InDavid MannbyDavid Mann·Jan 28Interview | A removed sensibility: in conversation with artist Nava DerakhshaniThe artist Nava Derakshani and I met in 2022 when she formed part of Season 9 of The Centre for the Less Good Idea. A few years later, when…
InDavid MannbyDavid Mann·Aug 27, 2025Feature | Field Notes from Cape Town Art WeekFor Daily Maverick (back in March), Field Notes from Cape Town Art Fair, talks, pop-up group exhibitions and more.
InDavid MannbyDavid Mann·Jan 5, 2025Review | Embracing abstraction as the geometry of imaginationFor Daily Maverick, a short review of a group show of (mostly) South African abstract works over the decades.
InDavid MannbyDavid Mann·May 11, 2024Feature | Nurturing memory and materiality in Sepideh Mehraban’s artistic practiceIn February 2024, I visited Sepideh Mehraban in her Woodstock studio during the Cape Town Art Fair. We spoke about her practice, the…
InDavid MannbyDavid Mann·Apr 29, 2023Essay | Bev Butkow’s reflective connectionsFor The Daily Maverick, I wrote about Bev Butkow’s recent installation in Hong Kong. All images are courtesy of Anthea Pokroy.
InMediaPartybyStephanie Zucarelli·Aug 23, 2022Media Party X Keynote: Jillian Green, encargada del Daily Maverick, contará cómo la…Media Party X busca resaltar las perspectivas inusuales que lograron construir alternativas vanguardistas para el futuro editorial. Una…
Fritz Milosevic·Feb 9, 2019From the Outside: It might be perfectly legal to join the #TaxRevolt, but it would be a perfect…Only because we can invest in 12J VCC’s and get a tax refund it does not mean we can divert meaningful numbers from treasury for purposes…
Justin·Jul 29, 2016Free speech, identity politics and intellectual corruption at UCTPierre de Vos contributed to the blowback against UCT’s withdrawal of their invitation to Flemming Rose to deliver the auspicious annual TB…
