1 January

Prints: Willem Boshoff; Pat Mautloa; William Kentridge and Diane Victor

Fried Contemporary, 1146 Justice Mahomed Street (formerly 430 Charles Street), Brooklyn, Pretoria 

Until 17 January 2015. This new exhibition in the Collector’s Room showcases a selection of prints by some of South Africa’s greatest printmakers and artists.

HOMECOMING at Southern Guild Gallery

Until 10 February 2015. The new Southern Guild Gallery is open at Unit 1, 10-16 Lewin Street
Woodstock, Cape Town. Homecoming is the first exhibition and features designers and artists such as Brett Murray, Gregor Jenkin, Justine Mahoney and Laurie Wiid van Heerden.

Karoo Farmscapes, solo exhibtion by Mark De Wet

Classic Revivals, 34 Napier Street De Waterkant, Cape Town

Until 30 January 2015. From 9am to 5pm.

Dillon Marsh: For What It’s Worth Exhibition

Until 24 January 2015. Photographer Dillon Marsh will be hosting a solo show at the Brundyn+ Gallery at ORO AFRICA Building (First Floor), 170 Buitengracht Street, Cape Town.

The Art of the Brick Lego Exhibition

V&A Waterfront, Cape Town

Until 28 February 2015. See acclaimed artist Nathan Sawaya’s incredible works built in this childhood classic toy. The works consist of giant portraits and large-scale figures contructed from Lego.

Tickets are available online through Computicket and cost R140 for adults and R95 for under 18s.

11 January

An Exhibition of work by Paula vize, Peter van Straten and B. Ernest Manfunny

The Cape Gallery, 60 Church Street, Cape Town

Until 31 January 2015. The upcoming exhibition at The Cape Gallery seeks to present the works of three very perceptive artists; three very divergent points of view.  The content of their work is familiar; the interpretation may or may not be overt or obvious – paintings and watercolours become, in the process, objects of subjective contemplation.

18 January

City Below by Lorenzo Nassimbeni

NIROXprojects, Arts on Main Johannesburg

Until 08 February 2015. City Below is an exhibition exploring and exposing the existing subterranean architecture of the city of Johannesburg. The exhibition will see the unveiling of an Invisible or Imagined City represented in the form of a large mural.

Open Streets

Bree Street, Cape Town

On Sunday 18 January Bree Street will be car-free from 9h00 to 14h00. It will become Open Streets. Confirmed activities include a bike bus, a skating obstacle course by Africa Skate; a kiddie’s corner and a wide array of spontaneous urban interventions by 100in1 Day Cape Town.

22 January

Jennifer Morrison Colour Works

The Gallery, 68 on Hobart, Bryanston

31 January

Delheim Harvest Celebration

Knorhoek Road, Stellenbosch

Until 1 February 2015. Tickets to the Delheim Start of Harvest Celebration 2015 are limited to 120 adults per day and cost R285 per adult (R175 per child under 12; kids under 2 are free). Your ticket includes all the activities and food on the day, including a Delheim wine glass, and the grape must and mosbolletjie on arrival.

Ongoing Events

Free Outdoor Active Fitness Programme returns to the V&A Waterfront

V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, 021 408 7600

Until March/April 2015. Having partnered with top experts to develop the programme, the V&A will host a series of free physical activities ranging from yoga to running clubs, bringing the gym outdoors, and to you. 

V&A Market on The Wharf

Nobel Square, between the Two Oceans Aquarium and the V&A Hotel, Cape Town

The V&A Market on The Wharf is quickly entrenching its position as Cape Town’s ultimate gastronomic destination. An array of artisanal foods, on-site demo kitchens and a kids’ entertainment area are just a few of its features. The market is open all day Wednesday to Sunday.

Neighbourhood Goods Market

The Old Biscuit Mill, 373 Albert Road, Woodstock, Cape Town

Every Saturday from 9am to 2pm, come rain or shine, the Old Biscuit Mill becomes the hotspot for locavores. Expect over 100 specialty traders including local farmers, fine-food purveyors, organic merchants, bakers, grocers, mongers, butchers, artisan producers, celebrated local chefs and micro enterprises – not to mention the designers. Get there early for parking. 

Neighbourhood Goods Market

73 Juta Street, Braamfontein, Johannesburg

This is the younger cousin of the Cape Town event. It runs every Saturday from 9am to 3pm. It may not be quite as big and epic, but it’s steadily growing alongside the exciting Braamies rejuvenation.

Groote Post Country Market

Groote Post, Darling Hills Road, Darling, 022 492 2825

Until April 2015. Indulge in the best of local Darling gourmet produce, arts and crafts, décor, gifts, homeware stalls and more, while the children are entertained by tractor rides, guided horse riding and sheep-shearing demonstrations. Relax in the shade on the lawns and tables, enjoying the live music while sipping on Groote Post’s Rosé, specially produced for the markets (and for sale at the monthly markets only). Held on the last Sunday of every month, until April 2015, between 10am and 3pm. Entry is free.

City Bowl Food Market

14 Hope Street, Gardens, Cape Town

Every Thursday from 4.30pm to 8.30pm and Saturday from 9am to 2pm, this food and wine market offers easy access to fresh produce and tasty fare. Thursdays in particular have become quite a social affair and Saturdays sometimes includes a fashion component. 

Capital Urban Market

107 Corobay Avenue, Menlyn Maine, Pretoria

Capital Urban Market is a Pretoria inner-city market forming part of the Cool Capital 2014 citizen-driven initiative to revitalise and restore the inner-city, as well as give local designers and entrepreneurs the opportunity to showcase and expand their brand.

Dear Mr Mandela, Dear Mrs Parks and Freedom XX

The University Museum, 52 Ryneveld Street, Stellenbosch (Sasol Art Museum), 021 808 3691

Until 31 December 2014, Dear Mr Mandela, Dear Mrs Parks is inspired by the late human rights activist Rosa Parks, as well as the hundreds of children around the world who wrote letters to Nelson Mandela. The staff of the university museum crowd-curated Freedom XX, with each member selecting an artwork and writing a short curatorial statement. Both form part the university-wide celebrations of 20 years of freedom. 

La Motte Helgaard Steyn Awards Exhibition

R45 Main Road, Franschhoek Valley, 021 876 8000

Until June 2015. The exhibition will showcase the works of the winners of the Helgaard Steyn Award since its inception in 1987 until 2013. It will focus on three main areas: visual art works, musical compositions and literature.

Save The Date

18 – 21 March 2015: Made Expo Milano

Presented by Milano Architettura Design Edilizia.

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1 December

Prints: Willem Boshoff; Pat Mautloa; William Kentridge and Diane Victor

Fried Contemporary, 1146 Justice Mahomed Street (formerly 430 Charles Street), Brooklyn, Pretoria 

Until 17 January 2015. This new exhibition in the Collector’s Room showcases a selection of prints by some of South Africa’s greatest printmakers and artists.

HOMECOMING at Southern Guild Gallery

Until 10 February 2015. The new Southern Guild Gallery is open at Unit 1, 10-16 Lewin Street
Woodstock, Cape Town. Homecoming is the first exhibition and features designers and artists such as Brett Murray, Gregor Jenkin, Justine Mahoney and Laurie Wiid van Heerden.

4 December

South African Market’s 1^st birthday

1^st floor, 107 Bree Street, Cape Town

Thursday at 6pm. Established in 2013 S.A.M. aims to be a platform for South African fashion, furniture, jewellery and décor designers to retail their most accomplished work to the local and tourist market.

Situated in a loft space on Bree Street S.A.M. is configured so that designers are able to have their own store-within-a-store. The curated collections offer unique pieces of local design of an international standard. Do some Christmas shopping away from busy malls and support local traders.

Karoo Farmscapes, solo exhibtion by Mark De Wet

Classic Revivals, 34 Napier Street De Waterkant, Cape Town

Until 30 January 2015. From 9am to 5pm.

Fete – An Art Show Or Something

246 Fox Street, Arts on Main, Johannesburg

A one-night exhibition showcasing a broad range of emerging and experimental art practices from Cape Town and Johannesburg, including works from Europe and USA. The South African art collective MARTHA the curate this exhibition. Open from 7pm to 11pm.

Not A Witch by Atang Tshikare

54 Church Street, Cape Town

Atang Tshikare is considered by many in the design world to be one of the most exciting prospects to emerge in recent years. His first solo exhibition of paintings opens at the Worldart gallery on 4 December 2014.

Not by a witch will feature eight paintings of which three are portraits of inspirational friends – Athi-Patra Ruga, Nthato Mokgata (Spoek Mathambo) and Isaac Zavale.

Gallery hours are Monday to Friday from 10am to 5pm and on Saturday from 10am to 1pm.

Dillon Marsh: For What It’s Worth Exhibition

Until 24 January 2015. Photographer Dillon Marsh will be hosting a solo show at the Brundyn+ Gallery at ORO AFRICA Building (First Floor), 170 Buitengracht Street, Cape Town.

6 December

Le Kap Lifestyle Fair

Blaauwklippen Vineyards, Stellenbosch

Join in the fun with wine, gourmet food, dressage and couture fashion. Dress code is chic/glamorous. On from 11am to 7pm. Tickets are available at Computicket at R500 each.

12 December

The Art of the Brick Lego Exhibition

V&A Waterfront, Cape Town

Until 28 February 2015. See acclaimed artist Nathan Sawaya’s incredible works built in this childhood classic toy. The works consist of giant portraits and large-scale figures contructed from Lego.

Tickets are available online through Computicket and cost R140 for adults and R95 for under 18s.

14 December

Spier Winelands Express

Travel by train to visit Spier, one of the oldest farms in the Cape Winelands. Upon arrival, taste five wines, visit Eagle Encounters and enjoy lunch at the farm-to-table restaurant, Eight.

The ticket includes entrance to Eagle Encounters, Spier Wine Tasting (or a grape juice tasting for kids), as well as two bottles of your choice of signature wines (one white, one red). You also get lunch at Eight or a selection of picnic goodies to the value of R125 from Eight to Go Deli. Cost is R390 per person or R295 for children.

28 December

Spier Winelands Express

Travel by train to visit Spier, one of the oldest farms in the Cape Winelands. Upon arrival, taste five wines, visit Eagle Encounters and enjoy lunch at the farm-to-table restaurant, Eight.

The ticket includes entrance to Eagle Encounters, Spier Wine Tasting (or a grape juice tasting for kids), as well as two bottles of your choice of signature wines (one white, one red). You also get lunch at Eight or a selection of picnic goodies to the value of R125 from Eight to Go Deli. Cost is R390 per person or R295 for children.

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Ongoing Events

Free Outdoor Active Fitness Programme returns to the V&A Waterfront

V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, 021 408 7600

Until March/April 2015. Having partnered with top experts to develop the programme, the V&A will host a series of free physical activities ranging from yoga to running clubs, bringing the gym outdoors, and to you. 

V&A Market on The Wharf

Nobel Square, between the Two Oceans Aquarium and the V&A Hotel, Cape Town

The V&A Market on The Wharf is quickly entrenching its position as Cape Town’s ultimate gastronomic destination. An array of artisanal foods, on-site demo kitchens and a kids’ entertainment area are just a few of its features. The market is open all day Wednesday to Sunday.

Neighbourhood Goods Market

The Old Biscuit Mill, 373 Albert Road, Woodstock, Cape Town

Every Saturday from 9am to 2pm, come rain or shine, the Old Biscuit Mill becomes the hotspot for locavores. Expect over 100 specialty traders including local farmers, fine-food purveyors, organic merchants, bakers, grocers, mongers, butchers, artisan producers, celebrated local chefs and micro enterprises – not to mention the designers. Get there early for parking. 

Neighbourhood Goods Market

73 Juta Street, Braamfontein, Johannesburg

This is the younger cousin of the Cape Town event. It runs every Saturday from 9am to 3pm. It may not be quite as big and epic, but it’s steadily growing alongside the exciting Braamies rejuvenation.

Groote Post Country Market

Groote Post, Darling Hills Road, Darling, 022 492 2825

Until April 2015. Indulge in the best of local Darling gourmet produce, arts and crafts, décor, gifts, homeware stalls and more, while the children are entertained by tractor rides, guided horse riding and sheep-shearing demonstrations. Relax in the shade on the lawns and tables, enjoying the live music while sipping on Groote Post’s Rosé, specially produced for the markets (and for sale at the monthly markets only). Held on the last Sunday of every month, until April 2015, between 10am and 3pm. Entry is free.

City Bowl Food Market

14 Hope Street, Gardens, Cape Town

Every Thursday from 4.30pm to 8.30pm and Saturday from 9am to 2pm, this food and wine market offers easy access to fresh produce and tasty fare. Thursdays in particular have become quite a social affair and Saturdays sometimes includes a fashion component. 

Capital Urban Market

107 Corobay Avenue, Menlyn Maine, Pretoria

Capital Urban Market is a Pretoria inner-city market forming part of the Cool Capital 2014 citizen-driven initiative to revitalise and restore the inner-city, as well as give local designers and entrepreneurs the opportunity to showcase and expand their brand.

Dear Mr Mandela, Dear Mrs Parks and Freedom XX

The University Museum, 52 Ryneveld Street, Stellenbosch (Sasol Art Museum), 021 808 3691

Until 31 December 2014, Dear Mr Mandela, Dear Mrs Parks is inspired by the late human rights activist Rosa Parks, as well as the hundreds of children around the world who wrote letters to Nelson Mandela. The staff of the university museum crowd-curated Freedom XX, with each member selecting an artwork and writing a short curatorial statement. Both form part the university-wide celebrations of 20 years of freedom. 

La Motte Helgaard Steyn Awards Exhibition

R45 Main Road, Franschhoek Valley, 021 876 8000

Until June 2015. The exhibition will showcase the works of the winners of the Helgaard Steyn Award since its inception in 1987 until 2013. It will focus on three main areas: visual art works, musical compositions and literature.

Save The Date

18 – 21 March 2015: Made Expo Milano

Presented by Milano Architettura Design Edilizia.

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With new restaurants and stores continuing to pop up in Bree Street, the urban heart of the Mother City is burgeoning. South African Market (SAM) is one such treasure that recently opened its doors to the public, situated just above the trendy tapas restaurant, La Parada. The beautifully designed loft space sells a variety of products – from furniture to leather goods and jewellery – designed by some of our country’s most talented artisans. We spoke to designers and co-founders Naomi Bossert and Berlinda White about the store’s concept, the transformation of the space and the importance of e-commerce in a digital age.

How did the concept of a truly South African one-stop-shop come about?

Being designers ourselves, we struggled to find the right stores to stock our products. We also found that there was a lack of variety so we began our search for designers who would be interested in having us stock their products. We were truly amazed by the amount of good designers scattered across South Africa.

With Cape Town being World Design Capital 2014, did you plan on opening the store specifically for this reason? It does seem perfect, doesn’t it?

We started working on the SAM concept two years ago and 2014 was definitely one of our aims, but we were quite lucky that all the pieces fell into place.

Bree Street has become a very popular location for bespoke stores and fine restaurants. How did you come across your current space and does the hustle and bustle influence your own creativity?

Funnily enough, we found the space by randomly driving down Bree Street. We were searching for an industrial-looking space for quite a while, but couldn’t find one in a preferred location. When we entered the space, we where sold. The loft was a blank canvas and with it came the opportunity to truly curate a collection of the best of South African design. We love being on Bree Street. It is a creative hub that attracts a lot of locals and internationals – it truly is a place where you can let your creativity run wild.

You teamed up with architect Jakob Basson to transform the space. What was your aim with the interior?

We really wanted the interior to reflect the best of South African interior design. Jakob Basson has a great eye for design. By combining this with his sense of spatial awareness, he was able to create a playful space that complements the products we stock. We approached well-known furniture designer Xandre Kriel to produce the stunning wooden shelving.

SAM houses a variety of locally produced goods. What criteria do these goods adhere to in order to be stocked?

We only stock South African design. We feel that there is a thin line between craft and design in South Africa and we strive to have the shop be a proper reflection of the latter. We love duality and never choose similar designs. Products need to be original and of good quality. We regularly sign new designers to ensure that we have a constant flow of fresh products, making SAM worth a visit every week.

SAM will also run an online shop. How important is the e-commerce element in this day and age?

It is extremely important. We want SAM to be the first thing people think about when they think “South African design”. E-commerce allows us to connect and reconnect with the global community.

Looking towards the future, where do you see the brand in a decade?

We would like to take the brand nationwide and then expand to other countries. Our aim is to change the image foreigners have of South African design. 

Visit SAM at 107 Bree Street, Cape Town. For the latest in local design visit their website www.ilovesam.co.za, like them on Facebook and follow them on Twitter.

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