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URL:https://www.afcapetown.co.za/events/%f0%9f%8e%a8first-thursday-the-bot
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SUMMARY:🎨First Thursday: THE BOTTOM IS RED
DESCRIPTION:📅 Thursday\, 7 May 2026\n🕙 6 PM\n📍 Alliance França
 ise du Cap\, 155 loop street\nHumanity's self-delusion\nDr Paulo de Valdol
 eiros MBChB is a Cape Town based medical doctor specializing in personaliz
 ed functional medicine\, with a focus on steroid hormone modulation. From 
 2017 to 2023\, he was a regular expert guest on South Africa’s top TV sh
 ow Real health\, contributing to over 100 episodes. He has also written w
 idely\, including contributions to the South African GP journal\, where 
 he published a series on menopause.\nKnown by some as the “angel doctor\
 ,” he gained attention for running a pay-what-you-can primary healthcare
  practice in Bloemfontein between 2019 and 2020\, which led to significant
  media coverage.\nIn 2022\, he began creating abstract acrylic artworks\, 
 which were later printed onto fabric. At The Old Biscuit Mill\, Life and D
 eath gallery presents a new body of work by Dr Paulo de Valdoleiros in col
 laboration with fashion designer Calista Graham\, transforming his origina
 l art into wearable pieces.\nHis work reflects on the quiet tension betwee
 n what we try to conceal and what inevitably surfaces. It draws from the i
 nstinct to cover\, layer\, and repaint the parts of ourselves we wish coul
 d be erased\, only to find they remain\, shaping the final image in unexpe
 cted ways.\nThis collection explores that persistence: the unseen layers\,
  the unintended blends\, and the fractures where truth breaks through. Thr
 ough abstract forms and wearable pieces\, the work speaks to vulnerability
 \, memory\, and the limits of our own making.\nIt is an invitation to look
  closer to what lies beneath\, to what we carry\, and to what cannot be pa
 inted over.\nJoin us for an intimate evening and step into this evolving d
 ialogue between art\, fashion\, and the human condition.\n✨ First thurs
 day highlights:\n📸 Meet the artist – 6 PM\n🖼️ Exhibition launc
 h &amp\; walkthrough\n🎶 Music &amp\; mingling in our creative spaces\n
 🍸 Cashless bar hosted by Alliance Française du Cap\n🖼️ Exhibit
 ion runs: 7 May  - 1 June 2026\n🕙 Viewing hours: 10 AM – 5 PM (Mo
 n–Fri)\n🎟️ Free &amp\; open to all
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