#Art - 137 posts

I bought my first art from a gallery -- a map drawing by John Phalane -- then drove around the West Rand exploring the places in the map.

I visited Joburg's historic Drill Hall, where the artists/entrepreneurs of Exotically Divine are turning trash into art.

Last weekend I attended the life-changing National Arts Festival in Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown), sponsored by Standard Bank Arts.

On Youth Day, the Brixton community held a spinning demonstration and fashion show/market to warm up for the Brixton Light Festival.

Brixton-based artist Bronwen Findlay, together with her team, created a beautiful mosaic for the garden at Everard Read gallery.

Lilian Road Studios is a collection of funky artists' studios in a historic building in Fordsburg. They have Open Studio days on Dec. 10-11.

Gail and I took a gallery-hopping tour through Rosebank with Thabo the Tourist, Joburg's charming guide for the arts.

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

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.

I visited the Wits Art Museum to see the current exhibition of works from the Standard Bank African Art Collection. It was stunning.

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.