In most galleries, the marks left behind by audiences are treated as dirt or damage — smudges to be wiped away, fingerprints to be polished out, disruptions to be quietly corrected before the next viewer arrives. The space is to be kept clean and white, allowing the artworks to take centre stage. But what if those marks are actually part of the art? What if they reveal something essential about how people want  to experience art, especially in South Africa’s often text-heavy

Galleries have rules that most of us are taught early on. What if the gallery was made for noise, movement an disruption? A workshop?

Every artist knows the strange mix of excitement and vulnerability that comes with showing work. From scoping the space, curating your...

If contemporary art is all about process, why is th audience not more involved in it?