Pierre Bourdieu once dismissed photography as an art that imitates art. BUT IT'S ALSO COLLECTABLE, WRITES Kim Gurney

The revitalisation of Johannesburg's inner city is tentative but real. Angelique Serrao looks at how the visual arts are participating in this process

Over the last year Robin Rhode has shot to international prominence. Interested in the dynamics of this success, Khwezi Gule asked a number of young South African artists to pitch questions at Rhode

The row between Nelson Mandela and his former personal lawyer, Ismail Ayob, over the sale of art works attributed to Mandela has been headline news. Sam Raditlhalo discusses the deep feelings and emotive states the name Mandela invokes, arguing too for the need to respect their sanctity

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Who are the dealmakers and powerbrokers in South African art? As artists here increasingly gain international recognition, how many of the artists, gallerists, curators, theorists, patrons and public administrators who make up this list are even South African nationals? Why bother with such a list?

On September 15, 1963 David Goldblatt formally declared himself a photographer. The Johannesburg Art Gallery is celebrating this momentous decision with a retrospective exhibition dedicated to his extensive oeuvre. Co-curated by Corinne Diserens and Okwui Enwezor, David Goldblatt Fifty-One Years was the first retrospective presentation of Goldblatt's work in Europe. The companion publication to this show, organised by the Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, includes contributions by JM Coetzee, Corinne Diserens, Okwui Enwezor, Michael Godby, Nadine Gordimer, Chris Killip and Ivan Vladislavic.