Two weeks at the New Music Indaba in Grahamstown have left me thinking about the relevance of the international musical avant-garde for South Africa today. Do the psychotic shriekings of a Mauricio ...

Has avant-garde fashion gone the way of the hobble skirt? It would seem so at a time when the biggest names are playing it safe, few young designers are touting unorthodox clothing styles and ...

Fashion innovator Issey Miyake shook up Parisian style with his highly wearable avant-garde designs, saying he was driven to create clothes that "bring beauty and joy" after witnessing the horrors of ...

John Cage, an icon of the contemporary avant-garde, occupies an odd status in the music world. A seminal figure in the history of post-World War II music, Cage, who died in 1992, stood at the ...

Lady Gaga is combining her avant garde style with old Hollywood glamour for the 2022 Critics’ Choice Awards. The Oscar-winning musician attended Sunday night’s awards ceremony from London wearing a ...