The following news items include press releases and other newsworthy information relating to exhibitions, education and public programmes, Friends of the Michaelis Collection and Friends of the South African National Gallery activities and anything else linked to the Iziko Art Collections Department and associated Iziko Museums sites.

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August 2008

Last chance to view ‘Pancho Guedes: An Alternative Modernist’ 26/08/2008
The public will have a last opportunity to view the works of architect Pancho Guedes, on show at the Iziko South African National Gallery until Sunday 31 August. ‘Pancho Guedes: An Alternative Modernist’ offers the viewer substantial insight into the work and mindset of this innovative craftsman. more>>

Berni Searle: lyrical installations, global themes 20/08/2008
On 11 September at 11:00 at the Michael Stevenson Contemporary in Woodstock, visitors can meet artist Berni Searle who holds a solo exhibition at the venue. more>>

Joe Wolpe on the turbulent life of artist Wolf Kibel 12/08/2008
On Wednesday 3 September at 17:30 at Iziko South African Museum, artist and gallerist Joe Wolpe discusses the painter, Wolf Kibel, who, despite his short and turbulent life, is regarded as one of the foremost South African expressionists of his time. more>>

A walk through myths and memories with friends 01/08/2008
Visit the new Bell-Roberts Gallery in Woodstock with Friends of the South African National Gallery on Thursday, 21 August at 11:00 when Fritha Langerman conducts a walkabout of the upcoming exhibition ‘Print 08: Myth, Memory and the Archive’. more>>

July 2008

Studio visit: Ceramicist with a difference more>>
Art walkabout at the Old Townhouse more>>
Walkabout to view forty years of plenty more>>
Albert Adams: Journey on a Tightrope more>>
Walkabout of Albert Adams Retrospective Exhibition more>>

June 2008

Forty Years of Friendship: The Friends of the SA National Gallery 1968–2008 more>>
Director of Art Collections & Director of Education and Public Programmes more>>
Iziko Winter School 28 June – 30 July 2008 more>>
Amazing holiday - treasure hunts, taxidermy, puppets, mosaics & wire art more>>
Coffee and recollections with Joe Wolpe more>>

May 2008

Lloyd Pollak on 20th century Russian art more>>
In the footsteps of Irma Stern more>>
New Acquisition: Players of Colour by Lawrence Lemaoana more>>
Rembrandt Lecture Saturday 31 May more>>
Free entrance to Iziko Museums on Africa Day more>>
Create a beautiful Malian puppet - this Friday & Saturday more>>
Insight into life & work of Cecil Skotnes - walkabout  more>>
Pancho Guedes: An Alternative Modernist more>>
Secretly I will love you more - talk by Andrew Putter more>>
Rembrandt art lecture at the Old Town House more>>
The art of attracting and deflecting attention more>>

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January 2008