Best Large Art Galleries In Johannesburg Near Me

4worldlovers: The Return marks the first solo exhibition on the African continent for Nassau-born, New York-based interdisciplinary conceptual artist Tavares Strachan. The show includes ceramics, which are being displayed in an exhibition context for the first time, as well as new paintings and locally created, handwoven tapestries – all of which have been made specifically for this presentation.

4worldlovers: Image: Sibande, Mary, I put a spell on me, 2009.09.13, photographic print. Image courtesy of the artist.


Senzeni Marasela is one of South Africa's most prolific contemporary artists. The exhibition at the Johannesburg Art Gallery will consist of a selection of the works that were presented in the 2021 highly successful exhibition at Zeitz Mocaa in Cape Town titled Waiting for Gebane.


The works in Ngoma: Art and Cosmology bring to the fore the entanglements of historical, physical, metaphysical and existential spheres of existence. Ngoma seeks to explore these spheres of existence through artworks that cover different beliefs, cultural practices, mythologies and cosmologies. It aims to encourage individual and collective engagement with questions, traumas and concerns, as well as latterly encouraging the listeners or viewers to delve into their own articulation of spiritual meaning-making or ritual healing.


Museums are an important part of our history, serving as a complex reflection of South African culture and society in the past, and in the present. Johannesburg Art Gallery is no exception to this rule. The museum houses some of South Africa’s most important, but in spite of this, visitors to the museum have declined over the years. The revival of this national monument, and its precinct is one of the focuses of the inaugural AFRISAM Student Architecture Award, which challenges students to rescript the relationship between the Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG), its immediate urban fabric and the community at large.


In the wake of the Soweto uprisings, the Federated Union of Black Artists became an important and safe space for black artists during the darkest days of apartheid. Through art, black artists became the voice of their communities telling poignant stories of migration, oppression and an elusive freedom. Some of the works created through FUBA currently sit in an underground archive at the JAG


In the late 1950s, Lorraine Deift registered for an Arts Degree at the Technical College in Bree Street. She traces her love for art back to her student days, when would visit the JAG museum, to journey into the fantastical world of visual imagination. Today, Lorraine shares her passion for art by acting as a tour guide to the children of Lapeng Day Care Centre.

The Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG), the Embassy of France in South Africa and the French Institute of SA are pleased to present The Art of Comics, an exciting new exhibition that showcases the fascinating worlds of South African comics and French bandes dessinées, the famous French comic style.


David Koloane was born in Alexandra, Johannesburg in 1938 and from a young age had a passion for art. “I drew everything I came across in comic books and films and always made sketches of my friends” he recounted in an interview for Dutch newspaper Het Parool.

4worldlovers: Alice Art Gallery is one of the largest privately owned galleries in Africa with a good reputation locally and internationally. The gallery specializes in South African artists and represent over 100 artist with 4000 artworks. The gallery has contemporary art, investment art and private collections that are carefully selected and then offered to corporate and private clients.

Business is always evolving and so has our client needs regarding their art portfolios and support services we offer. Alice Art Gallery has recently expanded its exhibition space dramatically to allow for greater choice and to be considered a leader and one of the largest in Africa. We believe our customers are drawn to the gallery for its large variety of art displayed, and the ease we provide to our clients who prefer to buy online and the after sales service we offer all our clients.


In addition Cafe d'Art offers breakfasts, lunches and high teas. The area is well designed and equipped with a play area for children that will also be launching later this year. Customer framing needs can be attended to in our workshop where we also have a school of framing for the creatives who desire to do framing themselves.

4worldlovers: Gallery 2 Staff are all fully vaccinated, Making the Gallery Safer for our clients and artists.

Please join us for an opening on Saturday, September 2nd at 11h00 for 11h30

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The art fair will take place between the 24th – 28th of May 2023

The art fair this year will take place as a virtual event as well as physical event at Oxford Parks (199 Oxford, Rosebank)