GRAFFITI OR MURAL ART?

The word graffiti has its origins in both Greek and Italian. Graphein is Greek for “scratch”, “carve” or “write” while graffiato in Italian means “scratched”. Although there have been different forms of graffiti (before […]

MULTIPLE TECHNIQUES, SINGULAR BEAUTY

Stripes, layers, stacked textures … these striking sculptures by different artists appear to use the same techniques but in fact they’re highly divergent. For one there’s Japanese-American artist Jun Kaneko’s […]

OUR SHOES WILL LEAD US

What COVID-19 has done to all of us, with no discrimination whatsoever since every single one of us is feeling it, no exceptions, is create a loss of any sense […]

PARADYS (KLOOF) THROUGH THE EYES OF DYLAN LEWIS

Overwhelming. Awesome. World class. These are all words that describe South African sculptor Dylan Lewis’s sculpture garden on Mulberry Farm in Paradyskloof (a very apt name, that!), Stellenbosch. The artist […]

A DIFFERENT FACE OF PICASSO

I have been fortunate, during the course of our travels, to have seen many different exhibitions of Pablo Picasso, one of the most famous and influential artists of the 20th […]

MAPUNGUBWE – DIE “HEUWEL VAN DIE JAKKALS”

Wintertyd is Bosveld-tyd met die lang pad Noorde toe. Daar waar die hardekoolvuurtjie jou vleisie beslis anders laat smaak. Mapungubwe Nasionale Park, digby Musina, wag ons (normaalweg) gereeld in wintertyd […]

BESONDERSE BESOEK, BESONDERSE LAND

Ons almal soek ontvlugting gedurende grendeltyd. Dit is ’n heerlike, nostalgiese tydverdryf om na ou foto’s te kyk en weer na te dink aan iets buitengewoons wat jy ervaar het. […]

WINDOWS ON THE WORLD

In South Africa, we’re into our fourth month of lockdown. It struck me one morning, just before we were granted the freedom of a few hours every day to go […]

Blown away by Guggenheim Bilbao

The city of Bilbao sits at the northern edge of Spain where Basque country attaches itself to southwestern France. It wasn’t too long ago that Bilbao exported iron ore; it […]

Visiting Berlin ꟷ Expectations and Reality

For a while, the word on the street has been that Berlin is the new hip and happening hotspot. Having recently been absorbed by several Netflix series set in Berlin […]