High Court Justice Albie Sachs, author of Light on a Hill (2006) and Art and Justice, forthcoming from David Krut publishing, is currently a resident scholar at the Ford Foundation in New York City. Justice Sachs is putting the last touches on the forthcoming book Art and Justice, about the art collection at the Constitutional [...]

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Mielie
By Bongiwe Nocando

Mielie is a small innovative company specialising in authentic handbags handmade from completely recycled materials. The brainchild of Adri Schutz, Mielie was officially started on Adri’s dining room table at her home in Cape Town in 2002. Currently situated at the historic Montebello Design Centre in Newlands (close to the David Krut Bookstore [...]

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The London Book Fair 2008 will no doubt be another world-class event with a host of new initiatives and increasing participation, both exhibitor and visitor.
This year the Fair will feature 1,550 exhibitors from 62 countries. 58% of exhibitors will come from overseas, with attendance rising particularly steeply from Eastern European countries. The Fair is set [...]

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Well it worked. Jo’burg people came out the Sandton Convention Centre to support the city’s first commercial Art Fair – 12th to 16th March, 2008.

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On the 8th of March TAXI - 013 Diane Victor was launched at David Krut Projects, Parkwood, Johannesburg. This monograph chronicling Diane’s career has been long awaited and some may say overdue and was received with enthusiasm by teachers and peers. Karen von Veh, Senior Lecturer in Art and Design at the University of Johannesburg [...]

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David Krut Publishing enjoyed its first outing at the Design Indaba Expo, held annually at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. Design Indaba is a celebration of the creativity of emerging and established designers and this year’s exhibition showcased a variety of talent from different sectors of the industry.

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Simphiwe Mashinini recently joined the TAXI Art Education Programme as the co-ordinator for our music activities at Gallo downtown studios in Johannesburg. Mashinini completed her matric in 2004 at Assumption Convent. She is currently studying towards a BCom degree in Accounting at Wits University.

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David Krut Bookstore at JAG stocks a range of books and magazines on South African and international art, architecture and design, including publications from David Krut Publishing, Tate Publishing (UK), Nazraeli Press (USA) and Illuminations dvds (UK), as well as catalogues of shows at the Johannesburg Art Gallery. In the coming months the store will expand its stock to include a broader range of books, catalogues, brochures and other publications.

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With a view to putting in place a small film unit at David Krut Publishing, we have brought on board Revel Fox, a filmmaker from Cape Town who has worked in film and television in South Africa and the UK for the last twenty-five years. He is perhaps best known to South Africans as the director of the award-winning film about a young trapeze artist, The Flyer. We have invited Revie to submit some of his thoughts on films, filmmaking and film watching and he has done so in the form of a film diary. This is the first installment, and we invite you to return some comments via our blog on films that have influenced you.

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Taxi Art education Programme (TAEP), in collaboration with Soyikwa Institute of African Theatre, hosted a one day arts festival in Diepkloof on Sunday 9 December.

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