William Kentridge's elemental drawings of human figures, in charcoal and ink, are the base and heart of his artwork. Often, there's something incomplete about the figures — not because they're ...

The extraordinary survey exhibition of South African artist William Kentridge currently at the Broad comes at an auspicious moment. With the entrenched structural legacies of European colonialism ...

The present work is a drawing for William Kentridge's animated film "Stereoscope" from 1999. This animation is the eighth film of the artist's series featuring Soho Eckstein. Eckstein can be ...

From 1948 to 1992, South Africa was a segregated country under the apartheid system, from the Afrikaans word meaning “apartness.” The white minority used authoritarian rule to stratify the country, ...

William Kentridge, “Kaboom!” (2017–2018), three-channel HD film installation: model stage, paper props, found objects, three mini-projectors with stands (image courtesy Jorge M. Pérez Collection, ...

Born in Johannesburg in 1955, Kentridge grew up under apartheid and the large charcoal drawings that open the Royal Academy show allude to the racism, brutality and corruption of that hideous regime.

Coursing through “William Kentridge: In Praise of Shadows” at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston feels a little like scuba diving along a reef. “In Praise of Shadows” teems with life, functioning less ...

LAMag recently had an opportunity to speak with artist William Kentridge about his impressive solo exhibition, William Kentridge: In Praise of Shadows at The Broad contemporary art museum in Downtown ...

20.87 x 28.74 in. (53 x 73 cm.) 20.87 x 28.74 in. (53 x 73 cm.) Frame: 31.25 x 38.75 x 2 in. (79.38 x 98.42 x 5.08 cm.) The present work is a drawing for William Kentridge's animated film "Stereoscope ...