Art and calm in the city at Youngblood gallery
When spaces offer calm and beauty, you never want to leave. Youngblood gallery with its voluminous space, triple volume ceilings and perfectly displayed artwork was one…
All things contemporary @ the Investec Cape Town Art Fair
It was my first Investec Cape Town Art Fair and it was a real treat. I was fortunate enough to get an invite to the Investec Cape…
An exploration of colouredness at Eclectica contemporary
I first saw Rory Emmett’s artwork on the website Artsy with his ‘Coloured Portraits’. It was great to see his work in the running exhibition at Electica…
From the abstract to the muted at the Norval Foundation
Although it is an immense space, the Norval has not tried to put too much artwork into its galleries. It has found a delicate balance between…
Art and bubbles @ Zeitz MOCAA
I wanted to go for the art but they had me at bottomless bubbles… First Friday at the Zeitz MOCAA yesterday was bubbles and some art viewing…not…
Contemporary art at the Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town
Officially opened this year, the Zeitz MOCAA is an impressive space housing contemporary African art and art from the diaspora. It’s in the silo district of the…
FNB Jhb Art Fair 2017 had everything for everyone
Performance art, new and established artists, endless walkabouts in the immense space of the Sandton Convention Centre, interspersed with visits to the food and bar sections.…
Gone Native: The Life and Times of Regina Brooks @ The Soweto Theatre
Directed by Makhaola Ndebele, with music directed by Hugh Masekela, Gone Native was an afternoon, well spent, at the theatre. Set in the 1950s, it is…
Circa Art Gallery, Rosebank
It was my very first time at the Circa Gallery, even though I have walked past it on numerous occasions on my way to where the…
The Newtown Graffiti Tour
It has been a while since I have indulged my other interest – that of all things art- so when the chance to do the Graffiti…
Beauté Congo at Fondation Cartier, Paris
The last time I went the Fondation Cartier was almost three years ago for the Ron Mueck exhibition. As with many of the Foundations owned by…
The spheres of Pol Bury at Fondation EDF
The Pol Bury “Moments in Time – 50 Years of Sculpture” exhibition, a first retrospective since 1982, which is currently on at the Fondation EDF was unexpectedly…