South Africa
Let Wallpaper* guide you through the worlds of art, design and architecture in South Africa - and discover where to go and what to see when you travel to South Africa.
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Counterspace's Sumayya Vally on her Serpentine PavilionCounterspace is the fast-emerging South African architectural practice commissioned to create the latest Serpentine Pavilion in London. Here, its founder Sumayya Vally takes artist and photographer Mikhael Subotzky on a whistle-stop tour of their adopted hometown, Johannesburg
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Cape Town meets New York at new restaurant, Mulberry & PrinceBy Ella Marshall Last updated
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William Kentridge turns Moleskine notebook into artSouth African artist William Kentridge is the latest contributor to the Moleskine Foundation Collection, transforming a notebook into a visual parable brimming with ‘thoughts accepted and abandoned’
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
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The old Bosjeman’s Valley Farm has curves in all the right placesBy Daven Wu Last updated
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William Kentridge unpacked in dual Cape Town museum surveyA double bill across Zeitz MOCAA and Norval Foundation explores the South African artist’s rich oeuvre of sculpture, charcoal drawings, stop-frame animation, multimedia works, tapestries and more
By Sean O'Toole Last updated
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Cape Town's restaurant scene continues to expandBy Daven Wu Last updated
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Mexican concept eatery El Burro takes to Cape TownBy Daven Wu Last updated
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Tristan Plessis Studio designs Johannesburg's new bar, Alice & FifthBy Daven Wu Last updated
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Tristan du Plessis blends Japanese and South African design influences at Cape Town's FYNBy Paul Sephton Last updated
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Lungiswa Gqunta’s dreamscapes address tangled colonial legacies at Henry Moore InstituteSouth African artist Lungiswa Gqunta explores knowledge systems, spirituality and collective experiences in her first solo UK exhibition, ‘Sleep in Witness’ at the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
By Martha Elliott Last updated
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Kamal Ranchod uses architectural drawing to decolonise Egyptian historyOur Next Generation 2022 showcase shines a light on 22 outstanding graduates from around the globe, in seven creative fields. Here, we profile Kamal Ranchod, from the University of Johannesburg’s Graduate School of Architecture, South Africa
By Nasra Abdullahi Last updated
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Thabisa Mjo and Mash.T unveil sculptural brass lightingNew brass lighting by South African designer Thabisa Mjo, founder of design studio Mash.T, brings a contemporary edge to a traditional material
By Ugonna-Ora Owoh Last updated
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At home with Sumayya VallySouth African architect Sumayya Vally of Counterspace talks to us about Johannesburg, Geoffrey Bawa, and how if she weren't an architect, she'd be a storyteller
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Local colour: a new Cape Town gallery gives homegrown African design a boostBy Ellen Himelfarb Last updated
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A South African collector’s art-crammed house in Bo-KaapBy Sean O'Toole Last updated
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A new tea room launches inside Johannesburg’s luxury lifestyle hubBy Mary Holland Last updated
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Zizipho Poswa’s unique take on ceramic art is inspired by her South African rootsBy Sean O'Toole Last updated
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Zander Blom explores 21st century modernism at Stevenson, Cape TownBy Daniel Scheffler Last updated
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South African Architects DirectoryBy Nick Compton Last updated
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Remote lodging: a South African home in sync with nature and locally sourcedBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Designer Porky Hefer’s debut architectural project hatches in NamibiaBy Emma O'Kelly Last updated
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South African artist Kemang Wa Lehulere at Frieze 2018By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
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South African agency Lemon’s refined Johannesburg home unites design and productionBy Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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A woman’s world: Shirin Neshat’s ’Dreamers’ opens in JohannesburgBy Daniel Scheffler Last updated
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A duo of design boutiques lands in the beachfront Cape Town suburb of Sea PointBy Elly Parsons Last updated
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Pretoria’s Javett Arts Centre takes its cues from the local culture and landscapeThe University of Pretoria in South Africa gets new art centre, Javett UP, courtesy of Matthews + Associates Architects
By Sean O'Toole Last updated
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This coastal concrete retreat is a masterclass in African modernist designBy Luke Halls Last updated


