Arts & Culture

Judge Dennis Davis: A life in law and music

From courtroom to concert hall, a lifelong devotion finds its fullest expression KAREN MILLER There are public figures whose reputations arrive fully formed: robe, title, and the steady cadence of authority....

Auction of local art a resounding success

LISA TRUTER, Coordinator, SAFIM Art Collaborative On Tuesday, 12 May, SAFIM Art Collaborative hosted their 9th Gala & Auction...

A debut under pressure – South Africa at the 1950 Venice Biennale

In 1950, South Africa stepped onto one of the world’s most prestigious cultural stages – the Venice Biennale....

Li and Stan Boiskin: a lifetime of art

BY KAREN MILLER The story of Stan and Li Boiskin is a story of a life shared through not...

Shelley Kibel: inheritance and independence

BY KAREN MILLER At first glance, the story of Shelley Kibel might appear to be one of inheritance: a...

Recording and preserving Holocaust survivor testimony 

French-American journalist and filmmaker Leslie Benitah recently visited Cape Town to attend a family bar mitzvah. While here, she shared her documentary film, The Last Ones, at an event hosted...

From Iraq to Israel: the extraordinary journey of Noga and Zaki Sharon

By LIBA NEU-NER For thousands of years, Jewish life flourished in what was once ancient Babylonia – modern-day Iraq. Jewish scholars composed the Babylonian Talmud...

Art as a powerful tool of activism

A fleeting visit to Cape Town late last year gave us insight into the way in which internationally-recognised Argentinian artist uses art to convey...

From Auschwitz to Sea Point: the astonishing journey of Rudolf Höss’s confession

BY KAREN MILLER By any measure, it is an extraordinary twist of history that one of the most chilling confessions of the Holocaust should resurface...

A man of many passions: Albie Sachs shares his passion for art

Humble, yet forceful, and with a clear sense of purpose. Hugely successful – but with none of the arrogance so often associated with success....

Rediscovering rebels: Wolf Kibel and Lippy Lipshitz at the Cape Town Jewish Museum

By KAREN MILLER Nearly a century after they shared a cramped studio and a fierce belief in their distinctive artistic voices, Wolf Kibel and Lippy...

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