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…
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…
The Art of the Brick
Nathan Sawaya’s The Art of the Brick exhibition is currently on at Porte de Versailles. It is incredible to see the talent that this lawyer-turned-artist has…
Musée Picasso, Paris
I had friends from South Africa visiting Paris two weeks ago, and it was during our moments visiting the tourist spots and walking around Paris, that…
Contemporary Art at Fondation Louis Vuitton
The sheer size of the Fondation Louis Vuitton is intimidating. Designed by Frank Gehry to look like ship’s sails, it has an oddly space-ship like appearance…
Urban artists pay hommage to Dalí
Being a sunny, if chilly day, we bundled up and headed out to Montmartre. My daughter, with her keen interest in street art or urban art…
The “Inside” exhibition at Palais de Tokyo, Paris
There are times when some of the exhibitions I go to leave me with just the visual memories, and not much else. The recent group exhibition,…
Ron Mueck at Fondation Cartier, Paris
Ron Mueck‘s enormous life-like sculptures are on show at Fondation Cartier until 22 February, 2015. Go early. I waited for no less than 45 minutes in…
Paris gets arty and controversial
Winter’s finally come and with it enough art exhibitions to see us through to January. We have set our clocks back and are once again familiarising…
The art of tattoos at Musée du Quai Branly
There is an interesting array of shows and exhibitions currently on and upcoming at the Musée du Quai Branly – making for a potentially busy autumn…
Street Art at the Panthéon
The powers that be of French Institutions did something surprising a couple of months again. The hallowed floors and ceilings of the Panthéon were opened by…
Monumenta 2014: The Strange City
This year The Grand Palais has invited Russian artists Ilya and Emilia Kabakov to exhibit at the annual Monumenta exhibition. The nave of the Grand Palais…
Zeng Fanzhi at the Museum of Modern Art, Paris
Zeng Fanzhi’s first French retrospective is currently on at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris until this Sunday, 16 February. It covers the painter’s career in reverse-order…
Faces & Co. at Galerie 59.
If you’re a fan of Gregos‘ work, head to Galerie 59 on Rue de Rivoli, for an exhibition of his work, with 50 other artists. The…
Swan Lake with an African twist
I went to see Dada Masilo’s Swan Lake a couple of nights ago with an unlikely date, my son – who came out of his first…
Paris Fashion Week 2013 Spring/Summer is here
If you are a regular reader of this blog, you will know that living in the fashion capital of the world is wasted on me. Yes,…
Happy Birthday Madiba!
Today in Nelson Mandela’s 95th birthday and South African’s celebrate Mandela Day by making at least 67 minutes of their day count by dedicating them to acts of charity.…
Keith Haring: The Political Line
I finally went to the Keith Haring Political Line exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art a few days ago. It is impressive. Enormous tarpaulins are hung…
Street Art
In high school, I used to doodle, draw and cover every surface of my school files with images and words, which whilst seemingly random or nonsensical…
Intellectualizing Hopper
I went to the Edward Hopper exhibition at the Grand Palais yesterday. It was refreshing to walk through an exhibition and not feel the need to…
CirkAfrica transports us home
So off to the circus we went again. This time around, it was pure acrobat-infused fun, sans les animaux. I didn’t realise how obtuse I had…
Dali at the Pompidou
I took in the Salvador Dali exhibition at the Pompidou Centre on Sunday; the first retrospective of the artist’s work to be held in Paris in…
A night of surprises with Diana Krall
Last night we went to the Diana Krall concert at the Palais des Congres de Paris. I am not a complete jazz aficionado, but the only…
Gardens and photography
We spent a day at Jardin des Tuileries last week. It was a busy day of the Fête des Tuileries, the annual summer carnival, a bit…
Tombs and treasures
Today was the first day of the summer holidays for my kids. This means for the next ten weeks, yes that’s right, ten weeks I have…
Places in Paris: Basilique du Sacré Couer
When visiting Paris, there are always the usual places to see which must be ticked off and are popular with all kinds of tourists, the new…
Monumenta 2012
Daniels Buren’s colourful transparent discs suspended on black/white columns has been this year’s grand display at the Grand Palais. Buren’s exhibit is the fifth in what…
Kabuki costumes
It being Museum Wednesday – a new thing in our family – we tossed a coin to decide between the Museum of Magic and the current…
All that glitters at Château de Versailles
Château de Versailles was the seat of power from 1682 to 1789. With every every king that lived there, three in all, the Château was transformed…
‘Kultures’ with Khwezi Strydom in Paris
Alliance Française is renowned for giving young and old burgeoning artists a platform on which to show their work. It’s done it again, this time with…
“The Suit” at Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord
There has been plenty of things South African in Paris this week. We celebrated Freedom Day on the 27th April, took in a South African play;…
Mascarades et Carnavals at Musée Dapper
Hidden away in the 16th Arrondissement, Musée Dapper seems incongrous in its surroundings. High-end clothing boutiques, designer stores, an elegant Nespresso boutique, and just off the…
Rodin in (un)likely places
“All my life I have drawn…in fact I started my life drawing” – Auguste Rodin (1840-1917).
From Abstract to Minimalist
I thought it being a Sunday, not to mention a cold day it would be fairly quiet; this was not the case. While some Parisians were…
Touch & Feel at Cosmo Caixa, Barcelona
Always tricky striking the right balance between the ideal entertainment for adults and kids when on holiday. Took the kids to the Cosmo Caixa Science Museum…
Salvador Dalí in his home country
Funny how I am more than happy to be the happy tourist in another city and not in the one I live in. Completely played to…
The Art Freaks
This exhibition has been on since July- and on my ‘to see’ list from around the same time. Olaf Breuning has re-worked renowned artists’ works in…
‘Neither Black Nor White’ Art Exhibition
If you’re in Accra next week from Wed 30th Nov – Sat 3rd Dec, Studio Kurtycz has an exhibition on titled “Neither Black Nor White”, with works by Anna Kurtycz,…
Maori at Musée du Quai Branly
If you have seen the All Blacks performing the haka before a game, you will understand my fascination with the Maori culture.
Nuit Blanche
It’s called Sleepless Night and is meant to be an all-nighter; from 7pm to 7am. We tried last night. We went- we saw- and we were…
Chinese Artists in Paris
Writers, artists, designers, foodies and your average francophile are drawn to Paris by one thing- Inspiration. There is something about the city that is deemed a…
‘Chasing Shadows’ with Santu Mofokeng
I almost missed this, but it is still on for two more days. Santu Mofokeng, renowned South African photographer has an exhibit on until Sunday 25th…
The splendour of Palais Garnier
I went on a tour of the Opera house; Palais Garnier on Monday. This is home to one of France’s most splendid historical artchitecture. Home of the…
Jazz in Accra
Last weekend was the Miles Davies Tribute Concert at the Golden Tulip and this weekend +233 – I love that they’ve taken a very unique country…
Ewe Kente
I ventured out to Burma Camp; the Army Barracks in Accra last week, to seek out the weavers of Ewe Kente. I met with Ahiagble Bob…
Everything Art
The Letters from Africa exhibition which has been on at the Brazil House in Jamestown (Old Accra) comes to a close today. I missed it –…
Alabaster Box…Musical Gentlemen
Alabaster Box, sing what they call ‘Afroppella’, uniquely African sounds mingled with their perfect acappella repertoire. They are an all-male, gospel acappella music quartet whose…
The big cheese at Espace Dalí
Again all in the name of venturing to the less well known…Espace Dalí in Montmartre was by far a different experience. I love Montmartre – it’s lively,…
Places in Paris: Musée des Arts Décoratifs
I decided to forego the usual tourist haunts…No to the Louvre and the crowds there to see the Mona Lisa; but yes to the Museum of…
Thousand hand Buddha…brilliant!
Last night I took my daughter to the My Dream Charity Show put on by the China Disabled Peoples’ Performing Art Troupe at the National Theatre. On a…
Places in Ghana: Manhyia Palace Museum, Kumasi
It was a history lesson about the Ashanti Kingdom and it definitely had us enthralled for the two hours that the entire tour takes. Visitors have…
An injection of Ghanaian culture – Ohum Festival
The Ghana International Women’s Club (GIWC )members were invited to a durbar in Berekuso, a small village in the Eastern Region which is one of the ‘adopted’ villages of…
Places in Ghana: Arts Centre
I set out looking to take a few pictures of the Arts Centre in Accra.I left there with offers of rare Ashanti artifacts and ivory carvings.…
Places in Ghana: Joe’s Perspective Art Boutique
“It is not an art gallery in the typical sense – more of a concept store” is what the owner and creative director behind Joe’s Perspective Art…
An injection of International culture
There is always something going on in Accra, whether it’s a classical music concert or a car launch – yes I know, a car launch. I…