Category: Artists

By Edward Tsumele, CITYLIFE/ARTS Editor The arrival of the coronavirus to our shores with the country going into lockdown in March 2020, affected many people in different ways, including creatives. … Read More

By Edward Tsumele, CITYLIFE/ARTS Editor He is probably South Africa’s foremost visual art export to the world. Based mainly in the Netherlands, but a regular participant in some of the … Read More

By Edward Tsumele There is no doubt that when pop start Ntando came into the music scene in early 2000s, he disrupted the pop music scne in the country as … Read More

By Edward Tsumele, CITYLIFE/ARTS Editor The names of artists accompanying the artworks on the gallery walls are all significant voices on the country’s contemporary art scene. All the 10 artists … Read More

By Edward Tsumele, CITYLIFE/ARTS Editor When I met visual artist Olivia Botha for the first time, it was in 2017, and I met her at the offices of leading fine … Read More

By CityLife Arts Writer The final plans for the forthcoming Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) awards for this year are in place and the host has been announced. The … Read More

By Edward Tsumele, CITYLIFE/ARTS Editor When I arrived at an address in Parkhurst, North of Johannesburg, on Saturday, August 7, 2021,  that I knew Guns & Rain, a progressive young … Read More