31 July 2018, Nate Freeman reports that Beyoncé has selected the 23-year-old photographer Tyler Mitchell to photgraph her for the cover of Vogue, making Tyler the first black person ever to shoot the cover of Vogue.
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27 July 2018, Nkgopoleng Moloi profiles the work of Byron Fredericks. Byron Fredericks is a Cape Town-born visual artist who earned his BFA from The Pratt Institute in New York, where he is currently based. His practice sees him using colour and mark-making to investigate ideas around identity and socio-political issues.
30 July 2018, Claire Selvin reports that the Mead Art Museum has acquired a large-scale installation by Yinka Shonibare MBE. Titled The American Library Collection (Activists), the work by the English-Nigerian artist comprises 234 books wrapped in Dutch wax print fabric.
25 July 2018, Between 10and5 looks at Pool which provides a platform for artistic experimentation, research and production. Pool is located at Ellis House in New Doornfontein.
24 July 2018, Joseph Nechvatal reviews the 5th edition of Jaou Tunis at the Kamel Lazaar Foundation which brings together the works of various North African artists in a beautiful and oftentimes political display.
17 July 2018, Mariusca Moukengue profiles Les Ateliers Sahm.Â
23 July 2018, M Neelika Jayawardane asks what an art institution’s responsibility is when one of its ‘star’ artists is violent towards women?
20 July 2018, Devon Van Houten Maldonado reviews Otobong Nkanga’s exhibition at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.