A painting by Brett Murray of the South African President has caused outrage among the ANC faithful but the subsequent acts of vandalism raise questions for which there are no easy answers. For ...

“Weaving Meanings” spins stories of fighting clubs, apartheid and the dazzling artworks wire weavers create today. Open at Santa Fe’s Museum of International Folk Art, this exhibition of a South ...

Our picks from the city's vibrant art week. Artists Pitika Ntuli and Esther Mahlangu with musician Nothembi Mkhwebane at the VIP Opening of "Then I Knew I Was Good at Painting": Esther Mahlangu. A ...

A US woman living in Cape Town asked South Africans why homes get painted every December. She noticed the tradition in ...

Most ancient tales, as we know, were delegated to the people who came after in the form of cave paintings and rock art. Experts spotted one such artwork in the Horned Serpent panel of the La Belle ...

If You Look Hard Enough, You Can See Our Future consists of 62 works by South African artists and spans two upstairs rooms at the African American Museum at Fair Park. The exhibition pulls from the ...

In the early 1970s, South African summer sun searing his back, 14-year-old Stephen Townley Bassett dutifully followed his uncle into the shade offered by one of myriad caves dotted among the Cederberg ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A boldly patterned BMW stands at the entrance of the Wits Arts Museum in the vibrant Johannesburg neighborhood of Braamfontein. Its bright geometric shapes are part of 89-year-old ...

The Dallas Art Fair blows through the city like a tornado once a year and leaves in its wake a lot of grumbling local artists and gallerists. It’s a four-day affair that demands $250 for a ticket to ...

On a recent weekday morning, some two dozen smartly dressed art enthusiasts gathered at Tate Modern before its doors opened for a private tour of the expansive solo exhibition of South African visual ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's ruling ANC went to court on Thursday seeking to remove from public display a painting of President Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed, saying the work is ...