The Alphen Antiques and Collectables Fairs will take place at the Alphen Centre (opposite Constantia Village), on the second and fourth Sunday of the month, between 10am and 4pm. A variety of items -- including jewellery, glass, ceramics, silver, toys,

Examples of Dutch art 17th - 20th centuries on view at the Old Town House's Iziko Michaelis Collection, including this fine watercolour by the painter Josef Israels. Collections of Dutch art include Henry van den Bergh Bequest of nineteenth-century Dutch art received via the National Art Collections Fund of Great Britain in 1948.

Embassy of Japan presents East Meets Africa: Art Exhibition Japanese Festival for Centennial Celebrations
How many people know that Jan van Riebeeck was stationed in Japan before he became Commander of the Cape in 1652. How many have ever heard of an African with a Japanese name 'Yasuke', who fought bravely in battle for a legendary Japanese feudal lord in 16th Century? Or a Chinese admiral Zheng He, who led an enormous fleet to East Africa in 15th century? Inspired by these fascinating, albeit sporadic, encounters over centuries between East Asia and Africa in general, and Japan and South Africa in particular, Masako Osada presents East Meets Africa, a celebration of cultural diversity universality and accompanied by a beautiful Japanese flower exhibition. w: www.osada.co.za. Drama Foyer - State Theatre.

Bronze, a highly valued powerful medium of sculptural expression since ancient times. Bronzes range in scale from vast public monuments, to small, highly intimate cabinet pieces.This exhibition features a wide range of examples from our permanent collections, highlights the processes and techniques of working in this most fluid and fiery, yet tensile of mediums.

Alan Taylor, Brett Shuman, Catherine Ocholla, Charles Maggs, Gavin Younge, Lauren Palte, Maria van Rooyen, Richard Chauke, Wayne Barker. Group show examines the way in which artists construct historical narratives and sometimes manipulate them in creative ways. Range of contemporary artists from emerging to well established present works in various media that seek to make sense of and even nonsense of history of our country and the world. Curated by Andrew Lamprecht, Fine Art Lecturer UCT. UCA Gallery Cape Town.
Gallery Hours : Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm • Sat 9am - 1pm

Arts Bus - a free hop-on, hop-off city bus service allows arts lovers to visit eight of the city’s premier galleries in one Saturday - hosted as part of Celebrate Durban season - leaving from KZNSA Gallery 9am and returning mid afternoon. Visit a selection of Durbans premier galleries through an art gallery trail. Travel along a dedicated circuit throughout the day allowing visitors to visit some of Durban’s top galleries every Saturday.

Muizenberg Market - Cape Town - All day Sunday - Sunrise Circle, Sunrise beach, Muizenberg - 09:00am and 17:00. Large variety of goods, minimal bric-a-brac and antiques. Lots of clothes, cheap electronics, food and toys. t 082 4019 330

The Association of Visual Arts presents three solo exhibitions:

Erica Elk presents - Material Matters in the Main gallery.
Nike Romano - In the Long Gallery - Explores the space where science, the personal and art intersect.
David Rossouw - Worker Interrupted - A photographic study of the aesthetic of the ordinary and the everyday that references the strong relationship between work and identity. AVA - 35 Church Str, Cape Town

Pictured here : Jabu - Sanitary Ware Worker (2009) by David Rossouw

Africa Centre is proud to present Spier Contemporary 2010, largest biennale art exhibition in South Africa.
Exhibition provides South African artists or foreign artists living in the country with an open platform to create and show new work, which reflects both the breadth and depth of the South African experience and conceived to provide an open platform for all artists to show their work, uncompromised by the limitations of technology, space and access. Spier Contemporary provides a space for exploring our diversity, giving audiences insights into our complexity and contributing to our understanding of difference. With 100 top artists you will be spoilt for choice. Cape Town City Hall

Exhibition traces history and development of relief prints, with an insight into how they are made and produced. Earliest prints on display include woodcuts by Michael Wohlgemut (1434–1519), Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) and Lucas Cranach (1472–1553). Contemporary Works by artists like Peter Clarke (b.1929) and Alice Goldin (b.1925) also on display. Selection of relief prints by Rorke’s Drift art centre and traditional Japanese woodcut works by, amongst others, Utamaro and Hiroshige.