Our esteemed selection committee is hard at work deciding on a winner from the 2025 Top 12 Finalists, who we are beyond excited to present to you!

Of Kinship and Divergence: A Tswana Reflection on Identity Across Borders and The African Artist’s Right to Self-Invention.

Over the last decade, we've seen artists do more than just make work - they've built networks, platforms and possibilities. In short, they've hustled. Not only creating opportunities for themselves, but also for those around them. It's a defining feature of today's art world.

In the first episode of our new season, acclaimed photographer Ayana V. Jackson joins Refiloe Mpakanyane for an intimate and inspiring conversation about legacy, labour and the art of showing up.

Chapter 2 of the Latitudes Podcast, which looks at connecting the stories from the continent, takes us to Lagos in this week's episode.

11 curators set to transform the African Art ecosystem

In her work for the HEAT Winter Arts Festival, what one finds is a state of suspension between worlds, between past and present, between here and there, between the known and unknowable, writes Nkgopoleng Moloi.

Having a foot in architecture has given Selwyn Steyn perspective, writes Tom van der Schijff

How do you bury a superhero? Asks Nino Jane Bergh. It seems like a monumental task, but one weathered by multimedia artist Rory Emmett, whose first show, Concerning Alchemy, at the AVA Gallery in 2017, is beginning to feel like something from deep time.

South Africa is known worldwide for its diversity in scenic naturescapes, wildlife that includes the Big Five, and cultures collectively known as the “rainbow nation”. Yet the reality of many everyday South Africans, entwined within the geography and biodiversity, is marked by compounded and imbalanced socio-economic patterns.

The UJ Art Gallery is proud to present Remembering and Forgetting: Landscapes in Dialogue, a powerful solo exhibition by artist and activist Kim Berman, from 7 August until 4 September 2025, as part of the University’s 20-year celebrations.

The episode happens under the aegis of revealing the realities and hidden truths of his studio practice; as well as unpacking the lessons he has learnt along the way and the events that triggered growth and change in himself and his creative practice.

In a year marked by reflection, stillness, and an enduring curiosity about what it means to be present, Naledi Maifala’s quietly powerful practice has risen to the surface, and captured the hearts of the ANNA Award judges.

Naledi Maifala wins the ANNA Award, while Reem Aljeally and Fetelework Tadesse are awarded honourable mentions, and Azola Kingston wins the Audience Award!

In this moving conversation, Cape Town-based sculptural ceramicist Zizipho Poswa joins Refiloe Mpakanyane to share the personal, cultural and spiritual underpinnings of her extraordinary art practice.

Our esteemed selection committee is hard at work deciding on a winner from the 2025 Top 12 Finalists, who we are beyond excited to present to you!

Of Kinship and Divergence: A Tswana Reflection on Identity Across Borders and The African Artist’s Right to Self-Invention.

Over the last decade, we've seen artists do more than just make work - they've built networks, platforms and possibilities. In short, they've hustled. Not only creating opportunities for themselves, but also for those around them. It's a defining feature of today's art world.

In the first episode of our new season, acclaimed photographer Ayana V. Jackson joins Refiloe Mpakanyane for an intimate and inspiring conversation about legacy, labour and the art of showing up.