Sky Villa Boutique Hotel in Plettenberg Bay is adding another attraction to its offering. ‘We are excited to announce that we’re establishing an Art Gallery at Sky Villa and we’re thrilled to introduce Michele Bestbier, the director of Art Source Africa, as the curator of the Gallery,’ announced Paul Duverge, Managing Director of Raw Africa Boutique Collection.
Bestbier is an independent art advisor and broker. Originally from Johannesburg where she consulted to large corporate and private collections and owned an Art gallery – Gallery@157 on Jan Smuts Avenue which highlighted up-and-coming and leading South African artists. 15 years ago she sold the gallery and moved to Plettenberg Bay, where some eight years ago she created an Art Map of artists of the Garden Route and Klein Karoo areas – and found a vast bouquet of the most excellent art right on her doorstep.
Dallas Smith working on a painting for the exhibition
The Gallery@Sky will feature a fine mix of local artists from the Garden Route, plus a taste of art from Johannesburg, Cape Town and beyond. Art on display will offer a cross-section of medium from painting, etching, photography, mixed medium and pastel art to hand-carved block printing and more. A superb sculpture garden is also taking shape, and there are plans to run monthly ‘Art Events’ at the Gallery@Sky that will delight the senses – a fine mix of art workshops, musicians, local wines, and special menus.
‘The artworks for the launch of the new Gallery@Sky will be carefully selected to enhance the ethos of this superb hotel, and hopefully will give Sky Villa’s guests great pleasure, and delight and surprise both art novices and the more sophisticated collectors’, said Bestbier.
A protea study by Andre van der Merwe
Some of the artists to be featured at the opening collection include Dallas Smith, John Moore, Malcolm Solomon, Brendan Leggat, Guy Thesen, Andre Van Der Merwe, Des Kleineibst and Beezy Bailey.
The launch of the new gallery will include a wine tasting, live music (saxophonist Jaco Kriek) and a special dinner menu for those that would like to stay on and enjoy the splendour of Sky Villa.
Date: 18 February 2022
Time: 16h00 to 18h30
Contact Kim at Sky Villa for information and booking for the opening event.
Tel: +27 87 550 2967 / 082 767 3393
Email: [email protected]
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