Visit art month at Welgemeend

AUGUST: EXHIBITION AND ART TALKS

Art Month at Welgemeend is about much more than just the curated thought-provoking exhibition Satire and Irony – running for the duration of August. It’s a month-long celebration of art which extends to art talks by leaders in the art world and an educational programme featuring art films and masterclasses.

A highlight on Cape Town’s winter art calendar, this year’s feature exhibition showcases a selection of paintings by Robert Hodgins, Stanley Pinker and Alexander Podlashuc and sculptures by Peter Haden, from the collections of the Kilbourns, Marion and Jonathan Bloch, Erin and Leo Podlashuc, Caro Wiese and other private collectors.

This charity initiative, founded by collectors Lizelle and Frank Kilbourn in 2014, grew out of a conversation between Frank

and Stephan Welz, Strauss & Co’s founding managing director about hosting a charity event to support the preservation of the illustrious manor home and cultural heritage Welgemeend, anno 1693, which was declared a monument in 1944.

Kilbourn, who is Strauss & Co’s chairperson, says: “Over the past six years Art Month has established itself as a powerful platform for private collectors to show their work to an art-interested public.”

As is custom, it will also include an exciting social and educational programme. The educational committee has selected two artthemed films. On Monday, Herb & Dorothy (2008), about collectors Dorothy and Herb Vogel, will screen, and on August 18, a new documentary about Cape Townbased painter, Simon Stone.

It also includes powerful masterclasses. On August 17, Lizelle Kilbourn will be in discussion with art critic Amanda Botha, offering a helpful introduction to art evaluation. On August 28, Hayden Proud, a curator at Iziko South African National Gallery, will deliver a lecture on Alexander Podlashuc. He is joined by Strauss & Co’s Alastair Meredith who will reflect upon the work of sculptor Peter Haden.