What used to be called the Rosebank Rooftop Market is now the Rosebank Sunday Market and it’s a fabulous place to browse, eat, drink and relax, and … if you’re like me, …. buy … on a Sunday morning. It is much better laid out than before – more spacious and with the different sections well […]
Read More »Great opportunity to make your own artwork with artist Bronwen Findlay and Artist Proof Studio at Wits Art Museum A fabulous fun opportunity to make your own screenprint at a workshop at Wits Art Museum this Saturday 12th August at 12pm. And of course surrounding you will be some 80 works by that Master of […]
Read More »The Casspir project – transformation from symbol of hate and fear to aesthetic object to be admired for its riot of colour, creativity and skill What is a Casspir? Did you know that Casspir is an anagram of the acronyms SAP (South African Police) and CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research)? The Casspir was a […]
Read More »Refuge – the Essop brothers’ exhibition at the Goodman Gallery until 19/08 Showing at the Goodman Gallery until 19th August is a photographic and installation exhibition by the brothers Essop:Hasan and Husain. Entitled Refuge which is defined in a wall text as ‘the state of […]
Read More »The Making of Triumphs and Laments Woodcuts: Mantegna, The Flood, and Lampedusa I was fortunate enough to have seen Kentridge’s monumental mural on the banks of the Tiber in Rome last year. So I was very excited to see the 3 huge woodcuts based on images from this Rome mural and now on exhibition at David Krut projects in […]
Read More »Past Experiences and Joburg graffiti tours Over 2 years ago I joined a fascinating tour of graffiti in Newtown with Jo Buitendach of Past Experiences. Somehow life has a habit if getting in the way and I didn’t write about it at the time but got re-inspired after attending a recent talk on Joburg graffiti. […]
Read More »I and the small people in my life have discovered a new Parks’ gem (well actually their mother did but I’m taking the credit here!) The Noisy Rooster Keyes Ave Rosebank In June 2016 I wrote a blog about things to do with […]
Read More »There is an exciting new addition to the Maboneng precinct: a public art project conceptualized by Kim Lieberman. From warehouse to Arts on Main to Maboneng – gentrification spreads Arts on Main was the first development in the ever-increasing neighbourhood of Maboneng. In 2008/9 Jonathan Liebmann bought a block of warehouses (the old Corlett Construction […]
Read More »Following the prisoner with garlands of flowers He must have cut a strange figure. A small man in prison clothing surrounded by prison warders (having arrived by train from a Volksrust prison) being walked from Park Station to the Old Fort in Braamfontein. This vignette was made all the more unusual because of a following […]
Read More »Brain-teaser for the day 3.4 / 4.3 / 5.5 / 8.4 / 8.4 / 8.5 / 9.7 / 12.6 / 12.6 / 12.7 / 14.6 What have all these figures got in common? No, they aren’t the lotto numbers nor some weird mathematical riddle. […]
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