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Is the South African government's fury over Brett Murray's painting of Zuma's genitalia all it seems? First Post LAST UPDATED AT 16:11 ON Thu 24 May 2012 SOUTH AFRICA'S president Jacob Zuma has been in court today to argue that a portrait of him with his penis exposed should be banned. The country's ruling party, the African National Congress, has been driving a furious campaign to have the painting removed from the Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg, describing it as "disrespectful" and "racist".
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The Economist‘s Baobab: Unlike Britain’s queen, President Jacob Zuma does not often have his portrait painted. But a new likeness by a South African artist, Brett Murray, now showing at the Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg, has the n... Read Post

Let’s get one thing clear. Is ‘The Spear,’ a picture by the South African artist Brett Murray representing South African President Jacob Zuma in heroic revolutionary pose — with his penis hanging out — good art? No. The pose is stri... Read Post

JOHANNESBURG (AP).- A lawyer for South Africa's president broke down in tears Thursday as he tried to convince three judges that the display of a portrait that depicts the president's genitals is unlawful. The three South Gauteng Hi... Read Post