Art exhibitions in Johannesburg provide viewers with culturally diverse experiences and enlightening South African journeys
I get such Pleasure from my Psikhelekedana. Now that’s a show stopper if ever there was one. Psikhelekedana is a carving tradition from southern Mozambique. Small multi-figured wood sculptures are carved and painted in bright colours. My particular Psikhelekedana entitled Lobolo is by Sam Balói. Sam Balói Sam has had a very tough life. When […]
Read More »A walk in the inner city from 1 Fox Street to Gandhi Square and back: led by Josine Overdevest About Josine Overdevest Passionate, visionary, generous and inspiring are all words that come to mind when describing Josine Overdevest. For over 25 years (over 15 of these in South Africa), Josine Overdevest has worked in information […]
Read More »Liz at Lancaster’s Pavement library More firsts for Craighall Park – guerilla art comes to the ‘burbs. The eye-catching red reading box on the pavement outside Liz at Lancaster Guesthouse caused quite a stir in the Craighall Park ‘hood when it was first installed, with lots of positive response. But now it is even more […]
Read More »FNB Joburg Art Fair opening night I’m not a great fan of attending exhibition openings – too many people and too little art, but I was asked to be a friend’s ‘Plus-one’ at the opening evening of the FNB Joburg Art Fair at the Sandton Convention Centre a few weeks ago. I couldn’t turn that […]
Read More »A few weeks back I got an invite to attend an event at the Rosebank Fire Station where Hannelie Coetzee would be putting the finishing touches onto a sculpture entitled ‘Samantha’. Rosebank Fire Station The FireStation is the second oldest building in Rosebank after the Old Post Office, […]
Read More »A quick snippet about a MUST-SEE. I saw Abrahamse and Meyer’s production of Richard III at the Market Theatre in 2011 and was BLOWN AWAY. Lots of CAPS, bolds, italics and underlinings in this blog. You get it ? EmphaSIS. So based on that I made sure I saw the same directors’ production of Hamlet in 2017. […]
Read More »2108 FADA Alumni Exhibition until 17th August Currently showing at the FADA Gallery at the University of Johannesburg Bunting Road campus, is the most remarkable exhibition – a real must-see. It shows major works from the Keiskamma Art Project many of which have been exhibited in South Africa and around the world in significant […]
Read More »RMB Turbine Art Fair 2018 Turbine Hall is a great venue One of my very favourite events of the year is the Turbine Art Fair. I love everything about it. The venue is great: the Turbine Hall is the most amazing example of adaptive re-use of an industrial heritage building; there is always a wide range […]
Read More »Prints, posters and postcards I can’t afford the artworks I love, so I am a serious cheat – if I can’t buy an original print I frame posters, calendar images and even postcards!! And that is what I have done with Sue Williamson’s A Few South Africans 1983-85 series. Along with the huge installation, Williamson […]
Read More »Along with pop-up shops it’s become popular to have a special event on a particular day of each month making it easy to forward plan one’s calendar. Now that 2018 is in full swing, here’s a list of events to diarize. Thursdays First Thursdays Let’s start with Thursday as First Thursdays have become a […]
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