What is the real value of Ayanda Mabulu’s art?

Mary Corrigall|Published

Sale will paint picture of contemporary art value

Meet the Post Apartheid Chief Gangster

Mary Corrigall|Published

Themba Shibase's exhibition at the National Arts Festival doesn't sugar-coat his opinion of politicians.

The overlooked literary landscape

Mary Corrigall|Published

The debate sparked by Thando Mgqolozana draws attention to all kinds of absences in our society, writes Mary Corrigall.

Artists best placed to tackle statues

Mary Corrigall|Published

Given that the Rhodes statue is an artwork, it would be quite suitably cannibalised by artists, says Mary Corrigall.

Dress fillies divert attention from horses

Mary Corrigall|Published

Glitz and glamour abound as Cape Town plays host to the world’s biggest horse races

Hip and happening Brooklyn

Mary Corrigall|Published

Mary Corrigall goes in search of the origins of hipster culture in Brooklyn, New York.

Upturning the conventions

Mary Corrigall|Published

This New York-based performance art festival was all about ideas rather than pleasing the audience, writes Mary Corrigall.

Going native

Mary Corrigall|Published

If there ever was a road to nowhere this is it. The infamous unfinished Eastern Boulevard freeway ends abruptly, challenging, mocking the function of the highway. ...

Revelry and art in Berlin

Mary Corrigall|Published

Mary Corrigall discovers why Berlin has become a paradise for pleasure-seekers and art lovers.

The politics of dance

Mary Corrigall|Published

‘Have I ever really danced at all?” reflected Faustin Linyekula, the renowned choreographer from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) during Le Cargo. It was ...

Musically inclined

Mary Corrigall|Published

Salzburg’s identity is tied to music. Mary Corrigall travelled to this Austrian town to attend the annual theatre and music festival.

Trying to look like a woman can be a real sashaying drag

Mary Corrigall|Published

You get two kinds of drag queens. Those that are not supposed to be very convincing and those that can pass for a woman until they open their mouths or you spot ...

Mimicking the master

Mary Corrigall|Published

Mary Corrigall reviews the exhibition in which the controversial The Spear brought notoriety to Brett Murray

In Defence of Paintings

Mary Corrigall|Published

Mary Corrigall looks at diverse attitudes|towards painting in two contrasting exhibitions

Double take

Mary Corrigall|Published

Candice Breitz’s new work is set in Generations, the soapy, |but will it reach the masses, asks Mary Corrigall

Rising from thedead

Mary Corrigall|Published

Prince Lamla has reinvigorated|a South African classic, writes Mary Corrigall

In search of authenticity

Mary Corrigall|Published

The Food, Wine Design Fair opens at the end of this month. Mary Corrigall takes a look at the artisanal food movement. What’s driving this demand for authenticity? ...

Me, myself & I

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Mary Corrigall tries her hand at being a performer. Faustin Linyekula and William Kentridge prove useful, shedding light on the divide between observer and participant. ...

Creating new Impressions

Mary Corrigall|Published

Nathanial Stern puts a technological spin on an old favourite, writes Mary Corrigall

‘Us versus them’ – Miyeni’s mental apartheid

Mary Corrigall|Published

Eric Miyeni’s vitriolic Sowetan column brought to mind what must have been George W Bush’s most, and possibly only, powerful aphorism: “You are either with us, or ...

Power to the poor

Mary Corrigall|Published

Photographer Zwelethu Mthethwa is fascinated by the cultures and habits of those who have to adapt to harsh circumstances, writes Mary Corrigall.

Middle-class drama

Mary Corrigall|Published

Play Me exposes the shallowvalues of a new social class,writes Mary Corrigall.

The root of evil

Mary Corrigall|Published

Mary Corrigall ponders the forces that shaped one of Shakespeare’s most malevolent characters, Richard III.