It will be interesting to see the interaction of artists with the events of the World Cup in 2010. Predictably, at least one major soccer themed art exhibition is in the planning stages. But what will individual artists come up with?
Peering out of the Port Elizabeth soccer crowd is one of young Cape Town artist Dan Popper's lanky undulating puppets. Operated by long rods held by a handler (he can just be seen in the night shot), the puppets are auditioning to entertain the crowds at the World Cup matches next year.
Popper has his puppets gig for draw day, December 4 confirmed.
It's been a busy week. On Tuesday night Jonathan Shapiro aka Zapiro launched his latest book of cartoons Don't mess with my head at the Wash House, a tranquil historical venue high up on the lower slopes of Table Mountain. It was packed. Not that Jonathan had a chance to talk to anybody. Seated at a table with four pens lined up next to him and a fifth busily at work, he signed and signed.
On Wednesday I went to the National Gallery for the opening of Strengths and Convictions, an exhibition honouring South Africa's four Nobel Peace Prize laureates - Albert Luthuli, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela. One of those invitation only events. The King and Queen of Norway were in attendance. It was packed. Couldn't see the royals at all over the heads of the crowd but did manage to take a photo of the Arch with artist Bongi Dhlomo, who was wearing Norwegian traditional dress in honour of the occasion. 
The Michael Stevenson Gallery threw an opening party on Thursday night to launch its annual Summer Salon. It was packed. The wine ran out early but those who couldn't see anything inside for the crowds or get a glass of wine could go out on the street and watch Zanele Muholi, framed in a gallery window, shimmy her way through a performance she first made in a window of the red light district in Amsterdam - part of Muholi's ongoing investigation into the kinds of work women do in order to survive. This kind of investigation the crowd loved.
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