A private Constantia home opens for a rare art experience

An elegant opening night or family-friendly day with kids workshop

Last updated: Tuesday, 28 April 2026

A private home in Constantia will open its doors for a rare two-day art experience. Created by artist Sar La Rouge, the exhibition isn’t set in a gallery, but across living rooms, gardens and intimate corners of the house. The elegant opening evening on Friday, 8 May will have canapés and tastings, and Saturday is designed for families with a play area and kids workshop.

The setting is intentionally more personal, accessible, and less formal than a traditional gallery experience. Image: Sar La Rouge

FIRST PRIVATE SALON EXPERIENCE IN CAPE TOWN

Instead of a white-walled gallery, this exhibition is a private salon – a growing global trend where art is experienced in lived-in spaces rather than art fairs and galleries. While galleries can be seen as intimidating or commercial, private salons turn art into something you can share, talk about and experience together.

The exhibition, Beyond The Screen, will be displayed in lounges, corridors and garden spaces, so you encounter them the way you would in everyday life. One series is even positioned around a couch, mirroring how we usually consume screens: seated, immersed, slightly disconnected from the world around us.

There'll be many different spaces to explore around the house like the pool area, balcony and garden. Image: Sar La Rouge

CONTEMPORARY ART SHOW IN CAPE TOWN

Sar La Rouge is entirely self-taught and based in Cape Town. She builds her work from collected images and personal archives, reworking them through collage, layering and digital tools like AI.

The works will be printed onto perspex, metal, and lightboxes. The materials shift how the art is experienced and is actually part of the meaning; perspex reflects light like a screen and mirrors the viewer back at themselves, while metal prints give certain pieces a heavier, almost sculptural presence.

She explores identity, feminism, politics, and technology through layered compositions built from photography, symbols, and collected visual fragments. Image: Sar La Rouge

BEYOND THE SCREEN BY SAR LA ROUGE

The exhibition is built around five bodies of work exploring how we live, think, and connect in a world shaped by screens, memory, and constant visual input.

Couch Chronicle, inspired by shows and movies such as The Walking Dead, Stranger Things, and Blade Runner 2049, looks at modern screen culture. Think doomscrolling, binge-watching, and the blurred line between real life and digital escape.

Pink Power and Ladies’ Narratives uses strong colour and pop imagery to explore women’s identity and self-expression. The works explore women being seen, being loud, and taking up space in a world that often expects the opposite.

A space where music, art, and people come together. Image: Sar La Rouge

FRIDAY NIGHT: CURATED OPENING EXPERIENCE

The exhibition is designed to feel accessible, whether you’re new to art or already familiar with the scene.

Friday night is curated to be an elegant evening inside the home. Guests can experience the works while moving through the space with drinks in hand (there’ll be a tasting by Matawi, known for its honey-based gin and liqueur) and canapés.

Live music from Dorette Roos, whose electric cello reworks familiar songs from artists like Ed Sheeran, Shawn Mendes, and Billie Eilish, will play throughout the evening as guests move between rooms. Tickets cost R600pp.

The entrance to the private salon art experience. Image: Sar La Rouge

SATURDAY: FAMILY-FRIENDLY ART EXPERIENCE

Saturday shifts into a more relaxed, family-friendly experience from just R50 for kids and R70 for adults.

There’ll be a playground and lawn games in the garden supervised by entertainers. Children can take part in collage-making workshops in the pool house, creating their own works inspired by the exhibition. After, they’ll be served crêpes and soft drinks, all included in the ticket.

All proceeds from ticket sales go to The Bridge, a Hout Bay-based orphanage initiative since 2018. See the incredible work they do and how to donate to The Bridge.

Her works have previously been shown in Cape Town exhibitions like Pink Power Narratives at Alliance Française (2026). Image: Sar La Rouge

GET TICKETS TO SAR LA ROUGE

It’s art in a setting you don’t usually get to access, and a good place to start if you’ve never experienced something like this before.

Sar La Rouge is happening: Friday, 8 May; 6pm to 9pm & Saturday, 9 May; 10am to 4pm
Find it: Private Salon, Constantia
Cost: From R50 to R600
Book: Via Quicket 

By Khadeeja Adams

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