The pasts and presence of art in South Africa

The open access volume, published recently in the Cambridge McDonald Institute Monograph series and co-edited by Rachel King with Chris Wingfield and John Giblin, establishes a new framework of analysis that transcends that of nineteenth-century colonial power, for engaging with South Africa’s artistic traditions. 

The volume is the ultimate result of a conference with the same title, held on 27–29 October 2016 to mark the opening of the British Museum exhibition South Africa: the art of a nation. Through its overtly political choice of topics, the exhibition sought to engage with the entanglements of art in the politics of South Africa’s recent past.

Further details

• McDonald Institute Monographs & Conversations