Everything In Its Right Place | Anke Loots | Solo Exhibition at THK Gallery
THK Gallery 52 Waterkant Street, Cape Town07.03.2019 - 03.05.2019 'A few times in my life I've had moments of absolute clarity' so much for the future. I can never make these moments last. I cling to them, but like everything, they're fade. I lived my life on these moments. They pull back to the present, and I realize that everything is […]
Gentlemen I Just Don’t Belong Here | Carla Busuttil | Solo Exhibition at Goodman Gallery Cape Town
Goodman Gallery Cape Town 176 Sir Lowry Road, Woodstock, Cape Town16.03.2019 - 11.04.2019 For her fourth exhibition with Goodman gallery, Carla Busuttil presents a series of expressive drawings and densely layered oil paintings. The body of work expands on her long-term interest in depicting power and privilege, and were created during the three-year lead up to Brexit. The exhibition’s title pays homage to award-winning author […]
The Goliath Protocol | Conrad Botes | Solo Exhibition at Everard Read CIRCA JHB
Everard Read Circa Gallery Johannesburg 9 Jellicoe Avenue, Rosebank, JohannesburgThe Goliath Protocol, will be Conrad Botes’ first major solo exhibition in five years. The work will include four large-scale canvasses, including a 2 x 7 metre painting in oils that would be the artist's most ambitious work to date. A large selection of vignettes from the artist’s drawing books will shed light on various […]
Holding Still: Psychology & Portraiture | Group Exhibition at SMAC Gallery JHB
Exhibition running from 14.03.2019 - 19.04.2019 SMAC Gallery is pleased to present HOLDING STILL: Psychology and Portraiture, a group exhibition of artworks by various artists. Participating artists include: Albert Adams Peter Clarke Christo Coetzee Gareth Nyandoro Kate Gottgens Georgina Gratrix Braam Kruger Johann Louw Mostaff Muchawaya John Murray Alexis Preller Gerard Sekoto Marlene Steyn Simon Stone By focusing on South […]
GreySCALE. | A Group Exhibition at The Viewing Room Art Gallery
The Viewing Room @ St Lorient Fashion and Art Gallery 2nd Floor of St. Lorient 492 Fehrsen Street, Brooklyn, PretoriaToday we are bombarded by colourful images. Greyscale is a group exhibition where artists create artworks that denounce colour.
Studio Show Exhibition Guided Walkabout | Andre Kayser & Jake Michael Singer | August House
August House August House, 5th Floor 76 End Street, Johannesburg“STUDIO SHOW”: EXHIBITION AND GUIDED WALKABOUT Joburg-based artists, Andrew Kayser and Jake Michael Singer, invite you into their creative spaces. After exhibiting at the recent Cape Town Art Fair, Andrew Kayser and Jake Michael Singer will be turning their expansive adjacent studios on the third floor of August House into exhibition spaces, inviting visitors to […]
My Hart Is So Leeg Soos ‘n Spieël | Gian Maria Tosatti | Solo Exhibition
1 Roeland Terrace 1 Roeland Terrace, Cape Town27 April 2019 - 1 May 2019 My Hart is so Leeg Soos 'n Spieël (My Heart is a Void, the Void is a Mirror) is an ongoing project by Gian Maria Tosatti that explores the dissolution of democracy. Tosatti's projects often involve detailed interventions in derelict urban sites - be it a museum, […]
Post Present Future Walkabout | A Personal Response To History Narratives at Apartheid Museum Johannesburg
Apartheid Museum Cnr Northern Parkway & Gold Reef Roads, Johannesburg18 May - 15 July 2019 The Post Present Future exhibition juxtaposes the ephemeral representations of personal experiences and history against a backdrop of a fixed museum discourse. In an attempt to disrupt a space limited within its own elusive boundaries, Post Present Future inserts quotidian narratives alongside a metanarrative – infusing the vexed exhibits with a potentially […]
Collected Environment | Ndabuko Ntuli | Solo Exhibition at Art@Africa
Art@Africa Portswood Road, V & A Waterfront, Cape Town09.05.19 - 05.06.19 Ntuli’s collection of work is one not to be missed, he focuses on African themes and fuses these with contemporary subject matter to create powerful combinations of traditional and contemporary imagery. Having grown up in the Alexandra township and witnessing the effects apartheid had on struggling artists in this position, Ntuli brings […]
The Black and White Cape Town Report | Dan Perjovschi | Wrap Up Paint Over | A4 Arts Foundation
A4 Arts Foundation 23 Buitenkant Street, District 6, Cape Town10 May - 11 May 2019 Join A4 Arts Foundation as they wrap up The Black And White Cape Town Report by Dan Perjovschi and invite you to make your mark. Dan Perjovschi's most recent exhibition features a constellation of drawings which he worked with thick black markers directly onto the gallery walls. Now's the […]
Quest of the heART | Stephi Joubert Solo Exhibition at Association of Arts Pretoria
Association of Arts Pretoria 173 Mackie Street, Pretoria, Pretoria3 May - 22 May 2019 Pretoria artist, Stephi Joubert has spent most of her life in the quest for beauty and art. In her long career she has experimented with various mediums: pencil, graphite, pastel, acrylic paints, airbrushing, oils, digital media, sculpting, scratchboard and lately claybord. She prefers the latter even though she has […]
Trade Winds: Yinka Shonibare CBE | Norval Foundation
The Norval Foundation 4 Steenberg road, Steenberg Estate, Cape Town13 February – 26 August 2019 The exhibition Trade Winds: Yinka Shonibare CBE at Norval Foundation, brings together a series of artworks, including sculptures, photographs and a major installation, created between 2008 and 2018, which are connected through their use of Dutch Wax fabric. Trade Winds: Yinka Shonibare CBE takes as its starting point an […]
e wá wo mi (*come look at me) | Lakin Ogunbanwo | Solo Show at WHATIFTHEWORLD
WHATIFTHEWORLD 16 Buiten Street, Cape Town10 April - 8 June 2019 WHATIFTHEWORLD is pleased to present e wá wo mi (*come look at me) – a new photographic series by Nigerian artist Lakin Ogunbanwo. Central to Ogunbanwo’s latest exploration, is the culture surrounding Nigerian brides and marriage ceremonies. He uses veiled portraiture to document the complexity of his culture, and counteract the […]
Menagerie | Elsie De Beer Weich | Solo Exhibition at Association of Arts Pretoria
Association of Arts Pretoria 173 Mackie Street, Pretoria, Gauteng24 May 2019 - 12 June 2019 Pretoria artist Elsie de Beer Weich’s etchings were created with soft-ground and dry point etching techniques and printed on Hahnemühle paper. Each artwork holds a visual tension with an ambiguous aesthetic, presenting the viewer with a metaphor for association, identification, debate or future acquisitions. A menagerie is a […]
On The Mines | David Goldblatt | At The Norval Foundation
The Norval Foundation 4 Steenberg road, Steenberg Estate, Cape Town13.02.2019 - 29.08.2019 David Goldblatt’s (born South Africa, 1930) photographic series On the Mines, exhibited as a complete set for the first time, documents the communities and landscape associated with the gold mines of Gauteng, South Africa in the 1960s and 1970s. This exhibition will be accompanied by texts written by Nobel Laureate, Nadine Gordimer, […]
The Heart Of The Matter | Ricky Burnett, Anton Karstel & Iaan Waldeck at Daor Contemporary
Daor Contemporary Coode Crescent, V&A Port, Cape Town5 June 2019 - 19 July 2019 Daor Contemporary is pleased to present The Heart of the Matter, an exhibition by Ricky Burnett, Anton Karstel, and Iaan Waldeck, opening on 5 June 2019 @ 6pm. The exhibition, curated by the artists themselves, was born from a shared interest in the themes of memory, temporality, the […]
Generations | Eben Beukes | Solo Exhibition at Art@Africa
Art@Africa Portswood Road, V & A Waterfront, Cape Town6 June 2019 - 3 July 2019 The solo exhibition of Eben Beukes will open on the 6th of June at Art@Clocktower gallery to celebrate the young artists emergence into the world of hyper realistic charcoal drawings. Beukes unbelievable talent came about in 2017, after never having time for art during his school career. A […]
KWAAI Vol 2. | Various Artistist at Eclectica Collection
Eclectica Contemporary Cape Town 69 Burg Street, Cape TownThe exhibition opens Thursday, 06 June 2019, 18h00 - 21h00 @ 69 Burg Street, Cape Town. KWAAI Vol.2 Despite the negative connotations that the words ‘coloured identity’ conjure, the artists exhibiting at Eclectica have chosen to celebrate this culture with the intent of creating a positive awareness of its diversity. This exhibition hopes to instill […]
Winter | A Group Exhibition at Everard Read CIRCA Cape Town
Everard Read CIRCA Cape Town 3 Portswood Road, Cape Town12 June 2019 - 19 July 2019 Everard Read CT presents a group exhibition of paintings and sculpture by a selection of artists, including Sanell Aggenbach, Philip Barlow, Deborah Bell, Nic Bladen, Arabella Caccia, Hanien Conradie, Ricky Dyaloyi, Liza Grobler, Swain Hoogervorst, Turiya Magadlela, Io Makandal, Lucinda Mudge, Brett Murray, Velaphi Mzimba, Daniel Naudé, Tracy […]
Catlin at 71 | Gail Catlin | Solo Exhibition at Everard Read Cape Town
Everard Read CIRCA Cape Town 3 Portswood Road, Cape Town12 June 2019 - 5 July 2019 Gail Catlin is known for having pioneered a new and exciting way of producing images, using liquid crystal to create "living" paintings. Though she initially developed it in collaboration with Dr Cyril Hilsum (one of the co-inventors of the hologram), Catlin pushed the boundaries of her medium in […]
Harmonia: Sacred Geometry, The Pattern of Existence | Gordon Froud | Solo Exhibition at Oliewenhuis Art Museum
Oliewenhuis Art Museum 16 Harry Smith Street, Bloemfontein, Free State26 May 2019 - 23 June 2019 Gordon Froud, well-known sculptor, Senior Lecturer in sculpture at University of Johannesburg and curator is presenting a new body of work that investigates various aspects of sacred geometry in the world around us. This exhibition extends to more than his sculptural works and includes drawing, printmaking, digital imaging, […]
The Grahamstown National Arts Festival
Grahamstown Grahamstown27 June - 7 July 2019 The National Arts Festival is an important event on the South African cultural calendar, and the biggest annual celebration of the arts on the African continent. Starting at the end of June/beginning of July, it runs for 11 days and is held in the small university city of Makhanda […]
Constellation | Group Exhibition at Deepest Darkest Contemporary Gallery
Deepest Darkest Art Gallery 20 Dixon Street, Cape Town29 June - 23 August 2019 Deepest Darkest Contemporary Gallery opens it’s winter Group Show, ‘Constellation’ on Saturday 29 June. The show features a line-up of 12 established and emerging South African artists presenting painting, drawing, sculpture, illustration, photography and mixed media works. Participating Artists: AD-Reflex Shany Van Den Berg Sarlee Van Den Berg] Bastiaan […]
Should Contemporary Art Last: A Panel Discussion | Friends of Iziko South African National Gallery
Iziko South African National Gallery Iziko South African National Gallery, Government Avenue, Company's Garden, Cape TownShould Contemporary Art Last: A Panel Discussion WHEN & WHERE: 16th July @ 1pm. Room 8, Iziko South African National Gallery Panel: Mawande Ka Zenzile, Artist, (represented by Stevenson, Cape Town & Johannesuburg.) Julia Kabat, Interium Registrar, Zeitz Mocaa Same Mduli, Manager and Curator of Standard Bank Gallery Brett Scott, Manager, Sheryn Art Collection Contemporary art […]
Star Sailors | Group Exhibition | The Viewing Room Art Gallery
The Viewing Room @ St Lorient Fashion and Art Gallery 2nd Floor of St. Lorient 492 Fehrsen Street, Brooklyn, PretoriaSTAR SAILORS UNTIL 7 September 2019 To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, Art.co.za and The Viewing Room Art Gallery present a curated group exhibition featuring over 60 artists who have created artworks exploring man's infatuation with the moon and the stars. Participating Artists: Andre Naude, Carl Jeppe, Gordon Froud, Rogerio de Andrade, […]
Breastfeeding 101 | Photographic Collection by Leah Hawker | Book Launch at The Book Lounge
The Book Lounge The Book Lounge, 71 Roeland StreetBook Launch 1 August 2019 17:30 - 19:45 A project three years in the making: 101 portraits, 101 interviews and stories. Leah Hawker brings together 101 women to tell their stories about the realities of breastfeeding, a subject often hidden from the public eye. They explore personal truths, myths and attitudes towards the practice, inevitably […]
LA CUCARACHA | Pieter Hugo | Solo Exhibition at Stevenson Cape Town
Stevenson Cape Town Ground, Buchanan Building, 160 Sir Lowry Road, Woodstock, Cape Town, 7925, Cape Town27 August - 5 October 2019 STEVENSON is pleased to present La Cucaracha by Pieter Hugo, the photographer’s seventh exhibition with the gallery. This latest body of work is the result of four trips to Mexico over the last two years, each spanning close to a month, with Hugo travelling from the industrialised zone of Mexico City to […]
Liminality | Kevin Collins | Graham Modern & Contemporary JHB
Graham Modern & Contemporary Diver Road, Sandton, Johannesburg‘LIMINALITY : a series of biographic illustrations’ Artist Statement Liminality refers to the state between conscious (supraliminal) and unconscious (subliminal) which recalls so much of my working process. Dream, thought and ‘real life’ often intersect in my universe. Accused of not being able to focus at school, my world has never been one of dogged […]
Ancient Codes | Tanya Poole | Solo Exhibition at Everard Read Cape Town
Everard Read CIRCA Cape Town 3 Portswood Road, Cape Town'...thumping breathing organs Fingerprint all my genes awake, Ancient codes in each and every cell...' Nomzi Kumalo, A Human Encounter, 2014 This solo show by painter Tanya Poole examines how the act of art-making weaves together reason and instinct as it draws from rational consideration and instinctive urge, inspired by varied elements of nature, like the nest […]
Further Prototypes | Dale Lawrence | SMITH Cape Town
SMITH 56 Church Street, Cape TownFurther Prototypes, Lawrence's third solo show at SMITH, is the latest stanza in his wry inquiry into the ambitions of art and its practitioners. “Finished is dead,” says Lawrence, who chooses instead to work with the vitality of experimentation. Doing so brings action, change, motion and surprise into another distinctively considered collection of mixed media […]
Objects of Desire, Addendum | Meleko Mokgosi | Solo Exhibition at Stevenson JHB
Steveson Johannesburg 46 7th Avenue, Parktown North, JohannesburgSTEVENSON is proud to present Objects of Desire, Addendum, Meleko Mokgosi’s second solo exhibition with the gallery and his first in Johannesburg. Objects of Desire, Addendum exists as a postscript to Mokgosi’s acclaimed, long-standing visual essay, Democratic Intuition, of which Comrades, exhibited at Stevenson, Cape Town, in 2016, was the second of eight chapters. Comprising painting and sculpture, Democratic Intuition questioned how one […]
FNB Art Joburg
Sandton Convention Centre 161 Maude St, Sandown, Sandton, JohannesburgJohannesburg is the cultural and economic capital of Africa, and FNB Art Joburg is its leading art fair. We believe there is no better place than Johannesburg to show all of our best artists under one roof. Because artists are best served by strong galleries - with long-term representation, physical exhibition spaces and free entry for the […]
This Song Is For… | Gabrielle Goliath | Solo Exhibition at Iziko South African National Gallery CPT
Iziko South African National Gallery Iziko South African National Gallery, Government Avenue, Company's Garden, Cape TownGabrielle Goliath solo exhibition Gabrielle Goliath’s powerful, transcendent and hauntingly immersive, sonic installation, This song is for…, created in collaboration with survivors of abuse and musical ensembles, is on view at Cape Town’s Iziko South African National Gallery from 24 October, provides an opportunity for listeners to, in Goliath’s words, "effectively inhabit a contested space […]
A Portion | Tony Gum | Solo Exhibition at Christopher Moller Gallery
Christopher Moller Gallery 7 Kloofnek Road, Gardens, Cape Town22 November 2019 - 3 January 2020 A Portion is inspired by Gum’s recent experiences of a spectrum of emotions – pain, fear, rage, loss, darkness and the unknown. It goes on to eventually reconnect with, love, hope, light and joy. The exhibition is hosted by Christopher Moller Gallery in Cape Town. Their goal is to provide […]
Rise | Pop Up Art Show at ANON. Pop Up Gallery
44 On Long 44 Long Street, Cape Town25 November - 10 December 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence is an international campaign to challenge violence against women and girls. The campaign runs every year from 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, to 10 December, International Human Rights Day. The show runs daily from 25 November […]
Reawakening | Buhle Nkalashe | Solo Exhibition at Youngblood Gallery
Youngblood Gallery 70-74 Bree Street, Cape Town5 December 2019 - 2 January 2020 Buhle Nkalashe’s second solo exhibition, Reawakening, explores the mind of the artist and how he has reconnected with his inner child and been liberated by it. For this exhibition, Nkalashe experimented with different kinds of mediums, namely charcoal, oil paint, and acrylic paint and oil pastels. The artist […]