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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: Arts on Main is a mixed-use creative hub in Johannesburg’s urban neighbourhood, the Maboneng Precinct. The premises consists of artists’ studios, galleries, workshops, eateries, and various office and retail spaces, offering visitors a range of events, arts and merchandise. It is a unique environment for the city’s creative community to develop and share ideas and engage in multiple innovative experiences in one venue.