— publications
2021 Wa Lehulere, K. I Love You Too. Pureprint, UK.
2021 Wa Lehulere, K. Bring Back Lost Love. Göteborgs Konsthall, Sweden.
2018 9 More Weeks: Kemang Wa Lehulere in conversation with Sinazo Chiya. Cape Town: Stevenson.
2017 Kemang Wa Lehulere: Bird Song. Texts by Carlos Gamerro, Victoria Noorthoorn, Kate Nesin and Elvira Dyangani Ose. Berlin: Deutsche Bank.
2017 Jamal, A. ‘White Art’. In the World: Essays on Contemporary South African Art, Milan: Skira.
2015 Kemang Wa Lehulere. Standard Bank Young Artist of the Year Catalogue. Text by Kwezi Gule and Hans Ulrich Obrist. Cape Town: Stevenson.
2014 Hertz, Betti-Sue. Public Intimacy: Art and Other Ordinary Acts in South Africa, San Francisco: Verba Buena Center for the Arts.
2013 Lehrer-Graiwer, Sarah. ‘Kemang Wa Lehulere’. Vitamin D2: New Perspectives in Drawing. London: Phaidon.
2013 Obrist, Hans Ulrich. Do It: The Compendium. New York: OAP 2013 Aisemberg, Paula and Antoine de Galbert. My Joburg. Lyon: Fage.
2012 Kemang Wa Lehulere: Some Deleted Scenes Too, Cape Town: Stevenson.
2007 Van den Berg, Clive and Jay Pather. Spier Contemporary 2007. Cape Town.
— selected press
2023 Moloi, N. Kemang Wa Lehulere. Artforum [online] (published May 2023).
2023 Moloi, N. Time is an exaggeration: ‘The Future Is Behind Us’ at A4. ArtThrob [online] (published 17 April 2023).
2023 Blackman, M. Kemang Wa Lehulere Summons a Black Intellectual Tradition. ArtReview [online] (published 28 March 2023).
2023 Nkomo, V. Notes on precarity/ Kemang Wa Lehulere’s ‘Bring Back Lost Love’. ArtThrob [online] (published 21 February 2023).
2022 O Toole, S. South African artists taking over Chicago, Bonteheuwel style. Mail and Guardian (published 6 May 2022).
2021 Harris, S. Manchester international festival 2021: the best community art, from Cephas Williams to Kemang Wa Lehulere. The Guardian (published 29 June 2021).
2020 Leiman, L. Love songs and lamentations: How Kemang Wa Lehulere expands the canon. Arts24 [online] (published 22 June 2020).
2020 Fusi, L. (Moderator). Artists in Dialogue: Kemang Wa Lehulere & Francois-Xavier Gbre. Unframed [online] (published 1 April 2020).
2019 Leiman, L. immersive installations: the visual language of Kemang Wa lehulere. House and Leisure. (published 5 March 2019).
2018 Bourland, I. One Take: Kemang Wa Lehulere’s Performance of Self-Excavation. Frieze Magazine [online] (published 30 October 2018).
2018 Keam, S. Compulsive Storytelling: Kemang Wa Lehulere’s ‘not even the departed stay grounded’. ArtThrob [online] (published 5 October 2018).
2018 O’Toole, Sean. History Channel: South African artist Kemang Wa Lehulere pieces together the past for a new show in London. Wallpaper (published October 2018).
2018 Joja, A. Contemporary Artist Kemang Wa Lehulere Explores Time, Freedom And History. Wanted (published 20 September 2018).
2018 Tsotsi, T. Kemang Wa Lehulere: Concrete in Abstraction. Africanah (published 4 March 2018)
2018 Minnar, M. Follow the dramatic clues, ignore the artspeak. Business Day [online] (published May 2020).
2017 Freeman, N. Performa Names Kemang Wa Lehulere Winner of Fourth Malcolm Mclaren Award. ArtNews [online] (published November 2017).
2017 Kritzinger, N. The Songs We are Taught to Sing: Kemang Wa Lehulere’s ‘Bird Song’. ArtThrob [online] (published July 2017).
2017 Furtado, Will. Bird Song: Paying Tribute to Personal and Collective Traumas. Contemporary And [online] (published May 2017).
2017 Kemang Wa Lehulere: Bird Song. Art Matter Magazine [online] (published January 2017).
2016 Sulcas, R. South Africa’s Rising Art Star Builds His New Stage in Chicago. New York Times (published November 2016).
2016 Valentine, V. L. At the Art Institute of Chicago, Kemang Wa Lehulere Mines South Africa’s History, Imagines Its Future. Culture Type [online] (published October 2016).
2016 Jayawardane, M.N. Bad Education. Even, Fall Issue.
2016 Mahashe, G. Making History: Kemang Wa Lehulere’s ‘The Knife Eats at Home’. ArtThrob [online] (published August 2016).
2016 Sosibo, K. ‘Wa Lehulere’s new take on education’. Mail and Guardian [online] (published June 2016).
2016 lnggs, A. Kemang Wa Lehulere, History Will Break Your Heart. Asymptote Journal, Spring.
2015 Mara De Wachter, E. Kemang Wa Lehulere Sincerely yours. Frieze [online] (published October 23 2015).
2015 O’Toole, S. Kemang Wa Lehulere. Artforum [online] (published 25 August).
2015 Farago, Jason. Portfolio: The art of Kemang Wa Lehulere, and a visit to Cape Town. Even, Summer [online].
2015 Bezuidenhout, V. ‘Rewriting History: Kemang Wa Lehulere’s History Will Break Your Heart’. ArtThrob [online] (published 13 July 2015).
2015 Smith, T. Artist ensures lost art paints a new narrative. Cape Argus [online] (published 10 July 2015).
2015 Leibbrandt, T. Investigating Kemang Wa Lehulere. ArtThrob [online] (published 7 March 2015).
2015 Dantas, N. Kemang Wa Lehulere’s ‘To whom it may concern’. Art Agenda [online] (published 9 February 2015).
2015 Jamal, A. Evocative activist. Financial Times, (published 5 February 2015).
2015 Smith, T. School desks, ceramic dogs and letters ... Cape Argus (published 4 February 2015).
2015 Joja, A.M. Artist Kemang Wa Lehulere’s journey through relics and erasures. Mail & Guardian (published 30 January 2015).
2015 Leiman, L. A Brief Conversation with Kemang Wa Lehulere, Winner of the 2015 Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Visual Art. Between 10 and 5 [online].
2014 Wa Lehulere bekroon. Die Burger (published 3 May 2014).
2013 SA artist wins major award at Art Basel. Mail & Guardian, (published 12 June 2013).
2013 Odufunade, B. The Artist: Kemang Wa Lehulere. Arise Live [online].
2013 Mthimkhulu, P. New artists announced for 55th La Biennale di Venezia. Department of Arts and Culture [online] (published 24 April 2013).
2012 In conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist, Art Basel Miami Beach Salon [online video] (published 19 December 2012).
2012 Twala, P. Kemang Wa Lehulere Producing the Gift of Art. Barcoded Magazine (published January 2012).
2011 Smith, K. Kemang Wa Lehulere. Wanted Magazine (published 21 September 2011).
2011 Sassen, R. He leaves no trace. Sunday Times (published 4 December 2011).
2010 Ngcobo, G. Unearthing skeletons in history’s shallow graves: A conversation with Kemang Wa Lehulere. PASS-AGES references & footnotes, Johannesburg: Center for Historical Reenactments.
2009 Gurney, K. Doing it His Way. Destiny Magazine, (published January 2009).
2021 Wa Lehulere, K. I Love You Too. Pureprint, UK.
2021 Wa Lehulere, K. Bring Back Lost Love. Göteborgs Konsthall, Sweden.
2018 9 More Weeks: Kemang Wa Lehulere in conversation with Sinazo Chiya. Cape Town: Stevenson.
2017 Kemang Wa Lehulere: Bird Song. Texts by Carlos Gamerro, Victoria Noorthoorn, Kate Nesin and Elvira Dyangani Ose. Berlin: Deutsche Bank.
2017 Jamal, A. ‘White Art’. In the World: Essays on Contemporary South African Art, Milan: Skira.
2015 Kemang Wa Lehulere. Standard Bank Young Artist of the Year Catalogue. Text by Kwezi Gule and Hans Ulrich Obrist. Cape Town: Stevenson.
2014 Hertz, Betti-Sue. Public Intimacy: Art and Other Ordinary Acts in South Africa, San Francisco: Verba Buena Center for the Arts.
2013 Lehrer-Graiwer, Sarah. ‘Kemang Wa Lehulere’. Vitamin D2: New Perspectives in Drawing. London: Phaidon.
2013 Obrist, Hans Ulrich. Do It: The Compendium. New York: OAP 2013 Aisemberg, Paula and Antoine de Galbert. My Joburg. Lyon: Fage.
2012 Kemang Wa Lehulere: Some Deleted Scenes Too, Cape Town: Stevenson.
2007 Van den Berg, Clive and Jay Pather. Spier Contemporary 2007. Cape Town.
— selected press
2023 Moloi, N. Kemang Wa Lehulere. Artforum [online] (published May 2023).
2023 Moloi, N. Time is an exaggeration: ‘The Future Is Behind Us’ at A4. ArtThrob [online] (published 17 April 2023).
2023 Blackman, M. Kemang Wa Lehulere Summons a Black Intellectual Tradition. ArtReview [online] (published 28 March 2023).
2023 Nkomo, V. Notes on precarity/ Kemang Wa Lehulere’s ‘Bring Back Lost Love’. ArtThrob [online] (published 21 February 2023).
2022 O Toole, S. South African artists taking over Chicago, Bonteheuwel style. Mail and Guardian (published 6 May 2022).
2021 Harris, S. Manchester international festival 2021: the best community art, from Cephas Williams to Kemang Wa Lehulere. The Guardian (published 29 June 2021).
2020 Leiman, L. Love songs and lamentations: How Kemang Wa Lehulere expands the canon. Arts24 [online] (published 22 June 2020).
2020 Fusi, L. (Moderator). Artists in Dialogue: Kemang Wa Lehulere & Francois-Xavier Gbre. Unframed [online] (published 1 April 2020).
2019 Leiman, L. immersive installations: the visual language of Kemang Wa lehulere. House and Leisure. (published 5 March 2019).
2018 Bourland, I. One Take: Kemang Wa Lehulere’s Performance of Self-Excavation. Frieze Magazine [online] (published 30 October 2018).
2018 Keam, S. Compulsive Storytelling: Kemang Wa Lehulere’s ‘not even the departed stay grounded’. ArtThrob [online] (published 5 October 2018).
2018 O’Toole, Sean. History Channel: South African artist Kemang Wa Lehulere pieces together the past for a new show in London. Wallpaper (published October 2018).
2018 Joja, A. Contemporary Artist Kemang Wa Lehulere Explores Time, Freedom And History. Wanted (published 20 September 2018).
2018 Tsotsi, T. Kemang Wa Lehulere: Concrete in Abstraction. Africanah (published 4 March 2018)
2018 Minnar, M. Follow the dramatic clues, ignore the artspeak. Business Day [online] (published May 2020).
2017 Freeman, N. Performa Names Kemang Wa Lehulere Winner of Fourth Malcolm Mclaren Award. ArtNews [online] (published November 2017).
2017 Kritzinger, N. The Songs We are Taught to Sing: Kemang Wa Lehulere’s ‘Bird Song’. ArtThrob [online] (published July 2017).
2017 Furtado, Will. Bird Song: Paying Tribute to Personal and Collective Traumas. Contemporary And [online] (published May 2017).
2017 Kemang Wa Lehulere: Bird Song. Art Matter Magazine [online] (published January 2017).
2016 Sulcas, R. South Africa’s Rising Art Star Builds His New Stage in Chicago. New York Times (published November 2016).
2016 Valentine, V. L. At the Art Institute of Chicago, Kemang Wa Lehulere Mines South Africa’s History, Imagines Its Future. Culture Type [online] (published October 2016).
2016 Jayawardane, M.N. Bad Education. Even, Fall Issue.
2016 Mahashe, G. Making History: Kemang Wa Lehulere’s ‘The Knife Eats at Home’. ArtThrob [online] (published August 2016).
2016 Sosibo, K. ‘Wa Lehulere’s new take on education’. Mail and Guardian [online] (published June 2016).
2016 lnggs, A. Kemang Wa Lehulere, History Will Break Your Heart. Asymptote Journal, Spring.
2015 Mara De Wachter, E. Kemang Wa Lehulere Sincerely yours. Frieze [online] (published October 23 2015).
2015 O’Toole, S. Kemang Wa Lehulere. Artforum [online] (published 25 August).
2015 Farago, Jason. Portfolio: The art of Kemang Wa Lehulere, and a visit to Cape Town. Even, Summer [online].
2015 Bezuidenhout, V. ‘Rewriting History: Kemang Wa Lehulere’s History Will Break Your Heart’. ArtThrob [online] (published 13 July 2015).
2015 Smith, T. Artist ensures lost art paints a new narrative. Cape Argus [online] (published 10 July 2015).
2015 Leibbrandt, T. Investigating Kemang Wa Lehulere. ArtThrob [online] (published 7 March 2015).
2015 Dantas, N. Kemang Wa Lehulere’s ‘To whom it may concern’. Art Agenda [online] (published 9 February 2015).
2015 Jamal, A. Evocative activist. Financial Times, (published 5 February 2015).
2015 Smith, T. School desks, ceramic dogs and letters ... Cape Argus (published 4 February 2015).
2015 Joja, A.M. Artist Kemang Wa Lehulere’s journey through relics and erasures. Mail & Guardian (published 30 January 2015).
2015 Leiman, L. A Brief Conversation with Kemang Wa Lehulere, Winner of the 2015 Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Visual Art. Between 10 and 5 [online].
2014 Wa Lehulere bekroon. Die Burger (published 3 May 2014).
2013 SA artist wins major award at Art Basel. Mail & Guardian, (published 12 June 2013).
2013 Odufunade, B. The Artist: Kemang Wa Lehulere. Arise Live [online].
2013 Mthimkhulu, P. New artists announced for 55th La Biennale di Venezia. Department of Arts and Culture [online] (published 24 April 2013).
2012 In conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist, Art Basel Miami Beach Salon [online video] (published 19 December 2012).
2012 Twala, P. Kemang Wa Lehulere Producing the Gift of Art. Barcoded Magazine (published January 2012).
2011 Smith, K. Kemang Wa Lehulere. Wanted Magazine (published 21 September 2011).
2011 Sassen, R. He leaves no trace. Sunday Times (published 4 December 2011).
2010 Ngcobo, G. Unearthing skeletons in history’s shallow graves: A conversation with Kemang Wa Lehulere. PASS-AGES references & footnotes, Johannesburg: Center for Historical Reenactments.
2009 Gurney, K. Doing it His Way. Destiny Magazine, (published January 2009).
