Wilma Cruise’ s exhibition The Alice Diaries shows at Circa until 25th August. Exploring the liminal space between animals and humans, Cruise draws on texts from Alice in Wonderland and Alice through the Looking Glass. Across the road at Circa’s sister gallery, Everard Read, Southern Guild showcases design ideas of some of South Africa’s most […]
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 »Missing the point of representation: the controversy around Brett Murray’s Spear of the Nation I’m not going to go into the background to this work – there is lots available on-line . I have currently not had time and focus to follow this debate in any depth but […]
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 »Kentridge’s Other Faces opens at the Goodman Gallery Kentridge’s latest film, Other Faces, has been drawn and filmed over the past year. It will be shown in conjunction with a group of working drawings used in the film’s animation, as well as drawing fragments and prints. More by
Read More »Willem Boshoff’s Exhibition SWAT at Goodman Gallery The ambiguities of words, playful provocation and grave disquiet are ubiquitous elements in the work of Willem Boshoff. In SWAT, a new exhibition at Goodman Gallery Johannesburg, Boshoff reignites these components in a series of unique works that confront capitalism, religious text, exploitation, globalisation and imperialism, amongst other […]
Read More »Gary Stephens at Gallery Momo oodman Gallery, Parktown North Gary Stephens charcoal and mixed media work of hairstyles is showing on an exhibition entitled Braid. I love his amazing drawing style -so technically skilled and encourage really close viewing. Stunning effects. So include it in a visit to the Jan Smuts Art Strip. […]
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 […]
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