Andrew Boraine » Spier Contemporary 2010 http://www.andrewboraine.com Cities for People Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:50:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Public spaces and places in the city come of age on Human Rights Day weekend http://www.andrewboraine.com/2010/03/public-spaces-and-places-in-the-city-come-of-age-on-human-rights-day-weekend/ http://www.andrewboraine.com/2010/03/public-spaces-and-places-in-the-city-come-of-age-on-human-rights-day-weekend/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:30:46 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewboraine.com/?p=1087 A large part of our time at the Cape Town Partnership and CCID  is spent on finding ways in which our public spaces can be used by and for citizens of this city. The multiple events taking place this coming Human Rights Day weekend point to a coming of age in…

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This is what I said at the…

]]> http://www.andrewboraine.com/2010/03/smart-opening/feed/ 0 Spier Contemporary coming soon to a large City Hall near you http://www.andrewboraine.com/2010/03/spier-contemporary-coming-soon-to-a-large-city-hall-near-you/ http://www.andrewboraine.com/2010/03/spier-contemporary-coming-soon-to-a-large-city-hall-near-you/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:48:31 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewboraine.com/?p=1016 I’ve been given the honour by the Africa Centre of opening the Spier Contemporary 2010, the largest biennale art exhibition in South Africa, this coming Saturday (13 March) at the Cape Town City Hall. Hmmm, what to say to a daunting array of artists, art critics, journalists, politicians and business leaders?

Today, in order to…

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I first went to the City Hall to see the installation of the Spier Contemporary biennial Arts Competition and Exhibition, set to open on 14 March.…

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