— the art precinct in Rosebank, Johannesburg — can still warm anyone despite the icy temperature.
Although Modise often interjects to talk about the artworks, the experience is leisurely as he lets us gravitate towards artworks that interest us. After everyone’s visual senses have been stimulated, Modise walks us to another gallery, Circa, which has distinct curved walls and walkway and opened in 2009 alongside the Everard Read.
The hopping happens on an e-scooter, which Modise says millennials like. Tourists are first taught how to use the scooters before they head out and the streets they travel have little traffic. If someone doesn’t want to use an e-scooter, Modise calls a taxi or simply tailor-makes a walking tour. David Krut Projects
“Every time I visit art galleries it is too white. I wanted to bring people of colour into art gallery spaces. I wanted to unite art and tourism in real time,” says Modise. “Some [people] are still intimidated — it’s too quiet — some think there’s an entrance fee. But it’s free, all galleries are free.”Who goes to art galleries and who does not is rooted in our country’s history of apartheid.
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