Sean O’Toole (South Africa) is an author, critic, journalist and editor based in Cape Town. His cultural journalism and reviews have appeared in numerous publications, including Artforum, Frieze, Harvard Design Review, Mail & Guardian and Sunday Times (SA). Sean has contributed essays to numerous artist monographs and collections, including In Boksburg by David Goldblatt (2016) and Sol Plaatje’s Native Life in South Africa (2016). He is a founding editor of Cityscapes (2011–), a magazine for urban enquiry published by the African Centre for Cities at the University of Cape Town, and a past editor of the magazine Art South Africa (2004–10). Sean has adjudicated numerous awards, including The Creative Capital | Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant (2013 and 14), Frieze Writer’s Prize (2013) and Daimler Art Award (2003). He has published one book of fiction, The Marquis of Mooikloof and Other Stories (2006), which included a work awarded the 2006 HSBC/SA PEN Literary Award. Together with painter Zander Blom he founded the art, performance and music project The Bad Reviews.