Joburg's weather likes to deal in extremes at the moment, so in this sweltering heat a trip to an art gallery with its cool interiors is  a perfect option. Here's what we think you should see this week.

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From left to right: Cuttle, 2022, Jared Kruger; As Below So Above, 2021, Chris Soal; One of the photos from uHambo at Umhlabathi Gallery.

Exhibition openings

Sat, Jan 21 at 11:00 – Get lost in Odette Graskie's drawing process at Berman Contemporary with a line, a thread, a conversation.
Sat, Jan 21 at 17:30 – Celeberate ten years of the Of Soul and Joy Photo Project with uHambo at Umhlabthi Gallery.

Painted stories

Until Wed, Feb 1 – Welcome in 2023 with Kalashnikovv's first exhibiton of the year, Charity Vilakazi's Butha umhlambi wakho kukhona isikhala emakhazeni othingo.

Meditations in and on nature

Until Tue, Jan 31 – Ruminate on sculpture with the group exhibition A Quiet Focus at NIROX Sculpture Park.
Until Sun, Feb 26 – Cool off with Heather Conyngham and Jared Kruger's WE ARE WATER at Studio Nxumalo.

Last chance to see

Until Sat, Jan 21 – See which artists and works writer Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung has chosen for the group exhibition A Different Now is Close Enough to Exhale on You at Goodman Gallery.