Art? Absolut-ely!

Spring is definitely (probably) here and Joburg is blooming with both flowers and art. We are in the middle of Art Week Joburg when for one week galleries, museums, arts organizations and artists collaborate to create a strong public focus on the vibrant art scene. Started in Cape Town in 2012, this is the first year for Art Week in Joburg. Participating art exhibit spaces can be visited in Maboneng, Braamfontein-Newtown, Alexandra, Soweto, and the Rosebank Arts Strip.

inside a studio on Leonard Street, Tribeca

Similar to New York's TOAST, the “Tribeca Open Artist Studio Tour", the Art Walkabout had art ... 

art party in Tribeca

... and parties.














 

Arts on Main

On Friday evening, we did the Joburg Art Walkabout along Fox, Kruger and Commissioner Streets in Maboneng visiting open exhibitions along the way in independent galleries as well as ones inside Arts on Main and MOAD.

from Diezel's "rainbow Land" exhibit

Per-Anders Pettersson @ MOAD

The exhibition spaces were all open until 8:00 on Friday night and I imagine beyond judging from the parties going on inside some ...

The Cosmopolitan Hotel was rocking!

the scene inside the Cosmo Hotel

very Alphabet City in the 80's

Art Week Joburg is timed to end with the weekend-long FNB Joburg Art Fair being held at the Sandton Convention Center. FNB Joburg Art Fair is the leading African art fair and first of its kind on the African continent. It was established in 2008 by Artlogic and in addition to art exhibits and art platforms, there are three days worth of talks and workshops on everything "From Jung and Marcel Duchamp to the Illuminati and the Underground."

We helped kick off the FNB Joburg Art Fair, at the Absolut Art Party at MOAD. (It was the neighborly thing to do!)

On Saturday we took in more art exhibits, this time in the Braamfontein and Newtown precincts  ...



... including the Market Photo Workshop.

... and the Artist Proof Studio.

the artists

And to finish off the weekend, The FNB Joburg Art Fair.