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Moving into Dance Mophatong’s 2009 Repertoire Season is set to get dance aficionados flocking to the Wits Theatre in Braamfontein, Johannesburg from 21 – 25 October. Repertoire Season 2009 includes the collaborative work Threads by acclaimed choreogra...
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Herbie Hancock has grand plans for his two-year stint as the Los Angeles Philharmonic creative chair for jazz, which begins in 2010 and includes overseeing jazz programming for the Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Hollywood Bowl, helping to hire musician...
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The Ndebele practice of painting colourful, geometric designs on the walls of their dwellings is believed to have originated near the end of 19th century, the designs originally having been used in their beadwork. Esther Mahlangu – probably the world...
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Through its 2009 Awards Programme, the Prince Claus Fund seeks to highlight and celebrate artists, cultural networks and organisations that make a significant contribution in the interaction between culture and nature and introduce new ideas and approache...
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34LONG FINE ART presents an exciting collection of new work by Japanese artist Takashi Murakami at 34 Long Street, Cape Town. The exhibition, the most comprehensive to date of editioned works from the gallery’s collection, will cover both floors. T...
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The Photographer’s Gallery ZA is proud to present a solo exhibition by acclaimed photographer, Lien Botha. Parrot Jungle is Botha’s ninth solo exhibition, and signals a new direction. What is immediately evident in Botha’s new work is the employment...
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The winner of the Tollman Award for the Visual Arts 2009 has been awarded to the young photographer Sabelo Mlangeni. Mlangeni was born in 1980 at Driefontein, near Wakkerstroom in Mpumalanga. He moved to Johannesburg in 2001. He studied at the Ma...
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At the 4th World Summit on Arts and Culture from 22-25 September the theme will be Meeting of Cultures: Creating Meaning through the Arts. Arts and culture policy makers, funders and representatives of international, regional and national artists networks...
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Air France’s first Airbus A380 has just been painted with the airline’s new livery in Hamburg, and will start operating a daily Paris-Charles de Gaulle – New York-JFK route in November 2009. Says Pierre-Henri Gourgeon, CEO of Air France, ‘The...
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This Heritage Day, city-dwellers can experience many of the varied pleasures of the Magaliesberg at the second annual Country Classic Festival on the grounds of Bekker Schools, the highlight in a week-long festival showcasing the Magalies Meander. Se...
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Pieter Toerien’s groundbreaking production of Cats enjoyed an immensely successful, repeatedly sold-out run when it appeared in South Africa in 2002, before further establishing the stardom of its cast with tours of the Far East. For those who were unlu...
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In 1937, master lithographer and artist Jean Pons began compiling a collection of works by artists with whom he collaborated – a practice that his daughter Elisabeth continued. Their collection grew to include works by the likes of Pablo Picasso, Yves K...
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The multi-award-winning theatre director, writer and producer, Lara Foot Newton, will become the first female Artistic Director to lead the Baxter Theatre Centre when she takes over from Mannie Manim at the end of the year. Foot Newton is the fourth ...