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Loving memory: Maria McCloy was someone who made Johannesburg feel possible. Someone who gathered people across class, art, music, fashion and politics and convinced them that beauty, style and radical care belonged together.
ABBEY LINCOLN

Maria McCloy made Johannesburg feel possible

Friends, creatives and a city in mourning gathered to celebrate the woman who helped shape how Johannesburg saw itself after 1994.

  • Lesego Chepape
7 min read
Maria McCloy died of heart failure in Johannesburg on Tuesday.
ARTS AND CULTURE

Cultural pioneer Maria McCloy dies at 50

Maria McCloy helped define post-apartheid urban culture through fashion, media, music and an uncompromising commitment to South Africa’s creative spirit

  • Lesego Chepape
4 min read