CityLife Arts is a specialist arts publication that focuses on visual art, theatre and literature.
By Tinashe Mushakavanhu Zimbabwe born artist Kudzanai Chiurai is a phenomenon. He is one of the most challenging and inventive figures in contemporary African art. From large scale photos of fictional African dictators to … Read More
By Ahmed Elgammal When Ludwig von Beethoven died in 1827, he was three years removed from the completion of his Ninth Symphony, a work heralded by many as his magnum … Read More
By Neo Lekgotla laga Ramoupi and Andre Odendaal South Africa’s Robben Island Museum is an institution limping though a pandemic, and weighed down by its roller coaster history. In our book, Robben … Read More
Independent theatres should be assisted to open to full capacity by enforcing the “vaccination passports By Ismail Mahomed Sunday September 12, 2021’s address by President Cyril Ramaphosa may certainly have … Read More
By Roger Southall It is likely that historians will conclude that there was no one reason why the recent riots and looting of supermarkets, shops and warehouses in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, South … Read More
By Edward Tsumele, CITYLIFE/ARTS Editor Sometime in 2017, I found myself at Mofolo Lifestyle Centre in Soweto, with a couple of other people in the media and the literary space. … Read More
By Lliane Loots Now in its 23rd year, JOMBA! is a contemporary dance festival housed at the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Centre for Creative Arts, one of five festivals run by the Durban-based centre. … Read More
