Walter Oltmann’s exhibition Armour and Lace: a Bestiary at Goodman Gallery I’ve taken a very welcome enforced break after a hip-replacement just over 4 weeks ago. A week of lots of sleeping and binge-watching Britbox. being waited on hand and foot (literally) by the wonderful Liz at Lancaster team: Thank you Mr. T, Thandie and Catherine. It’s […]
Read More »Diamonds and Dust: Johannesburg Heritage Tour At last … breaking free from 2 years of on-line tours of Jozi’s heritage. In early February I joined a live walking tour of Jewel City and Maboneng with Dave Gurney and Alkis Doukakis of the Johannesburg Heritage Foundation. We met at the Hallmark Hotel with its impressive […]
Read More »The doyen of contemporary South African art in Johannesburg is the Goodman Gallery. Started by Linda Givon in 1966 it provided a stable for critically informed , contemporary artists in a time of Apartheid repression and then cultural isolation.
Read More »Liz at Lancaster is spoilt for choice when it comes to wonderful parks and open spaces nearby. Like all open spaces stay to the “beaten’ tracks”: avoid using when there is nobody around or in parts which are not used often. Homelessness increased during the devastating fall-out of Covid during 2020 and 2021 and there […]
Read More »While Parts I and II of Being a Tourist in my Own City spoke about the tours that are on regular offer, the tours here either only happen annually or are once offs. Hopefully the weekend of #JoziWalks will happen again this winter. #JoziWalks sponsored by the the JDA (the Johannesburg Development Agency) This is […]
Read More »After 2 years of varying levels of Lockdown it seems that there is light at the end of the social distancing tunnel (I’ve almost forgotten how to hug!). My last post started looking at Jozi’s explorers who introduce locals and internationals to new and exciting (and sometimes inaccessible) places. Here are several more of these […]
Read More »UPDATED JUNE 2023 Welcome back Jozi explorers It goes without saying that the last two years have been tough – tougher for some than others. There are so many passionate dedicated people who proudly navigate Jozi leading tours for both locals and internationals – Jozi in all its vagaries, grit and harshness as well as […]
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Read More »2022 Open Garden Mulligatawny Farm, Cradle of Humankind 12th and 13th February Charities and community organizations have suffered terribly during the last 2 years. One such important cause is the Turning Point Foundation. Great news is that the gardens at Mulligatawny Farm will be open to the public for 2 days over the 12th and […]
Read More »Down the rabbit hole of “Word Woes“ Here I am at the beginning of 2022 about to start writing about curator Hélène Smuts’ walkabout of Willem Boshoff’s exhibition Word Woes at the Javett Art Centre in late 2021. After one sentence I already feel like Alice disappearing down the rabbit hole. This not in the original […]
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