Art Auction: National Treasures, Or Returning To Roots

Art Auction: National Treasures, Or Returning To Roots

May 17, 2026 | ARTiculate

  A historically important Gerard Sekoto painting depicting Sophiatown, a multi-cultural suburb of Johannesburg destroyed under apartheid, leads an exceptional consignment of works by ground-breaking black artists in Strauss & Co’s flagship...
Opinion: Practical Creativity – AI, Along With Ideas

Opinion: Practical Creativity – AI, Along With Ideas

Mar 31, 2026 | ARTiculate

  AI is transforming creative industries, but few people agree on how to actually use it. Is it a shortcut? A threat? Or a tool that can extend human imagination? Two South African voices, Khumo Tsie, creative director at KN Studios, and Rachel van Rooyen,...
Jazz In Johannesburg – Holding The City’s Sound

Jazz In Johannesburg – Holding The City’s Sound

Mar 21, 2026 | ARTiculate

  By RYAN ENSLIN   Johannesburg has always known how to play the opening bars. Holding the chorus has been harder. Its history is lined with rooms that flared into brilliance, then disappeared. Shebeens in Sophiatown where marabi pulsed under threat of...