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Review | One plus one equals something else: Michael MacGarry at Everard Read
Review | One plus one equals something else: Michael MacGarry at Everard Read
For Wanted, I reviewed Michael MacGarry’s solo exhibition at Everard Read, The System Absorbs All Opposition.
David Mann
Jun 21
Review | Near and Far: journeying through a private collection
Review | Near and Far: journeying through a private collection
For Wanted, I wrote about an exhibition of (mostly) South African landscape works in a rare public exhibition at the Keyes Art Mile.
David Mann
Jun 21
Feature | Nurturing memory and materiality in Sepideh Mehraban’s artistic practice
Feature | Nurturing memory and materiality in Sepideh Mehraban’s ar...
In February 2024, I visited Sepideh Mehraban in her Woodstock studio during the Cape Town Art Fair. We spoke about her practice, the…
David Mann
May 11
Feature | Occupying the Gallery
Feature | Occupying the Gallery
The team behind Occupying the Gallery reached out to see if I could put together a few words on their process. I had a chat with Mary…
David Mann
Dec 11, 2023
Review | Focussing the Lens: A review of Caitlin Stobie’s Thin Slices
Review | Focussing the Lens: A review of Caitlin Stobie’s Thin Slices
For the journal, Current Writing: Text and Reception in Southern Africa I was invited to review South African-born, UK-based poet Cait…
David Mann
Nov 5, 2023
Field Notes | 11 days of art, theatre, and music in Makhanda
Field Notes | 11 days of art, theatre, and music in Makhanda
For Creative Feel, I share my notes on the 2023 National Arts Festival.
David Mann
Jul 27, 2023
Review | Storytelling as Free Falling
Review | Storytelling as Free Falling
This review was first published in Cue.
David Mann
Jul 27, 2023
Review | Namaste Bae: Blessings and Kombucha
Review | Namaste Bae: Blessings and Kombucha
This review was first published in Cue.
David Mann
Jul 27, 2023
Review | A sound to break open the sky: Linda Sikhakane’s Iladi
Review | A sound to break open the sky: Linda Sikhakane’s Iladi
This review was first published in Cue.
David Mann
Jul 27, 2023
Review | dSimon: Artificial Theatre
Review | dSimon: Artificial Theatre
This review was first published in Cue.
David Mann
Jul 27, 2023
Review | Don’t Let the Sun Set on You Here: dance as dialect
Review | Don’t Let the Sun Set on You Here: dance as dialect
This review was first published in Cue.
David Mann
Jul 27, 2023
Review | The Agents — What a vaab!
Review | The Agents — What a vaab!
This review was first published in Cue.
David Mann
Jul 27, 2023
Field Notes | On abstraction, fireflies & follies
Field Notes | On abstraction, fireflies & follies
For Creative Feel, I share my notes on the Latitudes Art Fair, Open Studios Joburg, Sylvaine Strike and Andrew Buckland’s Firefly, and…
David Mann
Jun 8, 2023
Review | Into the Megatext: Chronicling the life and work of South African sculptor Bruce Arnott
Review | Into the Megatext: Chronicling the life and work of South ...
For The Daily Maverick, I wrote about Into the Megatext, the exhibition and publication on the life and work of Bruce Arnott.
David Mann
Jun 8, 2023
Field Notes | Theatre in the city, respite in photography
Field Notes | Theatre in the city, respite in photography
Field Notes is a monthly collection of notes and reflections on art, architecture, and performance for Creative Feel.
David Mann
May 15, 2023
Review | ‘Breaths of Joburg’ | Celebrating performance and play in the city
Review | ‘Breaths of Joburg’ | Celebrating performance and play in ...
For Creative Feel, I reviewed the public performance run of Breaths of Joburg.
David Mann
May 15, 2023
Essay | Bev Butkow’s reflective connections
Essay | Bev Butkow’s reflective connections
For The Daily Maverick, I wrote about Bev Butkow’s recent installation in Hong Kong. All images are courtesy of Anthea Pokroy.
David Mann
Apr 29, 2023
Review | Collaborations
Review | Collaborations
While on residency in Vienna in 2022, I visited mumok’s Collaborations group exhibition and wrote about it for Springerin magazine. The…
David Mann
Apr 29, 2023
Field Notes | Luminous billboards and performance as process
Field Notes | Luminous billboards and performance as process
Field Notes is a monthly collection of notes and reflections on art, architecture, and performance for Creative Feel.
David Mann
Apr 29, 2023
Field Notes | Art as a salve, buildings as witnesses
Field Notes | Art as a salve, buildings as witnesses
“What’s happening here tonight?” asked the Uber driver as I climbed into his car, escaping the howling wind and chatter outside the Cape…
David Mann
Mar 18, 2023
Review | Painting the other, painting the self — considering Frida Kahlo, Amrita Sher-Gil and Irma…
Review | Painting the other, painting the self — considering Frida ...
For the Daily Maverick, I reviewed Kahlo, Sher-Gil, Stern: Modernist Identities in the Global South at the Joburg Contemporary Art…
David Mann
Dec 12, 2022
Review | Mihloti ya Ntsako: Reflecting on the art collection as a journey
Review | Mihloti ya Ntsako: Reflecting on the art collection as a j...
At the end of November, I went through to Javett-UP for the Mihloti ya Ntsako — Journeys with the Bongi Dhlomo Collection book launch. For…
David Mann
Dec 1, 2022
Review | The Lesson: A collective fever
Review | The Lesson: A collective fever
For The Critter, I review the Greg Homann adaptation of Eugène Ionesco’s play The Lesson, performed at The Market Theatre.
David Mann
Nov 2, 2022
Review | deus::ex::machina: please keep your phones on
Review | deus::ex::machina: please keep your phones on
This review is part of a series of daily reviews written at the 2022 National Arts Festival in Makhanda, first published on The Critter.
David Mann
Jul 8, 2022
Review | We Regret to Inform You: Writing towards repair
Review | We Regret to Inform You: Writing towards repair
This review is part of a series of daily reviews written at the 2022 National Arts Festival in Makhanda, first published on The Critter.
David Mann
Jul 7, 2022
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