ARTICLES RELATING TO
ZUMA PAINTING
A man accused of defacing Brett Murray's artwork The Spear with black paint must be acquitted, his lawyer Johan Spangenberg says.
The Freedom of Expression Institute has called for a review of a decision to remove a painting depicting President Jacob Zuma and Nelson Mandela as whites from an exhibition.
A painting depicting President Jacob Zuma and former president Nelson Mandela as whites has been removed from an art exhibition in Mbombela.
About 60 people have toyi-toyied outside the Hillbrow Magistrate's Court ahead of the appearance of a man accused of vandalising a painting of President Jacob Zuma.
The Spear painting by artist Brett Murray has been was accepted unaltered by a German buyer, who paid around R120 000 for the piece, the Hillbrow Magistrate's Court has heard.
Louis Mabokela has pleaded not guilty in the Hillbrow Magistrate's Court to defacing Brett Murray's painting The Spear.
The Hillbrow Magistrate's Court is packed ahead of the appearance of Louis Mabokela on charges of malicious damage to property, for allegedly smearing Brett Murray's painting The Spear.
Goodman Gallery security guard Paul Molesiwa's assault case has been postponed to March as not all witnesses were present.
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President Jacob Zuma has described Brett Murray's controversial painting The Spear, in which he was depicted as Lenin with his genitals exposed, as "rather vulgar".
One of the men who defaced a controversial painting of President Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed did it because he wanted to defuse racial divisions, a report says.
The trial date for a Goodman Gallery security guard accused of assaulting a man who allegedly defaced The Spear artwork has been set in the Hillbrow Magistrate's Court.
A decision by the Film and Publications Board's Appeal Tribunal to overturn the classification of The Spear painting sets a crucial precedent for the future of visual art, the Goodman Gallery says.
A tribunal's findings show that the Film and Publication overstepped it's authority in rulings it made relating to the controversial painting The Spear.
The Film and Publication Board has declassified the controversial painting The Spear, which depicts President Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed.
