Love a Little Local: A busy night for galleries

Love a Little Local: A busy night for galleries

Writer Hedda Mittner

The consensus among several gallery owners is that Friday evening’s Artwalk was the busiest one of the year, as art lovers and weekend revellers took to the streets to enjoy a night out on the town. With the noise and disruption in High Street still ongoing, Jenny Jackson of Gallery 19 and Leon Müller of Art Thirst did not open for the Artwalk, but at all the other galleries it was business as usual. There was a lot of activity around the galleries – and The Wine Glass – in The Courtyard, where artist Andree Noska has taken over the premises where The Handmill opened a few months ago; in turn, The Handmill has moved into an attractive new, bigger shop in Harbour Road which previously formed part of Hemingways Bookshop.

Apart from the opening of Andree’s Art, the Hermanus Art Circle (HAC) also celebrated the opening of their permanent art exhibition at the Whale Museum. No longer a pop-up gallery only on First Fridays and Saturdays, the public now has the opportunity to view and buy paintings at the HAC Gallery every day during opening hours.