Interview in GIGARTE (by previous Prado Madrid photography curator Georgeta Negraru) It’s a rare occasion that I exhibits in galleries and art events BUT the Tulbagh Arts Festival and the Greyton Art Walk two of those exceptions. You will find me in the Town Hall 27-29 September in Tulbagh and in the weekend of 15 …
Photo-graphics and close-up wildlife photographs of Herman van Bon exhibition in Greyton
At last we succeeded in setting up an online shop. Banking is expensive in South Africa. For a credit card machine one pays a monthly fortune and is only worthwhile with a huge turnover. Banking fees per credit card transaction exceeds 5% and that’s far above the global average. But there are always loopholes and …
The Zeitz museum of Contemposity Art Africa in Cape Town is one of those new additions that has to attract tourists. A few personal notes: Architect Thomas Heatherwick (UK) performed an almost impossible task to transform old concrete silos into a state of the art museum and hotel with maintaining the origin designation in its …
The end of 2017 was a once off private performance of ‘The Better box Co’ of ‘THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK’ (by Lewis Carrol’) in, of all places, Wolvengat in the Western Cape, South Africa. The play was initiated by artist Willem de Roubaix who also created the moving cardboard orchestra (home made electronics and …
That was Greyton. Good Morning. With thanks to many such as John Williams and Calli Williams for their hospitality. The organisation of Greyton Art Walk for hosting me and Yvonne de Wit; Philip John and Brenda Parker from BBos for excellent company and Via’s for catering. Special thanks to visitors of our stalls for genuine interest and of course all those who …
This weekend me and Yvonne participated in the Greyton Art Walk. And we did well together with artists Philip John and Brenda Parker from Baardskeerdersbos. This year’s edition of the Greyton Art Walk had record sales. Known South African painter Gillian Hahn insisted on a picture of her with one of my canvas prints (120x80cm) …