Walkabout at Wits Art Museum

Through the Eye of a Needle: Remembering the Covid-19 Pandemic in 2025.

Join a walkabout at WAM of the newly installed exhibition 2020 Through the Eye of a Needle: Remembering the Covid-19 Pandemic in 2025 curated by Julia Charlton. 

Professor Brenda Schmahmann — South African art historian and current South African Research Chair in South African Art and Visual Culture (SARChI) at the University of Johannesburg's Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture (FADA) — will be in conversation with Julia Charlton, Senior Curator at WAM. Together, they will share reflections and insights into the embroideries on exhibition, created by members of the Mapula Embroidery Project, a community art collective of women embroiderers based in the Winterveld and Hammanskraal.
 
This year marks five years since the World Health Organisation declared Covid-19 to be a global pandemic. The spread of the disease had devastating consequences worldwide, with appalling loss of life, terrible emotional strain, extreme social disruption and economic devastation. The anniversary offers us the opportunity to reflect on that time by considering an interactive exhibition of embroidered textiles dealing with Covid-19 and its impact on the community. 

 
Museum hours: Tuesday – Saturday 10:00 – 16:00
Exhibition dates: 22 July – 13 September 2025

We look forward to seeing you there!

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