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King Kong: 60 Years Later
King Kong: 60 Years Later, Adam Glasser will present his popular lecture reflecting on the musical 60 years after its staging. The legendary 60’s musical King Kong written by Todd Matshikiza has always been part of London-based South African harmonica player and pianist, Adam Glasser’s personal history. As a child he saw dress rehearsals in the Wits Great hall before […]
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UJ Playwriting Masterclass Series :: IP, Copyright & Publication
Following its successful 2020 UJ Playwriting Lab, UJ Arts & Culture, a division of the Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture (FADA) is proud to announce this year’s Playwriting Masterclass Series that will run from the end of April 2021. The masterclass series is presented at no cost to all aspirant and established playwrights. Four […]
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Diane Victor Solo Exhibition Folly, Frailty and Fear
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT We have received an overwhelming response to renowned South African artist Diane Victor’s latest solo exhibition, FOLLY, FRAILTY AND FEAR. The UJ Art Gallery will be streaming the virtual walkabout live on the UJ Art Gallery’s Facebook page at 18:00 on Wednesday 14 April. Renowned South African artist, Diane Victor brings her latest solo […]
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Futures & Beyond – Where creativity & 4IR meet
On 16 and 17 March 2021 UJ Arts & Culture, a division of the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture (FADA) at the University of Johannesburg (UJ), in partnership with Andani.Africa will host the inaugural free-to-attend Futures & Beyond Forum. The forum aims to contextualise the African creative economy in relation to the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) […]
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Engineering and the New Jerusalem III: The Digital City
It is with great anticipation that UJ Arts & Culture, a division of the Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture (FADA) proudly kicks off the UJ Art Gallery’s 2021 programme with Lwandiso Njara’s solo exhibition, Engineering the New Jerusalem III – The Digital City. Inspired by the new contemporary robotic or technological African urban identity, Njara’s exhibition is a fitting opening to UJ Arts & Culture’s […]
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The Pandemic Project :: Sunnyboy Motau
Moving Cube Launch :: The Blind Alphabet Letter B: Babery to Bigeminate
Join us for the virtual launch of MOVING CUBE, the online platform of the UJ Art Gallery featuring a fresh approach to Willem Boshoff’s The Blind Alphabet – Letter B: Babery to Bigeminate (1993), on Wednesday 4 November 2020 at 18:00. The enduring relationship between MTN SA Foundation and UJ Art Gallery has brought public […]
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UJ Choir Celebration Concert :: 2020
Join the University of Johannesburg Choir, under the auspices of UJ Arts & Culture, in celebrating the close of a joyful and successful year. On 23 October 2020 at 19:30, at the St. Michael and All Angels’ Anglican Church, Weltevreden Park, the choir will share the year’s experiences in a concert that holds beauty of […]
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Panel Discussion: intimate presences/affective absences (or, the snake within)
You are cordially invited to an online conversation between Leora Farber (Director, VIAD), Ashraf Jamal (VIAD Research Associate) and Lize van Robbroeck (Professor: Visual Art, Stellenbosch University) around Farber’s installation, titled intimate presences/affective absences (or, the snake within). The conversation will be facilitated by Pieter Jacobs (Head, UJ Arts & Culture). Zoom Details URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87415226103?pwd=Q2gyZmpic0R6Mk5OTURFQ2RFeXhvdz09 […]
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Viva La Vida Kahlo
UJ Arts Culture audiences can look forward to Viva La Vida Kahlo, a production from Mexico staring Ana Karina Guevara, is set to bring Frida Kahlo’s history and philosophies to life.
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UJ Arts Academy 2020 Wrap Party
UJ Arts & Culture invites you to the 2020 UJ Arts Academy Virtual Wrap Party in honour of all our young artists who remained artistic in a difficult time. Come help us celebrate the art that went virtual in 2020 2020 UJ Arts Academy Virtual Wrap Party is proudly hosted by Nicholas Goliath featuring the […]
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The Prodigal Man Returns
The Prodigal Man Returns features songs from some of Broadway’s greatest composers such as Jason Robert Brown, Henry Krieger and, the godfather of Musical Theatre, Stephen Sondheim. The talented cast will also be performing a selection of Lungile Michael Themba’s original compositions set to please the most discerning musical theatre lover.
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