Having missed the opening on the 4th July of Arts On Main I moseyed off to visit it last week-end.  Located in Main Street at the corner of Bertha St, the only giveaway from the street of this newly renovated industrial space, is the pavement upgrades. The 1911 building was originally part of the D.F. Corlett [...]

Kim Sacks, who is a potter, a teacher, a facilitator and much more besides, has developed a gallery which sells a range of exquisite artefacts. These range from historical to contemporary, and include functional objects used in a traditional context (milk gourds, head rests, stools, sticks, clothing regalia, etc.) and objects like pottery and artwork [...]

Went to opening of Jeanette Unite’s exhibition ‘Head Gear’ last night at Gold of Africa Museum. Large scale works depict fragments of mining head gear in a powerful bold drawing style. Anglo Gold Ashanti’s extraordinary ‘new’ building – the old Turbine Hall in Newtown, provides the  perfect setting.  More on Anglo Gold’s fine and sensitive  adaptation and renovation [...]

 
The Fire Walker by Kentridge and Marx
 Johannesburg is to have its own William Kentridge, a collaborative work with Gerhard Marx.  Part of the public arts programme, it will stand at the south end of Queen Elizabeth bridge. The sculpture has been funded by the Johannesburg Development Agency and the Goodman Gallery. Standing 12m high (8 [...]

Don’t miss the latest season of Opera at  the New York Metropolitan Opera House – filmed live and shown at Cinema Nouveau in Rosebank. Puccini’s Madame Butterfly is sublime drawing on Japanese Kabuki theatre and using puppets with extraordinary effect.  Other operas showing this coming week are Massonet’s Thais,

A sign of the times that the restaurants at the end of the block have all closed down,  BUT ….. there are 2 excellent restaurants very nearby: Cnr Café  011 880-2244  and a half blocks away and Pronto 011 447 4346 in the Colony Centre 5 and a half blocks away. Both closed Mondays but [...]