Design//Life Africa

26/02/2025

Every week, those helpful folk at We Are ZWE scour the soundsphere to find you the very best tracks from the very best Zimbabwean musicians at home and around the world. From dancehall to hip-hop, Afrobeats to Amapiano, Made in ZWE has all your listening needs covered. Updated every Friday, it’s the only playlist you’ll want to hear all week. Enjoy!

👆Link in bio for this week’s playlist.

24/02/2025

As our time in Cape Town comes to an end, we celebrate the extraordinary artists who exhibited in our “First Light” show - their work setting the standard for many exhibitions to come. Thank you Mukudzei, Sandra, Nigel, Peter, Lennox, Takunda, Tinashe and Marko - for putting your trust in DPA.ART and for starting this journey with us.

Thanks also to Habitus Wellness for providing such a glorious show space for us, and to Yebo Baba for keeping us alive with your exceptional coffee.

See you again soon, Cape Town! ❤️🎉✨







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21/02/2025

ONES TO WATCH 7: DPA.ART presents new work by Takunda Regis Billiat at “First Light”, 61 Loop Street.

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DPA.ART’s exhibition “First Light”runs at 61 Loop Street until 23 February. Open 11am-7pm daily.



 

21/02/2025

ONES TO WATCH 6: DPA.ART presents new work by Sandra Ndoro at “First Light”, 61 Loop Street.

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DPA.ART’s exhibition “First Light”runs at 61 Loop Street until 23 February. Open 11am-7pm daily.



 

21/02/2025

ONES TO WATCH 5: DPA.ART presents new work by Tinashe Estery Kambeu and Marko Kalanzi at “First Light”, 61 Loop Street.

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DPA.ART’s exhibition “First Light”runs at 61 Loop Street until 23 February. Open 11am-7pm daily.



 

21/02/2025

ONES TO WATCH 4: DPA.ART presents new work by Peter Chahwanda at “First Light”, 61 Loop Street.

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DPA.ART’s exhibition “First Light”runs at 61 Loop Street until 23 February. Open 11am-7pm daily.



 

21/02/2025

ONES TO WATCH 3: DPA.ART presents new work by Nigel Kanyungwe at “First Light”, 61 Loop Street.

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DPA.ART’s exhibition “First Light”runs at 61 Loop Street until 23 February. Open 11am-7pm daily.
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21/02/2025

ONES TO WATCH 2: DPA.ART presents new work by Lennox Makurumidze at “First Light”, 61 Loop Street.

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DPA.ART’s exhibition “First Light”runs at 61 Loop Street until 23 February. Open 11am-7pm daily.



 

21/02/2025

ONES TO WATCH 1: DPA.ART presents new work by Mukudzei Muzondo at “First Light”, 61 Loop Street.

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DPA.ART’s exhibition “First Light”runs at 61 Loop Street until 23 February. Open 11am-7pm daily.



 

21/02/2025

21/02/2025

Investec Cape Town Art Fair highlights…



   

19/02/2025

Chef, streetwear designer, Zimbabwe Young Achiever Of The Year 2024 and general ray of sunshine Nigel Javangwe (aka Chef Shumba) came to brighten my day today at DPA.ART in Cape Town. Such a pleasure to chat with him, and together we admired Lennox Makurumidze’s fabulous portraits of Ray Kaz, Denimwoods and Suhn, all on show and for sale at “First Light” at 61 Loop Street.









       

17/02/2025

The hard work continues as artist Takunda Regis Billiat prepares his installation for the “On The Cusp” exhibition at Oude Libertas for the Stellenbosch Triennale.

This is the stage where the artist’s brain is working overtime. While the layman might look at these logs and rocks and pieces of wire as simple, standalone objects, Takunda’s synapses are buzzing with possibility and creativity: he knows exactly how they will fit together to form the artwork he has pictured in his mind. Once he’s done, its configuration will make perfect sense to us all. That’s the beauty and magic of the artist’s brain.

We’re just two days from the big reveal, we’re excited to see the piece coming together. Keep grafting, Takunda!

“On The Cusp” is at Oude Libertas in Stellenbosch from 19-23 February.

Takunda is also exhibiting with DPA.ART at ‘First Light’ at 61 Loop Street, Cape Town CBD, from 18-23 February – 11am-7pm daily.








       

16/02/2025

Hello Cape Town 🇿🇦 So excited to be here for the Art Fair… “First Light” is up and ready to shine ✨

DPA.ART’s exhibition, “First Light”opens this Tuesday at 61 Loop Street, and closes on 23 February, 11am-7pm daily.

15/02/2025

✨✨ 3 days to go! Looking forward to seeing you in Cape Town! ✨✨

‘First Light’ is at 61 Loop Street, Cape Town CBD, from 18-23 February – 11am-7pm daily.
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15/02/2025

The glitz and glamour of being an artist: Takunda Regis Billiat begins the hard graft for his installation at this year’s Stellenbosch Triennale. In his work for the “On The Cusp” exhibition at Oude Libertas, Takunda is using natural materials from the surrounding Stellenbosch countryside, swapping his usual cutters and pliers for a pick axe.

But from little acorns grow mighty oaks - he’s laying the foundations for one heck of a piece of art.

Takunda is also exhibiting with DPA.ART at ‘First Light’ at 61 Loop Street, Cape Town CBD, from 18-23 February – 11am-7pm daily.

14/02/2025

✨✨ 4 days to go! Looking forward to seeing you in Cape Town! ✨✨

‘First Light’ is at 61 Loop Street, Cape Town CBD, from 18-23 February – 11am-7pm daily.

13/02/2025

✨✨ 5 days to go! Looking forward to seeing you in Cape Town! ✨✨

‘First Light’ is at 61 Loop Street, Cape Town CBD, from 18-23 February – 11am-7pm daily.