Arts and Culture (Category) - 327 posts

Last weekend I toured a series of public art installations around Joburg that were either created or inspired by late artist Andrew Lindsay.

After many years of gazing at it from afar, I finally visited the "lemon squeezer church", which is featured in Hidden Joburg.

Betty Ntuli, Melville's mielie lady, is retiring this week after 57 years. Here are some photos of her life and career.

My new plant obsession is accompanied by a pot obsession. Leibermann Pottery sells fantastic pots as well as funky antique tiles.

The second annual Brixton Light Festival happened on Sunday evening. It was the coolest community event I've attended in years.

I took a graffiti walk through Joburg, sponsored by the Goethe Institute. It was great to look at street art for the first time in a while.

On Saturday night I attended the Brixton Burn, a dance performance followed by the burning of a wooden sculpture beneath the Sentech Tower.

166 Caroline St., Brixton, once a Chinese-owned corner shop, is hosting an exhibiton about Chinese immigrants in 20th-century South Africa.

With my friends from the African Accent Spaza Shop, I'm helping to organize the first-ever Spaza Shop Tour in Katlehong and Thokoza.

This weekend I went cycling in Soweto with a group of locals. Touriing Soweto has a totally different feel without international tourists.

I visited Joburg City for the first time since the pandemic started. It was great to see so many exciting new things happening.

Last week I participated in a tour of Paterson Park, on the border of Norwood and Orange Grove, to check out the public art projects in progress there.