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An iconic sculpture of an iconic man
I have had the privilege of knowing Marco Cianfanelli since he was a Fine Arts and Art History student at Wits many years back and have followed his career with great interest. I was of course well...
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More on South Africa’s ’12th official language’
A couple of years back I wrote a blog about using minibus taxis to get around Joburg and the kind of local knowledge that is required to do so. See...
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Time to hit the Parks and CBD art galleries
My walking buddy isn’t around this Saturday so I’m going to get an early start and hit the Parks art galleries. There is a lot on with some interesting walkabouts as well. In Birdhaven at In Toto...
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Walking in the city – explore Joburg on foot
In The Practice of Everyday Life the French scholar De Certeau has a chapter “Walking in the City”. Here he asserts that the ‘city’ is brought into being by official bodies and large institutions who...
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Joburg’s art galleries; what’s on during September
Stone Installation view Courtesy Smac Gallery There are a number of interesting exhibitions on at the moment in Joburg and the Parks galleries. Spanning thirty-five years of Simon Stone‘s work, from...
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Normality returns to Joburg art galleries after the Art Fair. See what’s on...
The dust has begun to settle after the Joburg Art Fair and everyday life can return to gallery staff and their publics. There are several recently opened exhibitions and several which are opening in...
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A cultural feast at Cinema Nouveau, Rosebank
Kenneth Branagh’s production of Macbeth We are so privileged in Johannesburg to have access on our doorsteps to world-class productions (quite literally). If an air-ticket to London is out of the...
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Opening on Thursday night: Marx at Goodman and Wilsenach at Circa
Marx’s exhibition Lessons in looking down opens at the Goodman Gallery on Thursday evening at the Goodman Gallery. The exhibition takes its name from a chapter in Jules Verne’s book A Journey to the...
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Liz at Lancaster’s Pick of the Week: The Jan Smuts Art strip
Marx’s large scale mosaic wall depicting an aerial view of Joburg. Photo courtesy Unionhouse.co There are currently several not-to-be missed exhibitions showing at some of the galleries clustered...
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Gerhard Marx’s exhibition opens at Goodman Gallery Parkwood on Thursday
Marx’s large scale mosaic wall depicting an aerial view of Joburg. Photo: courtesy Unionhouse.co Detail: Photo: courtesy Archithoughts Remember that extraordinary work at the Joburg Art Fair –...
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