Art exhibitions in Johannesburg provide viewers with culturally diverse experiences and enlightening South African journeys
Coming of Age opens at the Johannesburg Art Gallery I haven’t been to an exhibition at the Joburg Art Gallery for ages – somehow JAG’s PR doesn’t market its events successfully (suffering from the City Council’s budgetary woes?). So to go to the opening event on Sunday 6th May and see the Gallery literally bursting at the seams with both people […]
Read More »On Tuesday evening, I went to 10 years On Air – the collaborative Review exhibition of the On Air partnership: Marcus Neustatter and Stephen Hobbs. Unexpectedly, Marcus was there to give a walkabout which made viewing particularly enjoyable and accessible . It was really good to see their production over the last decade – much of […]
Read More »What’s new in the art scene in March? Along with Gerard Batha’s Paintings from the Karoo, Hermann Niebuhr’s exhibition City Chromatic, Views of Johannesburg opened at Everard Read on 8th March. RosenClaire’s Immaterial Matters is on at the Goodman and runs till 24th March. This is the first exhibition in South Africa by the duo of […]
Read More »An interesting and worthwhile initiative in the neglected township of Alex: http://www.jhblive.com/reviews/art/art_on_alex_streets/97393 by
Read More »This is an interesting review of Candice Breitz’ exhibition Extra – it’s both critically informed and informative http://www.mahala.co.za/art/extra/ . On at the Standard Bank Gallery in Joburg Central until 5th April. by
Read More »Circa on Jellicoe Obie Oberholzer’s solo photographic exhibition Long Distance opens at Circa in Lower Rosebank on 16th February and runs till the 10th March. ArtSpace Of Dreams and Nightmares, Jaco van den Heever’s 3rd solo exhibition opened at Art Space on Jan Smuts Parkwood on 1st Feb and runs until F29th Feb. Focusing on […]
Read More »The dawning of 2012 with the various art exhibitions has crept up and taken me by surprise so I have missed a whole lot of openings. Jessica Webster’s exhibition Mainly Benoni. And Paintings opens at 12 pm today at Nirox Projects on Arts on Main Showing at In Toto is She@Intoto a group show on […]
Read More »Public Art in Joburg Laurice Taitz is one of Jozi’s champions, particularly of the inner city. Here she writes about some of the public artworks among the 50 odd sites around Johannesburg. Her anecdote about a man coming up to her near Diagonal Street and begging her to take him to America, speaks volumes. His assumption that […]
Read More »Easy on the eye and full of vibrant colour Angie Wilson exhibits in Joburg Angie Wilson, a South African by birth, is showing her recent body of work from 1st to 3rd December at a venue in Craighall Park Johannesburg. Now London-based, Wilson exhibits her work here and in South Africa and has shown at The […]
Read More »Diane Victor At the September Joburg Art Fair I saw some of Diane Victor’s latest smoke drawings at the Joburg Art Fair in September. Well-known for her extraordinary drawing technique, these were just amazing. Imagine drawing using the smoke from a candle. She has to work fast and complete the image all in one sitting. […]
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