Joburg gallery awash in sewage - Newspaper - Mail & Guardian Online
http://mg.co.za/article/2012-01-27-joburg-gallery-awash-in-sewage/January 27, 2012
A burst waste pipe at the Johannesburg Art Gallery has flooded the basement with sewage and is threatening to engulf two storerooms containing artworks, furniture and ceramics estimated by one insider to be worth R500-million.
The one storeroom holds the gallery's contemporary art collection, with works by William Kentridge, Wim Botha, Jane Alexander and Nicholas Hlobo. The other includes furniture by Le Corbusier and Ming Dynasty porcelain.
A source at the gallery told the Mail & Guardian: "We don't have money even to call in a plumber." Every time the toilets are flushed or someone runs a tap, the sewage level rises. Staff members are desperately trying to mask the smell with chemicals.
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