Galleries: Gauteng
JOHANNESBURG
Absa Gallery
This corporate gallery hosts monthly contemporary art exhibitions and the prominent
annual L'Atelier Award. It has an impressive collection including large-scale specially
commissioned pieces, works by young contemporary artists and historical South
African pieces dating back to the 1900s.
Absa Towers North, 161 Main Street, Johannesburg 2001
Tel: (011) 350 5793
Fax: (011) 350 6076
Email: cecilel@absa.co.za
African Bank Market Theatre Galleries
Although the galleries have no full-time manager, the space is of historical
importance and established itself during the early 1990s as a major platform for
emerging contemporary artists. It is in close proximity to the Market Photography
Workshop and is located in the heart of the Newtown Cultural Precinct, adjacent to
MuseumAfrica.
Market Theatre, Newtown Cultural Precinct, Newtown
2113
Tel: (011) 832 1641
Fax: (011) 492 1235
African Feelings Gallery
This commercial space specialises in Southern African and African art with
occasional curated exhibitions.
154 Linden Street, Sandown, Sandton
Tel: (011) 884 1148
Fax: (011) 802 7842
Alice Art Gallery
217 Drive Street, Ruimsig, Roodepoort
Tel: (011) 958 1392
Alistair Findlay Showcase
This unusual exhibition space is actually a shop window fronting cartoonist Alistair
Findlay's offices. It is positioned directly opposite a popular Italian restaurant and
attracts both contemporary and more traditional artists.
54 Tyrone Avenue, Parkview
Tel: (011) 784 2292
Alliance Française
The Alliance hosts contemporary South African and international art exhibitions,
usually by solo artists, with recent shows by Wayne Barker, Trevor Coleman, Rene
Paul, Clifford Charles, Pauline Mazibuku and others.
Exhibitions are solicited through
proposals.
17 Lower Park Drive, Parkview
Tel: (011) 646 1169
Fax: (011) 646 4521
Email: jerome@alliancefrancaise.co.za<
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Website: http://www.alliancefrancaise.co.za
Art Etc - Errol Boyley Gallery
Level 5, Banking Court, Sandton City, Sandton
Tel: (011) 783 0842
Art on Paper
This small, pristine and reasonably priced suburban gallery exhibits art from Southern
Africa with a special focus on works on paper, including all graphic and printmaking
techniques as well as drawing. The print cabinets house an impressive collection of
contemporary prints, and curator and owner Alet Vorster is welcoming and
knowledgeable. Catalogues and books on local art are sold through the gallery.
8 Main Road, Melville 2109
Tel/fax: (011) 726 2234
Email: mwartonp@mweb.co.za
Art Place, The
144 Milner Avenue, Roosevelt Park
Tel: (011) 888 9120
Art Space, The
This suburban gallery hosts group and solo exhibitions by South African artists. A
tea garden is open once a week.
3 Hetty Avenue, Fairland
Tel: (011) 678 1206 or 082 651 4702
Artist Proof Studio
This innovative, community-based printmaking studio is situated in the hub of the
Newtown Cultural Precinct. It is a training, production and selling facility
concentrating on skills transfer and exchange programmes in Southern Africa and
abroad.
Building 9, 1 President Street, Newtown
Tel/fax: (011) 492 1278
Artists Under the Sun
Zoo Lake, Jan Smuts Avenue, Parktown
Tel: (011) 432 1482
Bag Factory, aka Fordsburg Artists' Studios
Johannesburg's longest-established communal artists' studio complex, the Bag
Factory houses
15 local artists full time, including some of South Africa's most
established names, as well as three studios for international artists-in-residence.
Founded some 10 years ago to encourage dialogue between South African and
visiting artists, it has major political and cultural importance. It houses The Artists'
Press and a gallery, and is developing a multipurpose workshop space for
educational purposes. It has excellent links with institutions and facilities in the
area.
10 Minnaar Street, Fordsburg
Tel/fax: (011) 834 9181
Email: bagfactoryart@acenet.co.za
Website: http://www.bagfactoryart.co.za
BCI Fine Art Gallery
Specialising in oriental works of art, including China, Japan, South-East Asia and
India.
37 Wantage Road, Parkwood
Tel: (011) 447 2608
Fax: (011) 880 2006
Email: dominicus@global.co.za
Bensusan Museum of Photography
As part of MuseumAfrica, this space focuses on the history of photography and
exhibits a permanent collection of optical toys, mirrors and lenses, exposing the
public to the principles of photography and cinematography. It has a temporary
exhibition space that shows historical and contemporary work by local and
international artists.
121 Bree Street, Newtown Cultural Precinct, Newtown
Tel: (011) 833 5624
Email: jonathanf@joburg.org.za
Chapungu Garden Gallery
This one and a half acre commercial garden gallery in Sandton is home to 50 select
pieces by Zimbabwean stone sculpture masters. Artists include Agnes Nyanhongo,
Colleen Madamombe, Dominic Benhura, Joe Mutasa and the late Bernard Matemera
and many others.
304 Adolf Street, Sandown, Sandton
Tel: (011) 884
1718
Fax: (011) 342 2513
Email: swiftheat@pixie.co.za
Cherie de Villiers Fine Art Gallery
Shop 161, Rosebank Mall, Cradock Avenue, Rosebank
Tel: (011) 788 9949
Crake Gallery
35a Grant Avenue, Norwood
Tel: (011) 728 0701
Crocodile Ramble
Muldersdrift
Tel: (011) 662 2810
CrossPathCulture
Communal artists' studios that occasionally host workshops and exhibitions. They
are linked to the international CrossPathCulture (CPC) network, based in New York.
21 Malherbe Street (corner of Pim Street), Newtown
Tel: (011) 492 1939
Everard Read Gallery
This commercial art gallery showcases quality work by local and international artists,
holding monthly exhibitions of contemporary South African artists including Dylan
Lewis, John Meyer, Helen Sebidi, Vusi Khumalo, Henk Serfontein and others. It also
deals extensively in
investment-focused wildlife and traditional painting and
sculpture.
6 Jellicoe Avenue, Rosebank
Tel: (011) 788 4805
Fax: (011) 788 5914
Email: gallery@everard.co.za
Firenze Gallery
DF Malan Extension, Elandsdrift, Muldersdrift
Tel: (011) 659 0034
Gallery 111
414 Commissioner Street, Fairview 2094
Tel: (011) 614 7287
Email: 111@artslink.co.za
Website: http://www.111.co.za
Gallery on the Square
A commercial gallery focusing on prints, painting, sculpture and ceramics.
International names include Picasso, Joan Miro, David Hockney and Jim Dine, while
local artists include Regi Bardavid, Colbert Mashile, the Ardmore Ceramic Studio and
others.
Sandton Square, corner Maude and Fifth streets, Sandown
Tel: (011) 784 2847
Gallery Upstairs,
The
32 Hamilton Avenue, Craighall Park
Tel: (011) 880 2190
Gallery von Zweel
76 Kloof Road, Bedfordview
Tel: (011) 455 1360
RAU Art Gallery
Based at the Rand Afrikaans University, the gallery exhibits contemporary South
African art and group exhibitions by younger generation artists. Through the gallery,
RAU has occasionally commissioned site-specific public works, installed in the
university grounds.
C-Ring RAU Campus, corner Kingsway and University roads, Auckland Park 2092
Tel: (011) 489 2099
Fax: (011) 489 3178
Email: aed@rau.ac.za
Gertrude Posel Gallery
The University of the Witwatersrand's art gallery curates and hosts contemporary
and academic exhibitions, and houses and manages the Standard Bank Collection of
African Art, including sculpture, beadwork and ethnographic objects from Southern,
Central and West Africa. It has an extensive
permanent collection of South African
art including important political and controversial art works, and hosts the annual
Wits Fine Art student exhibition and the Martienssen Art Prize.
Ground Floor, Senate House, Jorissen Street, Braamfontein
Tel: (011) 717 1365
Fax: (011) 716 8030
Email: gallery@atlas.wits.ac.za
Goodman Gallery
South Africa's most established commercial space, this gallery was founded in 1966
and remains at the forefront of the local contemporary art scene. It represents a
variety of artists, both local and international, and has a regular exhibition
programme of primarily solo and two-person shows. It is home to William Kentridge,
Penny Siopis, Sam Nhlengethwa, Zwelethu Mthethwa, David Koloane and David
Goldblatt, among other top names.
163 Jan Smuts Avenue, Parkwood
Tel: (011) 788 1113
Fax: (011) 788 9887
Email: goodman@iafrica.com
Website: http://www.goodman-gallery.com
Graphiti Gallery and Framers
This gallery and framing shop concentrates on exhibiting work by young South
African artists including Alastair McLachlan and Iain Tainton.
78 Fourth Avenue, Melville 2109
Tel: (011) 726 6058
Fax: (011) 726 5700
Email: graphiti@cybertrade.co.za
Henry Taylor Gallery
Shop G93 Fourways Mall, William Nicol Drive, Fourways
Tel: (011) 705 3194
New Century Art Gallery and Innerspace Exhibitions
Rivonia Cloisters, corner Ninth Avenue and Rivonia Boulevard, Rivonia
Tel: (011) 803 9944
Johannesburg Art Gallery
This Edward Lutyens-designed building houses impressive collections of 17th
century Dutch paintings, 18th and 19th century British and European
qrt, 19th
century South African works, a large contemporary collection of 20th century local
and international art and a print cabinet containing works from the 15th century to
the present. As a major focus of urban regeneration programmes, it provides the
base for the Joubert Park Public Art Project and is developing links with awareness
groups and community centres based in the surrounding urban area.
Klein and King George streets, Joubert Park
Tel: (011) 725 3130/80
Fax: (011) 720 6000
Email: rkeen@mj.org.za
Killarney Art Gallery
Shop 9 Killarney Mall, Killarney
Tel: (011) 646 7004
Kim Sacks Gallery
This commercial gallery specialises in contemporary South African design, fine craft
objects and folk and tribal art from the continent, including jewellery, wood
carvings, furniture, ceramics, and basketwork.
153 Jan Smuts Avenue, Parkwood 2193
Tel: (011) 447
5804
Fax: (011) 442 5571
Email: kim@kimsacksgallery.com
Les Art International
West Tower, Sandton Square, Sandton
Tel: (011) 783 4853
Liliesleaf Gallery
Rivonia Trial House, 8 Winston Avenue, Rivonia
Tel: (011) 803 3787
Little Louvre Art Gallery
69 11th Street, Parkhurst
Tel: (011) 327 1384
Maitisong Art Gallery
Based in Yeoville, this multidisciplinary space focuses on contemporary African
culture and tradition, and hosts visual art exhibitions, poetry sessions, storytelling,
film screenings and training programmes based on commercial creative products
including textiles and fashion items.
Rockey Street, Yeoville
Tel: (011) 487 0937
Watercolour Society of South Africa
Manor Gallery, Norscot Manor, Penguin Drive, Fourways 2055
Tel: (011) 465 7934
Fax: (011) 465 8951
Email: louriev@icon.co.za
Website: http://www.artslink.co.za/wssa
Market Photography Workshop
A community-based photographic training centre with studios and darkroom
facilities, the Photo Workshop's gallery shows work by current and former students.
139 Bree Street, Newtown
Tel: (011) 832 1641 ext 104/106
Fax: (011) 834 1444
Email: photoworks@market.theatre.co.z
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Merely Mortal
This funky space shows work by local designers and contemporary artists. It has a
design studio attached to the premises and an open kitchen and cocktail bar which
hosts wine evenings, tasting sessions, dinners and private functions. Openings are
usually on Thursday evenings, which are also regular socialising events for people in
the creative industry.
356 Jan Smuts Avenue,
Craighall
Tel: (011) 326 3820
Fax: (011) 326 2692
Email: kitework@global.co.za
Millennium II
This recently established commercial gallery is the Johannesburg branch of Pretoria's
Millennium Gallery. It focuses on contemporary art in all media and hosts solo and
group exhibitions and curated shows.
19 Jellicoe Avenue, Rosebank
Tel: (011) 880 4688
Fax: (011) 880 8034
Email: mgallery@mweb.co.za
Miniature Art Society of South Africa
A member of the World Federation of Miniature Societies, the gallery hosts works by
local miniature artists, including Sharmian Kenneally, Meg Edgecombe and Sally
Townsend.
144 Milner Avenue, Roosevelt Park
Tel: (011) 888 9120
Fax: (011) 888 9121
MTN Art Institute
The Institute has a comprehensive collection of about 1 000 works from South
Africa and the
continent, dating from the late 1800s till today, including works by
Timsson I'Oto, traditional artefacts and contemporary works by William Kentridge,
Karel Nel, Sue Williamson, Penny Siopis and many more. Specially commissioned
artworks are featured in corporate headquarters, including the largest collection of
South African printmaking on the continent. Educational programmes are aimed at
MTN staff, visiting groups and schools in outlying areas. The Institute publishes a
range of resource books for art educators, hosts a series of scholar-based art
awards, runs a young curators' programme and an artist-in-residence programme.
15 Alice Lane, Sandton
Tel: (011) 301 6000
Fax: (011) 301 6420
Email: leibha_n@mtn.co.za
Website: http://www.mtnartinstcom
Mukondeni Authentic South African Art Gallery
This gallery aims at exposing and
promoting indigenous South African artists,
especially those from the Northern Province region (or Venda tradition), including
Lillian Munyai, Jackson Hlungwani, Albert Munyai, Owen Ndou and others.
36 Orleans Road, Kya Sands
Tel: (011) 708 2116
Fax: (011) 708 0194
Email: africanarts@mukondeni.com
Website: http://www.mukondeni.com
MuseumAfrica
This museum exhibits objects related to Johannesburg's labour history, culture, art,
music and politics. It houses the Bensusan Museum of Photography and the Museum
of South African Rock Art, as well as a geological collection. Temporary exhibition
spaces host multidisciplinary festivals, contemporary art and student shows.
Mary Fitzgerald Square, 121 Bree Street, Newtown 2113
Tel: (011) 833 5624
Email: museum@mj.org.za
Ngwenya Fine Art Gallery
Ngwenya Glass Village, Koala Road, off Nooitgedacht, Muldersdrift
Tel: (011) 957 3334
PhotoZA Gallery
This gallery specialises in fine South African documentary, commercial and "art"
photography. Featured photographers include Michael Meyersfeld, Sally Gaule,
Steve Hilton-Barber and Jurgen Schadeberg.
The Mews, Lower Level, 153 Oxford Road, Rosebank
Tel/fax: (011) 880 0833
Email: info@photoza.co.za
Website: http://www.photoza.co.za
Rand Merchant Bank Corporate Collection
1 Merchant Place, corner Rivonia Road and Fredman Drive, Sandton
Tel: (011) 282 8000
Roodepoort Museum Gallery
Civic Centre, Christiaan de wet Ave, Florida Park
Tel: (011) 761 0226
SA Reserve Bank Art
Collection
Newtown, Johannesburg
Tel: (011) 240 0700
SABC Corporate Art Collection
The collection holds 700 historical and contemporary works by various South African
artists, including Kay Hassan, David Koloane, William Kentridge, Christine Dixie,
Wayne Barker and Robert Hodgins. Some excellent contemporary works are
displayed to the public in the foyer of Radio Park, and ways of exposing the
collection to a wider audience are being worked on.
Henley Road, Auckland Park
Tel: (011) 714 9111
Sandton Civic Art Gallery
Civic Centre, corner West and Rivonia roads, Sandown, Sandton
Tel: (011) 881 6432
Fax: (011) 881 6433
Email: commh@emss.org.za
Sandton Square Gallery
Shop 48 Sandton Square, corner Fifth and Maude streets, Sandton
Tel: (011) 783 4223
Fax: (011) 783 4218
Sasol Corporate Art Collection
Although it has a
number of historical South African pieces, the collection's main
focus is on contemporary art by established and emerging artists including Luan Nel,
Clive van den Berg, Kevin Brand, Peter Schütz, Stephanus Rademeyer and
Marco Cianfanelli.
Sturdee Avenue, Rosebank
Tel: (011) 441 3111
Spark! Gallery
Housed in an old 1930s electric power station, Spark! is also the home base of the
Orchards Project, a craft and job creation focused NGO. The craft shop sells art,
craft, funky furniture, fashion and household accessories. Artists working in a range
of media operate from studios on site. The triple-volume exhibition space hosts
regular shows by emerging contemporary artists and is a favourite venue for unusual
events and parties.
10 Louis Road, Orchards
Tel: (011) 485 4602
Spaza Art Gallery
19 Wilhemina Street, Troyeville
Tel: (011) 614 9354
Fax: (011) 614 1848
Standard Bank
Gallery
A corporate, non-commercial space situated in Johannesburg's downtown CBD, the
gallery hosts high-profile exhibitions by local and international artists and major
travelling exhibitions. Temporary theme-based exhibitions are curated from the
Collection of African Art (held at the Gertrude Posel Gallery, Wits) with a strong
educational focus aimed at scholars, students, academics and the general public.
Annual attractions include the World Press Photo Award and the Standard Bank
Young Artist exhibitions.
Corner Simmonds and Fredericks streets, Johannesburg
Tel: (011) 636 6886
Fax: (011) 636 7515
Email: bjfreemantle@sbic.co.za
Website: http://www.sbgallery.co.za
The | PREMISES
A commercially run contemporary space managed by independent art initiative The
Trinity Session, with a diverse programme incorporating
local and international
cutting-edge installation work, new media and experimental project-based
exhibitions.
Parking Level 1, Johannesburg Civic Theatre, Braamfontein
Tel: (011) 403 3408 ext 184
Email: thepremises@onair.co.za
Website: http://www.onair.co.za/thepremises
Totem Rosebank Gallery
This small commercial gallery is part of Totem Meneghelli Galleries and deals in
authentic African artefacts such as masks, jewellery, bronze figures and other
objects from all over the continent.
Shop 81 The Firs, Oxford Road, Rosebank 2196
Tel: (011) 447 1409
Visual Arts Gallery
Corner Fourth Avenue and Fifth Street, Melville 2109
Tel: (011) 482 2370
Wedgwood Gallery
22a Fourth Avenue, Parkhurst 2193
Tel: (011) 442 6504
PRETORIA
Akha Moma
An
exhibition space that also hosts artist-in-residence sessions.
Fort West Urban Village, Van der Berg Street, Pretoria
Tel: 082 718 6483
Alan Ainslie Wildlife
100 Glen Eagles Drive, Silver Lakes
Tel: (012) 991 0054
Anton van Wouw Museum
Now part of the University of Pretoria, this is the last home and studio of Dutch
sculptor Anton van Wouw, best known for laying the foundations of traditional
South African bronze sculpture. The museum houses 64 works by the late sculptor
and is open to the public.
299 Clark Street, Brooklyn
Tel: (012) 460 7422
Art House on Brooklyn
341 Brooklyn Road, Brooklyn 0181
Tel: (012) 460 8006
Fax: (012) 346 0139
Email: arthouse@yebo.co.za
Association of Arts
A non-profit organisation holding monthly exhibitions by contemporary South African
artists. It manages the annual Sasol New Signatures art
competition and PPC Young
Sculptor Awards, as well as a regional exhibition for the Absa L'Atelier Award.
171 Mackie Street, Nieuw Muckleneuk
Tel: (012) 346 3100
Fax: (012) 346 3125
Email: artspta@mweb.co.za
Website: http://www.art.co.za/artspta
Brooklyn Art Gallery
204 Charles Street, Brooklyn
Tel: 082 659 1867
Centurion Art Gallery
123 Armcor Avenue, Lyttleton Manor
Tel: (012) 644 8492
Fax: (012) 664 5978
Coert Steynberg Museum
Berg Avenue, Pretoria North
Tel: (012) 546 0404
CSIR Art Collection
Meiring Naude Road, Brumeria
Tel: (012) 841 2911
Dietmar Wiening Art Gallery
No 7 R 512 Lanseria Road, Broederstroom
Tel: (012) 205 1193
Edoardo Villa Museum
This museum houses plaster of Paris maquettes of Edoardo Villa's well known bronze
figures
Old Merensky Library, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002
Tel: (012) 420 4017
Fax: (012) 420 2262
Engelenburghuis Art Collection
The collection houses bronzes, porcelain carpets, furniture and Dutch paintings.
Ziervogel Street, Arcadia
Tel: (012) 328 5082
Fax: (012) 328 5091
Globe Gallery
41 Dely Road, Hazelwood 0081
Tel: (012) 346 0406
Email: globegallery@mweb.co.za
Jacob and Uys Gallery
120 Braam Pretorius Street, Wonderboom
Tel: (012) 543 1418
Johan Smith Art Gallery
Corner Duncan and Marais streets, Brooklyn
Tel: (012) 346 2427
Millennium Gallery
Set up in 1995, this commercial contemporary art gallery hosts regular exhibitions
by local and international artists.
75 George Storrar Drive, Groenkloof
Tel: (012) 460 8217
Fax: (012) 346 5552
Email: mgallery@mweb.co.za
Website: http://www.art.co.za/millenniumgallery
Old Arts Gallery
In collaboration with the University of Pretoria, this commercial gallery exhibits work
by contemporary South African artists including Pippa Skotnes and Tommy Motswai
at affordable prices.
Tel: (012) 420 3036
Fax: (012) 420 2262
Email: artcase@global.co.za
Website: http://www.artcase.co.za
Open Window Contemporary Art Gallery
Attached to a tertiary visual communications school, the gallery shows two and
three-dimensional work by established and emerging local artists. Regular exhibitors
include Keith Dietrich, Diane Victor and Egon Tania.
410 Rigel Avenue, Erasmusrand 0181
Tel: (012) 347 1743/0
Email: gallery@openwindow.co.za
Pierneef Museum
Vermeulen Street, Pretoria
Tel: (012) 323 1419
Pretoria Art Museum
The museum's permanent collections include South African old masters, works from
the Lady Michaelis Collection, international graphic art and 17th century Dutch
paintings. The 20th century collection includes works by Irma Stern, Gerard Sekota
and Judith Mason, among others. The various exhibitions halls host a number of
concurrent exhibitions, some of which are aimed at school art syllabuses. A major
new show opens every three months. An annual attraction is the Sasol New
Signatures art prize, awarded to a young artist who has not yet held a solo
exhibition.
Arcadia Park, corner Schoemann and Wessels streets, Arcadia 0007
Tel: (012) 344 1807
Fax: (012) 344 1809
Email: art.museum@pretoria.gov.za or pam@ccp.co.za
Website: http://www.pretoria.gov.za/pm
Schweickerdt Art Gallery
Vatika Centre, Brooklyn Circle
Tel: (012) 460 5406
Fax: (012) 460 5471
Tina Skukan Gallery
Plot 6 Koedoeberg Road, Faerie Glen
Tel: (012) 991 1733
University of Pretoria Art Collection
Corner Lynnwood and University roads, Brooklyn 0001
Tel: (012) 420 4241
University of South Africa (Unisa) Art Gallery
A regular exhibition programme focuses mainly on core issues in the Unisa Fine Arts
and Art History degrees through curated group exhibitions. The permanent collection
is a good representation of historical and contemporary South African art.
Theo Van Wyk Building, B-Block, University of South Africa
Tel: (012) 429 6255
Fax: (012) 429 3221
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