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What’s all the fuss about William Kentridge? Foremost, he is an artist who addresses global problems through dynamic rather than pedantic methods. Infusions of good-natured playfulness keep ...
The South African artist William Kentridge draws with remarkable speed and with a showman’s sense of invention and fun. He has made films and staged productions of everything from opera to ...
Inside his Johannesburg studio, the South African artist William Kentridge took it a step further—making a film series in which two versions of Kentridge discuss philosophical topics and argue ...
William Kentridge’s “The Great Yes, The Great No” is a visual arts-musical-theatrical spectacle at the Arsht Center programmed during Miami Art Week from Thursday, Dec. 5 through Saturday ...
See charcoal drawings, animated films and theatrical installations from the South African artist during this dramatic exhibition at the Broad. William Kentridge’s works have rarely popped up in ...
Acclaimed South African artist William Kentridge is the creator of “The Head & The Load,” an immersive theatrical experience that brings to life the complex history of early 20th-century Africa.
On Wednesday, March 1, Stephen Clingman, a distinguished professor of English at the University of Massachusetts, guided students, faculty and community members through the work of South African ...
In his 2013 video "Second-Hand Reading," South African artist William Kentridge appears as if walking across the pages of a dictionary. Beside him, as he makes this contemplative passage ...
William Kentridge has been a global creative powerhouse for the best part of two decades, yet it feels like he’s only just entering his stride. South Africa’s most influential contemporary artist is ...