What the Gabrielle Goliath case has meant for SA’s art world

Reported by Daily Maverick · 1 hour ago · Charles Leonard

Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie’s censorship of Gabrielle Goliath’s video-based project Elegy at the Venice Biennale sent shock waves through the art world, and its reverberations are still being felt. Goliath and the Campaign for Free Expression recently won leave to appeal…

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