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 »Clustered around the lower Rosebank/Parkwood border on Jan Smuts Ave is a number of galleries which offer an exciting range of exhibitions. Showing at Everard Read from 11th April to 4th May are Pappetti’s large scale canvases depicting industrial landscapes, interiors and human figures. Also on at Everard Read from 18th April is a collection […]
Read More »What a treat in store for art lovers at the moment. We’ve had a guest staying at Liz at Lancaster who comes out from London twice a year – ex-Saffer but has been out of the country for a long time. She always loves Joburg with all its transformations and ‘buzziness’ and is continually struck […]
Read More »Faith47’s Fragments of a Burnt History is showing at David Krut Projects Parkwood from 8 November until early 2013. Faith47, a street artist based in Cape Town, who has a well-established international profile. She is increasingly developing a cross-over from street to studio Fragments of a Burnt History and her current show includes both found […]
Read More »The national and international attention caused by the furore around the Spear of the Nation turned Smear of the Nation has made all other current exhibitions pale into insignificance. While Goodman Gallery has removed the offending work from the show, the rest of Hail to the thief II can be seen until the 16th June. Exhibitions at other galleries […]
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. […]
Read More »R0byn Penn at David Krut and Saayman at AOP Two very different exhibitions are those showing the works of Willie Saayman and Robyn Penn. Penn’s exhibition Pretty World opens at David Krut at Arts on Main on Thurs 17 Nov (6.30 pm). Penn draws on the tradition of Romantic landscape painting (particularly the German Romantics) […]
Read More »A photographic feast in Joburg For anybody interested in photography there is currently quite a feast at Joburg’s art galleries : Starting in the south east of Joburg Central at Main Street Life Entrance Gallery is an exhibition of the photographic works of Dan Rosenthal and Andrew Sprawson opening 30 July . For more information: www.hiddengallery.org Gary […]
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 […]
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