Wasted IV at Unity Gallery Wasted IV is an easily accessible showcase of what’s happening right now. … it is Unity Gallery’s annual group exhibition featuring waste art from a wide variety of Jozi artists. The line up ranges from media pros to fine art professionals to street artists and up and coming names from training […]
Read More »Alex Ross at David Krut Alexandra Ross’ 3rd solo exhibition 1:1, opened at David Krut Projects 142 Jan Smuts Ave on 2nd June. In this exhibition: Dialogue, relationship, mirroring and reflection are the central themes, not only in the individual works, but in the installation as a whole. 1:1 continues the artist’s ongoing interest in […]
Read More »Gollifer’s Living on the Horizon at Circa on Jellicoe till 9 July Ann Gollifer’s works exhibition Living on the Horizon is a tribute to the novelist Bessie Head and comprises a new series of large format paintings dealing with colour, space and expansiveness. Gollifer writes: ‘I wanted to make landscapes that might capture the Botswana skies and my long love […]
Read More »Richard Penn’s exhibition at David Krut Revolving Exhibitions from DKW part 2 i is showing at David Krut Projects at Arts on Main during April and May. Johannesburg-based artist, Richard Penn, started working at DKW on this series of monotypes in 2010. Using nature magazines and images of the known universe captured by the Hubble Telescope […]
Read More »Group exhibition at Carol Lee Gallery WHAT: An exciting exhibition of affordable original prints, drawings, paintings and mixed media works by a selection of extraordinary black artists. WHO: The approximately 40 artists whose artwork will be shown include, among others: From the 1970s to the 1990s: Eli Kobeli, David Koloane, Frank Ledimo, Dumisani Mabaso, Osiah Masekoameng, […]
Read More »Digby Hoets and Andrew Walford exhibit their pots Exhibition of two of South Africa’s master potters – Friday 25 to Sunday 27 March from 10am until 5pm. Digby Hoets who lives and works in Midrand makes beautiful large pots and jars, while Andrew Walford who lives in KwaZulu Natal is influenced by Japanese and English pottery. Andrew will […]
Read More »Exhibitions in Joburg There is a huge amount on: Scottish painter George Devlin will be exhibiting his European Summer works at the Everard Read Gallery (6 Jellicoe Ave) during February. Also at the Everard is Thea Soggot’s ‘Earth and Ink’ from 10 February – 9 March. Dylan Lewis is showing his recent body of mythological […]
Read More »Picks of the Week The highlight has to be ‘The concert’ on 13th Feb. For those like me without tickets, eat your hearts out that you’ll be missing the event of the year – U2 on Sunday night at Soccer City stadium. For the adrenalin junkies the Orlando Cooling Towers in Soweto is open for […]
Read More »Exhibition at Arts on Main As the proud owner of a Nelson Makamo pen and ink work, I have a special interest in this exhibition. Makamo’s work, which reminds of Marlene Dumas’ images, is powerful, enigmatic and engaging, even in small scale. News from Arts on Main, Maboneng precinct Nelson Makamo , Senzo Shabangu and Lehlogonolo […]
Read More »Pieter Hugo at the Brodie/Stevenson Gallery Brodie/Stevenson launches its new gallery space at 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein, with a solo exhibition of new work by Pieter Hugo opening on Thursday 4th November. Africa – a dumping ground for old computer equipment For the past year Hugo has been photographing the people and landscape of an […]
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