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Solo Studios 2024 Crowns Riebeek Valley as art and culture hub

hirty-three artists, five galleries, inspiring connections or even return vibrant peripheral activities alongside
five live performances and a home with art investments at great prices the core art offering. For foodies and
Tnumber of long table gourmet that feel truly personal. It’s also a peek conversationalists alike, The Night of
events: these and more can be enjoyed at into the bottomless well of natural beauty, Long Tables will feature a number of
Solo Studios 2024, taking place in Riebeek cultural heritage and creativity of this long table food events curated by well-
Kasteel on Women’s Day weekend, from valley, along with the friendly community known Riebeek Kasteel residents: artist
Friday, 9 to Sunday, 11 August. Now that is so supportive of the arts.” and culinary maestro Louis Jaanse Van
in its eighth year, the annual intimate The thirty-three featured solo artists Vuuren (who divides his time between
art encounter with a big draw to the reflect the diversity of talent in the Riebeek South Africa and France) and chef and
picturesque Riebeek Valley (just 80km Valley, from painters to mixed media stylist Isabella Niehaus. Enhanced with
from Cape Town) will serve up even more artists to ceramicists and more. Some of wine pairings from Swartland producers
of a feast for the senses: with sociable this year’s participants include Sharon including Women in Wine on the
gourmet long table events and live music, Bischoff, Wiehan de Jager, Ade Kipades, Friday, the dinners will be a gastronomic
theatre and poetry, along with the valley’s Solly Smook, André François van Vuuren, celebration, marrying the wealth of local
wealth and diversity of fine art. Riaan van Zyl and Emma Willemse. farm-fresh produce, the beauty of an
“The greatest attraction to Solo Studios, Galleries participating in Solo Studios exquisitely laid table, and the convivial act
besides the magnificent valley itself, is the 2024 include RK Contemporary Gallery, of community-building that takes place
intimate nature of the event,” says Ashley Gallery 7, Pictorex, 1 Royal Guesthouse when sharing food over a long table.
Stone, co-owner and co-project manager and Die Kunshuis. Fresh off the heels of a successful run
of Solo Studios. “By opening up artists’ on the London stage, multidisciplinary
studios, visitors can have an intimate Palate & Palette: Art and Food Collide in artist, writer and performer Aldo Brincat
art encounter with the artworks and the Flavourful Masterpieces will give two performances of his solo
artists themselves in their own creative This year’s Solo Studios will see an theatre smash hit The Moon Looks
workspaces, and simply enjoy these elevated number and range of culturally Delicious Here, which recently garnered a

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