It seems that the recession has helped in bringing a large amount of work back onto the market.  Her painting Young Arab R10,000,000-R15,000,000 is to go on auction tonight 16th August at Stephan Welz’ Johannesburg sale, while her Two Arabs has an estimate of 20,000,000 to R25,000,000 when it goes on auction with Strauss in Cape Town on 26th September.  [...]

Refuse the Hour is a two week programme  of live performance events created by artist William Kentridge, composers Philip Miller and François Sarhan, dancer and choreographer Dada Masilo, video editor Catherine Meyburgh and performance director Sue Pam-Grant.  The programme, which is presented by The Market Theatre in association with the Goodman Gallery and the French Institute [...]

The ambiguities of words, playful provocation and grave disquiet are ubiquitous elements in the work of Willem Boshoff. In SWAT, a new exhibition at Goodman Gallery Johannesburg, Boshoff reignites these components in a series of unique works that confront capitalism, religious text, exploitation, globalisation and imperialism, amongst other interrelated concerns. Characteristically, Boshoff does not present [...]

Chris Saunders presents S’phara Phara, a photo essay that documents the The Real Actions Pantsula Dance Crew from Orange Farm.   Unit 4 Chester Court 142 Jan Smuts Ave

If you can face the freezing weather you can have yourself a cultural feast day on Saturday 30th July. 10 am: Catch Phillemon Hlungwane’s walkabout of his exhibition at Everard Read Gallery Rosebank (Jellicoe Ave)        Now for your 11 o’clock fill  …..  which will you choose ..  ?? 11am  Hot foot it  down to David [...]

For anybody interested in photography there is currently quite a feast at Joburg’s art galleries :  
Starting in the south east of Joburg Central at Main Street Life Entrance Gallery is an exhibition of the photographic works of Dan Rosenthal and Andrew Sprawson opening 30 July .  For more information:  www.hiddengallery.org   
Gary Schneider’s show Skin opened on Thur 28 [...]

Diarize the 14th August as Goodman Gallery (163 Jan Smuts Ave cr Chester Rd) , is holding an auction of extraordinary South African art works – both contemporary and historical.  Some really great names will be up for sale.  For full information see http://www.arttimes.co.za/news_read.php?news_id=4597 

. Hugo and Cleary won the non-EU section of the music video category with their black-and-white video for Mathambo’s electronic cover version of Joy Division’s ‘She’s Lost Control’. Well worth watching see http://mg.co.za/article/2011-06-24-pieter-hugo-wins-young-director-award-at-cannes/

Senzeni Marasela’s exhibition Sarah, Theodorah and Senzeni in Johannesburg comprises a new series of embroidered cloths and red ink drawings.  The three women alluded to in the title of the exhibition refer to Sarah Baartman (the so-called ‘Hottentot Venus’), Theodorah (Marasela’s mother who suffers from bipolar schizophrenia and who has largely been absent – from Marasela’s life), and ‘Senzeni’ [...]