit, is a title, like all of Mokoena’s titles, designed to shake the viewer out of an expectation of the ordinary, challenging the audience to make … Read More
And, so, is the popularity of Meyer’s crime novels. In a country that struggles to embrace the written word when it comes to reading for pleasure, particularly fiction, Meyer has … Read More
Following the individual filmmakers writing their own part, the group will collaborate to make it into a whole film. They will then shoot and edit their own section in their … Read More
The discussion raised the following questions: Are national art histories compatible with a decolonial practice? Does the writing of South African art history carry legitimacy in the current climate of … Read More
This is the race and class question that South Africans will feel in our bones. Tessa is white in the original text, but in our context, she is every Black … Read More
CITYLIFE/ARTS getsan inside view of the newly launched The Art Quarter at the Michelangelo Towers’,where several artists have set up galleries they control and studios from which to work as they … Read More
