e wá wo mi (*come look at me) | Lakin Ogunbanwo | Solo Show at WHATIFTHEWORLD
WHATIFTHEWORLD 16 Buiten Street, Cape Town10 April - 8 June 2019 WHATIFTHEWORLD is pleased to present e wá wo mi (*come look at me) – a new photographic series by Nigerian artist Lakin Ogunbanwo. Central to Ogunbanwo’s latest exploration, is the culture surrounding Nigerian brides and marriage ceremonies. He uses veiled portraiture to document the complexity of his culture, and counteract the […]
Menagerie | Elsie De Beer Weich | Solo Exhibition at Association of Arts Pretoria
Association of Arts Pretoria 173 Mackie Street, Pretoria, Gauteng24 May 2019 - 12 June 2019 Pretoria artist Elsie de Beer Weich’s etchings were created with soft-ground and dry point etching techniques and printed on Hahnemühle paper. Each artwork holds a visual tension with an ambiguous aesthetic, presenting the viewer with a metaphor for association, identification, debate or future acquisitions. A menagerie is a […]
On The Mines | David Goldblatt | At The Norval Foundation
The Norval Foundation 4 Steenberg road, Steenberg Estate, Cape Town13.02.2019 - 29.08.2019 David Goldblatt’s (born South Africa, 1930) photographic series On the Mines, exhibited as a complete set for the first time, documents the communities and landscape associated with the gold mines of Gauteng, South Africa in the 1960s and 1970s. This exhibition will be accompanied by texts written by Nobel Laureate, Nadine Gordimer, […]
The Heart Of The Matter | Ricky Burnett, Anton Karstel & Iaan Waldeck at Daor Contemporary
Daor Contemporary Coode Crescent, V&A Port, Cape Town5 June 2019 - 19 July 2019 Daor Contemporary is pleased to present The Heart of the Matter, an exhibition by Ricky Burnett, Anton Karstel, and Iaan Waldeck, opening on 5 June 2019 @ 6pm. The exhibition, curated by the artists themselves, was born from a shared interest in the themes of memory, temporality, the […]
Generations | Eben Beukes | Solo Exhibition at Art@Africa
Art@Africa Portswood Road, V & A Waterfront, Cape Town6 June 2019 - 3 July 2019 The solo exhibition of Eben Beukes will open on the 6th of June at Art@Clocktower gallery to celebrate the young artists emergence into the world of hyper realistic charcoal drawings. Beukes unbelievable talent came about in 2017, after never having time for art during his school career. A […]
KWAAI Vol 2. | Various Artistist at Eclectica Collection
Eclectica Contemporary Cape Town 69 Burg Street, Cape TownThe exhibition opens Thursday, 06 June 2019, 18h00 - 21h00 @ 69 Burg Street, Cape Town. KWAAI Vol.2 Despite the negative connotations that the words ‘coloured identity’ conjure, the artists exhibiting at Eclectica have chosen to celebrate this culture with the intent of creating a positive awareness of its diversity. This exhibition hopes to instill […]
Winter | A Group Exhibition at Everard Read CIRCA Cape Town
Everard Read CIRCA Cape Town 3 Portswood Road, Cape Town12 June 2019 - 19 July 2019 Everard Read CT presents a group exhibition of paintings and sculpture by a selection of artists, including Sanell Aggenbach, Philip Barlow, Deborah Bell, Nic Bladen, Arabella Caccia, Hanien Conradie, Ricky Dyaloyi, Liza Grobler, Swain Hoogervorst, Turiya Magadlela, Io Makandal, Lucinda Mudge, Brett Murray, Velaphi Mzimba, Daniel Naudé, Tracy […]
Catlin at 71 | Gail Catlin | Solo Exhibition at Everard Read Cape Town
Everard Read CIRCA Cape Town 3 Portswood Road, Cape Town12 June 2019 - 5 July 2019 Gail Catlin is known for having pioneered a new and exciting way of producing images, using liquid crystal to create "living" paintings. Though she initially developed it in collaboration with Dr Cyril Hilsum (one of the co-inventors of the hologram), Catlin pushed the boundaries of her medium in […]
Harmonia: Sacred Geometry, The Pattern of Existence | Gordon Froud | Solo Exhibition at Oliewenhuis Art Museum
Oliewenhuis Art Museum 16 Harry Smith Street, Bloemfontein, Free State26 May 2019 - 23 June 2019 Gordon Froud, well-known sculptor, Senior Lecturer in sculpture at University of Johannesburg and curator is presenting a new body of work that investigates various aspects of sacred geometry in the world around us. This exhibition extends to more than his sculptural works and includes drawing, printmaking, digital imaging, […]
The Grahamstown National Arts Festival
Grahamstown Grahamstown27 June - 7 July 2019 The National Arts Festival is an important event on the South African cultural calendar, and the biggest annual celebration of the arts on the African continent. Starting at the end of June/beginning of July, it runs for 11 days and is held in the small university city of Makhanda […]