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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William Kentridge turns Moleskine notebook into art
South 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 places
By Daven Wu Last updated
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William Kentridge unpacked in dual Cape Town museum survey
A 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 expand
By Daven Wu Last updated
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Mexican concept eatery El Burro takes to Cape Town
By Daven Wu Last updated
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Tristan Plessis Studio designs Johannesburg's new bar, Alice & Fifth
By Daven Wu Last updated
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Tristan du Plessis blends Japanese and South African design influences at Cape Town's FYN
By Paul Sephton Last updated
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Noero Architects’ Cape Town beach house breaks the glass box mold
Cape Town-based architecture studio Noero Architects wrestled with strict planning regulations to craft an enviable beach house
By Elana Castle Last updated
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Lungiswa Gqunta’s dreamscapes address tangled colonial legacies at Henry Moore Institute
South 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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Thabisa Mjo and Mash.T unveil sculptural brass lighting
New 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 Vally
South 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 boost
By Ellen Himelfarb Last updated
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A South African collector’s art-crammed house in Bo-Kaap
By Sean O'Toole Last updated
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A new tea room launches inside Johannesburg’s luxury lifestyle hub
By Mary Holland Last updated
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Zizipho Poswa’s unique take on ceramic art is inspired by her South African roots
By Sean O'Toole Last updated
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Zander Blom explores 21st century modernism at Stevenson, Cape Town
By Daniel Scheffler Last updated
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Politically charged: Glenn Ligon’s neon installation at Stevenson Gallery
By Daniel Scheffler Last updated
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South African Architects Directory
By Nick Compton Last updated
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Designer Porky Hefer’s debut architectural project hatches in Namibia
By Emma O'Kelly Last updated
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South African artist Kemang Wa Lehulere at Frieze 2018
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
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South African agency Lemon’s refined Johannesburg home unites design and production
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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A woman’s world: Shirin Neshat’s ’Dreamers’ opens in Johannesburg
By Daniel Scheffler Last updated
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A duo of design boutiques lands in the beachfront Cape Town suburb of Sea Point
By Elly Parsons Last updated
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Pretoria’s Javett Arts Centre takes its cues from the local culture and landscape
The 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 design
By Luke Halls Last updated
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Zeitz MOCCA’s new café cleaves to the building’s industrial origins
By Daven Wu Last updated
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Blanko serves up an Italian menu with imaginative crowd pleasers in Cape Town
By Daven Wu Last updated


