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Khanya Mashabela

Khanya Mashabela is an art administrator, art historian, critic, lecturer, and poet. She currently lives and works in Cape Town.

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Alfredo Jaar on the Capacity of Culture

by Khanya Mashabela February 18, 2019

In a conversation we had in Cape Town, I attempted to better understand Jaar’s deep belief in art’s capacity to effect change amid political disorder.

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