artSPACE durban was born out of a dream to explore the concept of space, by bringing artists and creatives together in a warehouse style space.

For over twelve years, the gallery at 3 Millar Road, Durban, has opened its doors as a much-loved art gallery and event venue, hosting hundreds of exhibitions, shows and seminars and attracting people from all walks of life.

This phase of artSPACE durban has come to an end, but Karen and Claus Bradtke are excited about the gallery’s future evolution.

“With the vision and experience of the architects of Arkus, our space will relaunch on March 1 as the home of a small group of creative professionals from various fields,” the couple said. “The name artSPACE durban will remain, as the original concept of space is re-designed, and a community of like-minded people is built.

“artSPACE durban studios will be a limited number of exclusive “artisan” studio spaces, incubators for creative businesses to grow. The concept of space will be redefined with the gallery as the blank canvas.

“We have decided to retain the Middle Gallery and the Corridor as gallery spaces under the continued direction and supervision of Karen Bradtke with day-to-day activities under the watchful eye of Veronica Nezar.”