Database

An honest line

“The problem can be fake, but the solution must be real.” – Jared Ginsburg (J.G.) joins Lucienne Bestall (L.B.) in conversation.

9 Sep–3 Oct 2025

Primrose in the Salad

An alphabet of a botanical friendship

Hayden Malan (H.M.) and Cynthia Fan (C.F.) are Pear_ed. Lemeeze Davids (L.D.) alphabetises fragments from an interview to catalogue their practice.

29 Aug 2025

Typeset Gestures

Preparing the second edition of the independent journal Gnossienne, Jess Sutherland (J.S.) takes up a Library Residency at A4. She talks to Khanya Mashabela (K.M.) about her art and literature publication, self-sufficiency, and choosing to print.

25 Jul 2025

Monuments

Drawn into view, a series of artworks extend reflections on memory and monument.

25 Jun 2025

Thirty-One Books

Igshaan Adams (I.A.) joins Josh Ginsburg (J.G.) in conversation in the company of friends, family, colleagues, and invited practitioners to mark the launch of Tapyt, a limited-edition artist book, in the Reading Room at A4.

14 Jun 2025

Between Coordinates

This conversation is part of 6414.36 nautical miles by Amandine Vabre Chau (A.V.C.) and Lemeeze Davids (L.D.) drawing connections between Cape Town and Hong Kong.

14 Apr–31 Jul 2025

Photojournalism, Jazz, and Art in the ‘50s and ‘60s

Daniel Malan (D.M.) and Khanya Mashabela (K.M.) in conversation with Matthew Blackman (M.B.).

27 Mar 2025

The Flower Seller

18 Feb 2025

Assembly Line and other stories

A studio visit Sara de Beer and Josh Ginsburg paid to Xandre Kriel in the residency studio.

6 Feb 2025

Co-Operative | Part II

Economic Conditions and Funding Models

13 Jan 2025

Portraits of Dams

Josh Ginsburg (J.G.), Sara de Beer (S.d.B.) and Daniel Malan (D.M.) in conversation with Kyle Morland (K.M.).

24 Oct 2024

Drawings

Between October 10–December 6, 2024, Sara de Beer (S.d.B.) pays six visits to Georgina Gratrix’s (G.G.) studio. On December 4, they speak about Drawings (2024) over the phone.

☏ = Phone conversation
⌂ + Italics = Studio visit

10 Oct–6 Dec 2024

A walk through the notebook

William Kentridge (W.K.) in conversation with Josh Ginsburg (J.G.).

22 Aug 2024

Do nothing

Ed Young (E.Y.), Josh Ginsburg (J.G.), and Khanya Mashabela (K.M.) discuss the designation of labour in conceptual practice.

16 Jul 2024

Co-Operative | Part I

The Objectives of Project Spaces in South Africa

28 Jun 2024

Wood for Trees

Six months after his residency at A4 concluded, Michael Tymbios (M.T.) joined Lucienne Bestall (L.B.) in conversation, revisiting his material experiments in the Studio and reflecting on seriality as photographic and archival form.

27 Jun 2024

A body in the world

Josh Ginsburg (J.G.), Penny Siopis (P.S.), Sara de Beer (S.d.B.) in conversation with Alex Da Corte (A.D.C.), Tuesday 28 November 2023, online.

28 Nov 2023

Mona and Myself

An excerpt from a conversation with Dayanita Singh (D.S.), Josh Ginsburg (J.G.), and Francisco Berzunza (F.B.) held online.

23 Jul 2023

The Commons

Introductory essay for Common, an exhibition at A4 Arts Foundation curated by Khanya Mashabela.

6 May–26 Jul 2023

The Future Is Behind Us

An abridged conversation between Tarik Yildirim (T.Y.) and Josh Ginsburg (J.G.) in preparation for The Future Is Behind Us.

17 Dec 2022–19 Apr 2023

Customs – Dialogue

Extract from an ongoing conversation between Josh Ginsburg (J.G.) and Sumayya Vally (S.V.).

2 Jul–8 Oct 2022

What is it to listen?

14 Aug 2020

We Killed the President

a triptych of micro fictions on sound/listening

14 Aug 2020

Risk and Responsibility

9 Jul 2020

A Strange Luminescence

Growing More Intense by the Hour

9 Jul 2020

Something will happen –

On the back of a visit to Cape Town, Kevin Beasley transformed the Gallery at A4 Arts Foundation into his studio and site of production for the works that became the exhibition without a clear discernible image. This was Kevin’s first show on the African continent. He talks to Katherine Brinson from the Guggenheim Museum, New York, on-site at A4, about this experience in creating a travelling studio, ‘showing up’ with presence, and risk-taking in practice.

6 Feb–30 Apr 2020

Drawing the Line

A walkabout of A Little After This with Josh Ginsburg (J.G.) and Penny Siopis (P.S.).