H
ermanus FynArts, the annual classic style festival that celebrates South African arts and artists, will take place from 8 – 17 June 2018. This year the number of exhibitions and art-related events has almost doubled since the festival debuted in 2013. The 2018 programme of highlights includes the large FynArts group exhibitions: Sculpture on the Cliffs with the human figure as its subject this year; the ceramic exhibition, Beyond Fire; the Art of Thread exhibition, Collaborative Relationships; and the exhibition of the finalists in the Tollman Bouchard Finlayson Art Award. There is also a photographic and a jewellery exhibition at the Marine Hotel. Nineteen galleries and other venues in Hermanus and the Hemel-en-Aarde Village will again present a special festival exhibition. More art exhibitions will be found on wine farms and at Curro School. The festival also includes many other events related to the visual arts. The Strauss & Co Lecture Series This popular series includes a number of speakers who will present a wide range of illustrated talks related to South African art and artists: Wilhelm van Rensburg, a Strauss & Co art specialist, will discuss the work of Christo Coetzee, the leading exponent of abstract expressionism in South Africa and Europe in the 1960’s; Judge Albie Sachs who headed the Artworks Committee of the Constitutional Court will show a DVD and talk about the art collection in the Constitutional Court, and Karien Trengove,
Previous Page: Anton Smit, FAITH, Stone Cast Right: Bastiaan Van Stienes, White Room, 60 x 60cm, 2018
“Nineteen galleries and other venues in Hermanus and the Hemel-en-Aarde Village will again present a special festival exhibition. More art exhibitions will be found on wine farms and at Curro School.”
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