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Pierre Lombart and his family had the incredible opportunity to sit down at Barbara and Herve Schroeder house for dinner and share a few special moments together. On the right lies Benon Lutaaya and Schroeder’s collaboration A closer look at the collaboration Stunning work of Schroeder discovered in her and Herve’s dining room. At the opening in Teulic […]
This year SAFFA in association with The Project Space had in residence artist Barbara Schroeder. Schroeder spent about a month at August House which is located at End St, Doornfontein, Johannesburg which unlike France gave her a new perspective of life and one’s sense of freedom, not physically but spiritually. Schroeder engaged not only with her own […]
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At Hollard, art is in our blood. Last week Friday SAFFCA had the unique opportunity of Gordon Massie taking them around the campus of Hollard as well as showing them their collection of mostly contemporary South African art. Villa Arcadia known as one of Parktown’s original “grand old ladies” houses some of South Africa’s most […]
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Please join us on 22nd of March at 18:00 at 17 Lower Park Drive – Parview ABOUT THE ARTISTS PROJECTS IN SOUTH AFRICA: Laurent Valera Workshops with kids in SKY Soweto Kliptown Youth : Before coming to South Africa in Johannesburg I met in Bordeaux two architects, Nicolas Hubrecht and Christophe Hutin. Both have forged strong ties […]
Avant ma venue en Afrique du Sud à Johanneburg j’ai rencontré à Bordeaux deux architectes, Nicolas Hubrecht et Christophe Hutin. Tous les deux on noués des liens forts avec le quartier de Kliptown à Soweto où ils mènent des projets depuis de nombreuses années. C’est eux qui m’ont transmis les contacts de l’orphelinat Soweto Kliptown […]
Read More… from Laurent Valera | Workshops with kids in SKY Soweto Kliptown Youth
Quand on est en ville à Johannesburg on est très vigilant et attentif à tout ce qui bouge autour de soi, ou du moins on essaye. C’est là que j’ai commencé à réaliser que des hommes portaient des gilets jaunes ou oranges de sécurité routière. Les premiers instants j’associais ces hommes à des vigiles des […]
La rencontre avec la ville de Johannesburg est une extraordinaire expérience pour moi. L’atelier de la August House où j’habite et travaille se situe en plein centre de la ville, le CBD, dans le quartier de Doornfontein. Ce quartier est réputé très difficile. Il y est très fortement recommandé de ne pas, pour des blancs […]
We had a fabulous time this morning with Laurent Valera in the fabulously revitalised part of town known as Maboneng. We had the opportunity to great the Sentinels of Louis Olivier, engage with the vibrant but serene show of Bianca Bondi at the Hazard Gallery, and pay respect to an exhilarating anonymous Don Quixote riding […]