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Minister McKenzie Investigated Following Intervention in Gabrielle Goliath’s Venice Biennale Removal
In early December 2025, Gabrielle Goliath was confirmed as South Africa’s official representative at the 61st Venice...
Call for Applications: Live Music Lab 2026
Live Music Lab 2026 is a fully funded, three-month training and work-based learning programme for young creatives in...
Pantone’s Cloud Dancer Softens the Cultural Playing Field For 2026
Trend forecasting likes to pretend it is a form of clairvoyance, when in reality it is closer to taking our culture’s...
Sheer City Unites Underground Nightlife Collectives, Creating a Block Party in Cape Town
This January Cape Town introduces an ignition of artistry, sound, movement and style. On Saturday, 17 to Sunday 18...
An Astrological Glimpse at 2026; Don’t Hold your Horses
2025 was the year of the Snake so if you find yourself slithering into 2026 in bits, you’re not alone. January is the...
DESIREE ANNOUNCES MMiNO 2026 IN CAPE TOWN WITH QUEEZY & OMOLOKO
South African selector DESIREE opens the new year by bringing MMiNO back to the Mother City. On 8 January, The Alley...
Let Them Smoke Cigs: Risk Theory and the Return of Hedonism
Getting older means bowing to the burdens of responsibility - putting down the cigarettes you once clung to, and...
Princess Treatment and Emotional Manipulation: Is Our Search for Empowerment Getting Toxic?
Heterosexual dating in 2025 is, unsurprisingly, fraught with politics. At a time when gender discourse is deeply...
Beauty Is a Paradox We Can’t Stop Participating In
As science and technology push beauty toward transhumanism, the landscape of aesthetic possibility is expanding at an...
Call for Applications: Live Music Lab 2026
Live Music Lab 2026 is a fully funded, three-month training and work-based learning programme for young creatives in...
Bruno Mars Returns with his Fourth Studio Album, ‘The Romantic’
Marking a decade since his last solo project, Bruno Mars is officially returning with his long awaited fourth solo...
Zingah has released three singles from ‘YONDA WAY VOL. 1’
South African hip-hop steps into a new space with the release of three lead singles from YONDA WAY VOL. 1: “YONDA”,...
Ilhan Ersahin’s Istanbul Sessions Release ‘Mahalle’
Ilhan Ersahin's Istanbul Sessions announce their sixth studio album, "Mahalle", via Nublu Records. The new work...
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An independent media space & integrated agency capturing the zeitgeist of South Africa’s creative arts community. Covering news, music, fashion, art, culture and creativity.
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Information flies across the world untethered, but it can be directed, curated and injected with positive energy. Everything is connected, yet sometimes we can only see that looking backwards towards the past.
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