Johannesburg is shedding its painful, crime-ridden past to emerge as Africa’s hippest hub for art, music, and fashion. Tim Murphy takes to its streets.
Neighbourgoods Market at 73 Juta Street in Braamfontein
Brett Murray’s Land, 1996, at the newly opened Wits Art Museum
The Lunar shop in the 44 Stanley complex
Artist Zander Blom at his home in the Brixton area
Poets Gratitude Fisher (left) and Phumza Mankayi
A dress by local designer Tiaan Nagel
Jonathan Liebmann at the 12 Decades Hotel in Maboneng
Artist William Kentridge in his studio at Arts on Main
44 Stanley, a former factory in the Milpark area, now a hub of cafés, boutiques, and design stores
The Arts on Main complex in the Maboneng district
Justice Mukheli, Innocent Mukheli, and Vuyo Mpantsha—of the style blog I See a Different You—with friend Ongama Zazayokwe (from left)