The CHR’s annual Winter School takes place between 7-11 July at the Iyatsiba Lab. Its theme for 2025 is the question of Freedom. Alongside its academic programme will be two public keynote lectures. The first will take place at the Iyatsiba Lab on Tuesday 8 July and will be given by Federico Cuatlacuatl.
Kim Gurney’s latest publication for The Conversation discusses five indie art spaces in African cities worth knowing more about.
The CHR was delighted to receive The Sky Beneath (2022) by artist and sculptor, Diana Vives, at the Iyatsiba Lab in June 2025. The Sky Beneath was originally exhibited at Everard Read in Cape Town, and is now mounted in the reception area of the Iyatsiba Lab. The title of this partially submerged sphere refers to the ancient Greek philosopher Anaximander, who in the 6th...