BLOG: A conversation between AfricanBats NPC and David Krut.
If you have ever spent some time browsing our shelves, then you’d know that the Blue House Bookstore is full of surprises! One Saturday afternoon a couple came into the…
Book Review: Cindy Wume’s The Bookshop Cat.
Bookshops are magical places. Inside a single bookshop are thousands of doors into worlds of knowledge, creativity, and exploration. A bookstore with a cat however, is ten times more magical….
BOOK REVIEW | JACKSON HLUNGWANI
Written by Hendrik Fourie. Jackson Hlungwani, titled after the artist (born c. 1923), takes the reader on a journey of his personal life, mission and work. Edited by Nessa Leibhammer, Karel…
WILLIAM KENTRIDGE | The Head and The Load at the Johannesburg Theatre.
Written by Danijela Cook. ‘The head and the load are the troubles of the neck’, so goes the Ghanaian proverb that entitles the latest of William Kentridge’s theatrical works to…
The Story of Oak Mantra by Joe Tilson, 1981.
David Krut Publishing has had a long standing presence in the art world. As we continue to push our passion for arts education to the forefront through the support of…
BOOK LAUNCH | ‘The Architecture of Peter Rich: Conversations with Africa’ by Jonathan Noble.
Written by Danijela Cook Internationally renowned, Peter Rich’s career represents a lifelong attempt to find a contemporary, yet uniquely African mode of design. This book follows the chronology of his…
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BOOK LAUNCH | Four ways to lose your lover – Ashraf Jamal
Written by Danijela Cook A few weeks ago the Blue House hosted the launch, in the form of a discussion, of three new editions written by Ashraf Jamal. Jamal was…
Honouring the Handmade: How Lynda Ballen confronts artifice with the artisan.
Written by Danijela Cook “‘…the impulse to make things with our hands is universal. The action of making, the outcome of a crafted object, connects cultures, communities and generations.”- The Power…
The Artist’s Library: Boemo Diale ‘Can I Play?’
While perusing the bookshop shelves to create a display corner for Boemo Diale’s exhibition Can I Play? it seemed like a no-brainer to include two books on the life and…
Book Review | Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake
A blog by Matsi Wa Lesego about Merlin Sheldrake’s book Entangled Life. The book is centered around fungus and all it encompasses.