Johannesburg Art Gallery will host South Facing, Ângela Ferreira’s first solo exhibition at a public institution in South Africa. The exhibition, which opens on May 7, includes recent and previously unseen work, as well as a newly commissioned work by Ferreira that responds to the Gallery’s Meyer Pienaar extension.
Read MoreObituary - Barend De Wet
Often described as a as a conceptual formalist, De Wet was also known for his serial puns. His oeuvre straddles nearly forty years and encompasses a range of diverse media from traditional sculptural media, performance and video to craft skills, which included crochet and embroidery.
Read MoreObituary - Judith Mason 1938 - 2016
Judith Mason, who passed away at the age of 78 on 29 December last year, was considered one of the foremost South African artists of her generation. She represented South Africa at the Venice Biennale (1966), the Sao Paulo Biennale (1971) and at international art fairs, like Art Basel (2009).
Read MoreOPEN CALL: get your portrait artwork into Johannesburg Art Gallery
To activate visual discourse around the themes in the The Evidence of Things Not Seen exhibition, artists, photographers and general public are invited to post portraits on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook for Visible Tones: active visualisations of blackness.
Read MoreThe Evidence of Things Not Seen
The Evidence of Things Not Seen, a reference in part to James Baldwin’s book of the same title, speaks to the intangible but pervasive nature of identity. Using works from the JAG collection exclusively by artists of colour, the exhibition explores various forms of identity and explores issues of feminism, queerness, revolution and culture in Black identity.
Read MoreJAG’s Musha Neluheni to co-curate SA pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale
JAG’s Musha Neluheni has been appointed assistant curator of the South African pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale. Neluheni, who is curator of the JAG’s contemporary collection, will work alongside Lucy MacGarry, to present a major, two-person exhibition of artists Candice Breitz and Mohau Modisakeng.
Read MoreIn Context 2016: Africans in America and Black Portraiture[s] III
Staged at locations across Johannesburg, Africans in America and the symposium Black Portraiture[s] III: Reinventions: Strains of Histories and Cultures form part of In Context 2016, an ongoing curatorial series initiated by Goodman Gallery director Liza Essers in 2010.
Read MoreFUBA’s important legacy
The Federated Union of Black Artists (FUBA) was established in 1978 to support black artists and a played pivotal role in training and advancing many careers, at a time when apartheid dispensation allowed for few other alternatives. In 1948 apartheid became the legal structure in South Africa.
Read MoreThere Is Only Light and Shadow
This time of the year, Jozi art lovers can look forward to one of the highlights of the city’s arts calendar – the Turbine Art Fair (TAF) returns to the iconic Turbine Hall in Newtown from 14th – 17th July 2016.
Read MoreMeet JAG's Recently Appointed Education Officer, Colin Groenewald
We had a tough time pinning down JAG’s new Education Officer for a chat since his appointment earlier this year. Colin Groenewald hit the ground running and has already made great strides in reinvigorating JAG’s educational offering.
Read MoreWalter Battiss: "I Invented Myself" The Jack Ginsberg Collection
For over 35 years, Jack Ginsberg, well-known art collector, philanthropist and longstanding Friends of JAG treasurer, has assembled an extraordinary collection of more than 700 artworks, books and ephemera by esteemed South African artist Walter Battiss.
Read MoreRestored Gerard Sekoto Paintings
JAG kicks off the year with a not to be missed display of recently restored Gerard Sekoto (1913 – 1993) paintings. The 10 paintings from the JAG collection were restored in 2012 as part of a unique arts support programme by Merrill Lynch
Read MoreFree From My Happiness - Sibusiso Bheka, Tshepiso Mazibuko and Lindokuhle Sobekwa
‘Free From My Happiness’ is an exhibition showcasing the work of three young South African photographers, Sibusiso Bheka, Tshepiso Mazibuko and Lindokuhle Sobekwa.
Read MoreBLEEK: Richardt Strydom
BLEEK encompasses a number of photographic series and audio visual works that set out to interrogate the performance of white masculinity from different points of entry.
Read MoreJAG's Ongoing Renovations
Following last year’s centenary celebrations of the Lutyens building, renovations at JAG are still continuing unabated. The City of Johannesburg (COJ) has allocated an amount of R24,000,000 for the restoration of the buildings, which is supposed to take place under heritage supervision until 2017.
Read MoreObituary: David Brown (3 February 1951 - 18 March 2016)
On the 18th of March South Africa bid an untimely farewell to one of our most talented artists – David James Brown. Brown was born in Johannesburg in 1951.
Read MoreThe Art Behind JAGS Centenary Commemorative Medallions
The Johannesburg Art Gallery Centenary commemorative medallions provide JAG with a valuable and tangible memento of the recent celebration of its original Edwin Lutyens building.
Read MoreJAG Centenary Event
To mark its centenary JAG is hosting the mother of all art events, with a lineup of celebratory exhibitions drawn from its impressive permanent collection.
Read MoreSouth African Mint Commemorates JAG Centenary with Release of Limited Edition Medallion Set
The South African Mint (SA Mint) and the Friends of JAG partner in celebrating the Johannesburg Art Gallery centenary with the launch of three special limited edition sterling silver commemorative medallions.
Read MoreRenewal, Revival, Restoration
Sitting pretty between two of the Joburg’s most successful recent city regeneration precincts, Braamfontein and Maboneng, JAG is primed for rediscovery by the city’s new urban trendsetters and Afropolitan glitterati.
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