Arts & Culture

Art bursaries changing lives

“Cape Town is the best place in South Africa for anyone interested in art.” That is the view of SAFIM Art Collaborative Executive Coordinator Lisa Truter, who points to...

The Catalogue that became a Book

BY MARC HOBERMAN About a year ago, Gavin Morris invited me for one of our favourite coffee catch up...

Enjoy the Jewish humour in earthside 

When I saw Candice Bernstein’s one-woman show, earthside, about a year ago, I was struck by how sad it...

A Little Night Music – a night of lots of entertainment 

After performing last in a full-length production almost 30 years ago, Cape Town’s well-known opera star of many years Aviva Pelham is...

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...

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...

From a simple act of kindness to a small African miracle

By BIANCA RESNEKOV Near the tail end of COVID, when the world was slowly emerging from lockdown but still carrying a lot of anxiety, my...

Memories of a childhood in Calvinia 

Forever keen to take on a challenge, and certainly not one to slow down because of age, Shirley Kantor has led a life she...

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