Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Over a crystal WhatsApp line to Johannesburg, William Kentridge explains to me the principle of Pepper’s Ghost.
After the popularity of Pixar’s Up and the dynamic digital illusions in Avatar, could the next big technical step in animation come from a piece of charcoal? Opening today at the Museum of Modern Art ...
In the first installment of this year’s Norton lecture series, South-African artist William Kentridge described the experience of an 8 year-old standing on a beach watching his shadow lengthen. “The ...
South Africa’s William Kentridge considers a whole new world of influences, not least China, in his compelling new show In the charcoal dusk of a William Kentridge animation, a pageant of living ...
William Kentridge on turning his drawings into films, being inspired by dreams—and catching Covid-19
When you are an artist as in demand as William Kentridge, an international lockdown is a bittersweet scenario. Normally busy travelling and working on numerous projects, the coronavirus pandemic has ...
In March 2009, when Strauss & Co held its inaugural live auction of important South African art in Johannesburg, the catalogue included two works on paper by the acclaimed contemporary artist William ...
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