Johannesburg Art and Photographic Galleries
Standard Bank Gallery
Corner of Simmonds and Frederick streets, Johannesburg (Parking entrance in Harrison Street)
Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm; Saturday 9:00am - 1:00pm
Phone: 011-631-1889
http://www.standardbankgallery.co.za
8 Feb - 5 Apr 2012: Candice Breitz
3 May - 9 Jun 2012: Nandipha Ntambo: SBYA 2011
4 Jul - 29 Sep 2012: French Contemporary
Johannesburg Art Gallery
(Contains works by Battiss, Cezanne, Dali, Degas, Gauguin, Matisse, Miro, Monet, Picasso, Rodin, Sekoto, Toulouse-Lautrec, van Gogh)
Corner of Klein and King George Streets, Joubert Park, Johannesburg
Tuesday - Sunday 10:00am - 5:00pm
Phone: 011-725-3130 or -3184
http://www.joburg.org.za/content/view/340/51/
13 Nov 2011 - 25 Mar 2012: Dutch exhibition
18 Sep 2011 - 29 Jan 2012: Pierre Croquet de Rosemond: Pinky Promise
29 Jan - 8 Apr 2012: Gladys Mgudlandlu: A fragile archive
Everard Read Gallery
(Established 1912, synonymous with the finest art emanating from
Southern Africa)
6 Jellicoe Avenue (off Jan Smuts Avenue), Rosebank, Johannesburg, 2196
Monday - Friday 9:00am - 6:00pm; Saturday 9:00am - 1:00pm
Phone: 011-788-4805
http://www.everard-read.co.za
Nov 2011 -: Kerri Evans (portraits) and Albert Redelinghuys (Karoo landscapes)
Circa on Jellicoe
(A contemporary art gallery that showcases new technological
wonders, hosts lectures, and serves as a venue for fine theatre)
6 Jellicoe Avenue (off Jan Smuts Avenue), Rosebank, Johannesburg, 2196
Monday - Friday 9:00am - 6:00pm; Saturday 9:00am - 1:00pm
Phone: 011-788-4805
http://www.circaonjellicoe.co.za
3 Nov - 22 Dec 2011: Re-deconstructivist
Goodman Gallery
(At the forefront of contemporary art in South Africa)
163 Jan Smuts Avenue, Parkwood, Johannesburg, 2193
Tuesday - Friday 9:30am - 5:30pm; Saturday 9:30am - 4:00pm
Phone: 011-788-1113
http://www.goodman-gallery.com
26 Jan - 25 Feb 2012: A group exhibition
Rooke Gallery
37 Quinn Street, Newtown, Johannesburg
Wednesday - Friday 10:00am - 5:30pm; Saturday 9:00am - 12:00pm
Phone: 072-383-5091 (was 072-658-0762)
http://www.rookegallery.com
Until 27 Aug 2011: Frank Marshall: Renegades
23 Sep - 4 Nov 2011: Asha Zero: Micro Cluster Picnic
Thompson Gallery
78 3rd Avenue, Melville, Johannesburg
Tuesday - Saturday 10:30am - 5:00pm
Phone: 011-482-2039 / 011-482-9719
http://www.thompsongallery.co.za
25 Sep - 29 Oct 2011: Lettie Gardiner: People on the edge
Museum Africa and Bensusan Museum of Photography
Mary Fitzgerald Square, 121 Bree Street, Newtown, Johannesburg, 2113
Tuesday - Sunday 9:00am - 5:00pm
Phone: 011-833-5624
http://www.joburg.org.za/content/view/538/51/
18 - 31 Dec 2010: Cartoons in context
Market Photo Workshop
2 President Street (Bus Factory entrance), Newtown, Johannesburg, 2000
Monday - Saturday 9:00am - 5:00pm; Sunday 10:00am - 4:00pm
Phone: 011-834-1444, or Antoinette 011-725-3130
http://www.marketphotoworkshop.co.za
7 Dec 2011 - 15 Feb 2012: -Picture
Absa Gallery
Absa Towers North, 161 Main Street, Johannesburg (Parking entrance in Polly Street, corner Fox Street)
Monday - Friday 9:30am - 3:30pm
Phone: 011-350-5793 / 011-350-5139
http://www.absa.co.za/absacoza/content.jsp?/Home/All-About-Absa/All-About-Absa/About-the-Absa-Group/Attractions/Art-Gallery
9-30 Jun 2010: Artworks from the Artist Proof Studio
Norscot Manor
Manor Gallery, Norscot Manor, Penguin Drive, Fourways, Johannesburg
Tuesday - Friday 10:00am - 4:00pm; Saturday 10:00am - 2:00pm
Phone: 011-465-7934
Home of the Watercolour Society of SA
Platform for the Black Like Us Artists
http://www.wssa.org.za
1 Dec 2011 - 28 Jan 2012: All Media Exhibition
Alf Kumalo Museum
552 Diepkloof Extension, Soweto, Johannesburg
Weekdays and Saturdays
~R20 entry fee
Phone: 011-985-5958
http://www.
Yapanis Gallery
300 Malibongwe Drive, Randburg
Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm; Saturday 8:00am - 1:00pm
Phone: 011-791-4782/4
http://www.thegallery.co.za
Wits Art Museum
University of the Witwatersrand, University Corner, Jan Smuts Avenue and Jorissen Street, Braamfontein, Johannesburg
Due to open to the public in May 2012
Phone: 011-717-1365
http://web.wits.ac.za/PlacesOfInterest/Galleries.htm
Kim Sacks Gallery
(A mixture of rural creativity, fine craft, cutting-edge urban
design, folk art, and other contemporary creativity)
153 Jan Smuts Avenue, Parkwood, Johannesburg
Monday - Friday 9:00am - 6:00pm; Saturday 10:00am - 5:00pm; Sunday and holidays 10:00am - 2:00pm
Phone: 011-447-5804 or 083-377-9076
http://www.kimsacksgallery.com
Gallery 2
140 Jan Smuts Avenue, Parkwood, 2193, Johannesburg
Monday - Friday 9:30am - 5:30pm; Saturday 10:00am - 3:00pm
Phone: 011-447-0155/98
http://www.gallery2.co.za
11 Sep - 2 Oct 2010: Karin Daymond: Position in Space (landscapes with social and historical meaning)
In Toto Gallery
(Features local and international, historical and contemporary
works of art)
6 Birdhaven Centre, 66 St Andrew Street, Birdhaven, Johannesburg
Phone: 011-447-6543
http://www.intotogallery.co.za
Current exhibition: Kreh Mellick
Brodie Stevenson Gallery
62 Juta Street, Braamfontein, Johannesburg
Monday - Friday 9:00am - 5:00pm; Saturday 10:00am - 1:00pm
Phone: 011-326-0034/41
http://www.brodiestevenson.com
19 Jan - 24 Feb 2012: Sabelo Mlangeni: Black Men in Dress and Limbali
1 Mar - 6 Apr 2012: Serge Alain Nitegeka
Upstairs @ Bamboo
53 Rustenburg Road, Corner Ninth Street, Melville, Johannesburg
Monday - Sunday 9:30am - 3:30pm
Phone: 011-486-0526 / 082-771-5954 / 083-284-6226
http://www.bamboo-online.co.za
10 - 29 Feb 2012: The art of happiness: 13 South African illustrators, printers, and painters
Artspace Rosebank
(Established in 2001 by Teresa Lizamore, ArtSpace has been showing
the work of talented up-and-coming as well as established contemporary
South African artists for a decade.)
1 Chester Court, 142 Jan Smuts Avenue, Parkwood, Johannesburg, 2193
Tuesday - Friday 10:00am - 5:30pm; Saturday 10:00am - 3:30pm
Phone: 011-880-8802 or Teresa 082-651-4702
http://www.artspace-jhb.co.za
13 Jan 2012 -: 360 Johannesburg - Group exhibition
ArtSpace Fine Art Gallery
3 Hetty Avenue, Fairlands, Johannesburg
Tuesday - Friday 10:00am - 6:00pm; Saturday 10:00am - 2:00pm
Phone: 011-678-1206
http://www.
Gallery MOMO
52 7th Avenue, Parktown North, Johannesburg
Phone: 011-327-3247
http://www.gallerymomo.com
28 Jul - 22 Aug 2011: Andrew Tshabangu: Kibera Nimoja
Resolution Gallery of Digital Art
(Promotes and sells digital media art, from limited edition prints to interactive installations,
and mixed media artworks)
4 Chester Court, 142 Jan Smuts Avenue, Parkwood, Johannesburg
Tuesday - Friday 9:30am - 5:30pm; Saturday 9:30am - 3:30pm
Phone: 011-880-4054
http://www.resolutiongallery.com
Art Vault Gallery
25 7th Avenue, Parktown North, Johannesburg
Phone: 011-447-6252
http://www.
Until mid Dec 2010: Graphic Club silkscreen art: Walter Battiss, Cecil Skotnes, etc.
Arts on Main
Main Street (corner of Berea), next to Jewel City, Johannesburg
Phone: 011-728-3533 or 011-334-1054 or 079-183-4283
http://www.artsonmain.co.za
12 - 19 Feb 2012: Goodman Gallery Projects: Nelisiwe Xaba
Bailey Seippel Gallery
Arts on Main, Main Street (corner of Berea), next to Jewel City, Johannesburg
Phone: 011-301-5707 / 071-227-0910
http://www.
Until mid Apr 2011: South African photography
Bonile Bam: Black and white photography
Gordart Gallery
Shop 1, Parkwood Mansions, 144 Jan Smuts Avenue (off Bolton Road), Parkwood, Johannesburg
Tuesday - Friday 10:00am - 5:00pm; Saturday 10:30am - 4:00pm
Phone: 011-880-5928 or 084-423-8635
http://www.gordart.co.za
David Brown Fine Art
39 Keyes Avenue, off Jellicoe, Rosebank, Johannesburg
Monday - Friday 9:00am - 5:00pm; Saturday 9:00am - 1:00pm
Phone: 011-788-4435
http://www.davidbrownfineart.co.za
5 Aug - 4 Sep 2009: Chonat Getz, Collin Cole, Aurelia James, Linda Hess, Lizette Chilvers: Paintings, Etchings, Glass Sculptures
David Krut Projects
(Promotes contemporary South African art through printmaking,
book publishing, education, and exhibitions)
140 Jan Smuts Avenue, Parkwood, Johannesburg
Monday - Friday 9:00am - 5:00pm; Saturday 9:00am - 4:00pm
Phone: 011-447-0627
http://www.davidkrutprojects.com
11 - 21 Jan 2012: Untitled
Warren Siebrits Gallery
140 Jan Smuts Avenue, Parkwood, Johannesburg
Tuesday - Friday 10:00am - 6:00pm; Saturday 10:00am - 3:00pm
Phone: 011-327-0000
http://www.
Bag Factory (Fordsburg Artists' Studios)
10 Mahlatini (or Minnaar) Street, Fordsburg, Johannesburg
10:00am - 5:00pm
Phone: 011-834-9181
http://www.bagfactoryart.org.za
26 Nov 2009: John Hodgkiss: Rites of Fealty / Rites of Passage
Obert Contemporary Gallery
Melrose Arch, Johannesburg
Phone: 011-684-1217
http://www.
Oct 2010: Michael Meyersfeld: 'Life Staged' photographic trilogy
Hyde Park Gallery
Shop 2, Middle Mall, Hyde Park Corner, Corner Jan Smuts Avenue and 6th Road, Hyde Park, Johannesburg
Monday - Saturday 9:00am - 6:00pm; Sunday and holidays 10:00am - 1:00pm
Phone: 011-325-5352
http://www.fineartportfolio.co.za/gallery/Hyde-Park-Gallery/4
Gallery on the Side
Pineslopes Shopping Centre, corner Witkoppen and Straight Roads, Fourways, Johannesburg
Monday - Friday 9:00am - 6:00pm; Saturday 9:00am - 2:00pm; Sunday and holidays 10:00am - 2:00pm
Phone: 011-467-2475
http://www.fineartportfolio.co.za/galleries.php?pageID=5
Sandton Civic Art Gallery
Nelson Mandela Square, Corner Maude and Fifth Streets, Sandton, Johannesburg
Phone: 011-881-6430/2
http://www.
Artists Under the Sun
Zoo Lake, Corner Westwold Way and Jan Smuts Avenue, Parktown, Johannesburg
First weekend of every month
Phone: 011--
http://www.
Gallery Le Rouge
28 6th Street, Parkhurst, Johannesburg
Phone: 011-880-0010 E-mail: lerouge@mweb.co.za
http://www.
Until 29 April 2010: Ashxxx, Claire Denarie, Sue Martin, and Terenia: African to Antartic Skies
University of Johannesburg Art Gallery
University of Johannesburg, Entrance 1A, Kingsway, Auckland Park, Johannesburg
Phone: 011-559-2911 / -2099
http://www.
Until 26 May 2010: Jean Pons, Pablo Picasso, William Kentridge, Judith Mason, and Tommy Motswai: Rendezvous (lithographs)
Pretoria Art Museum
Corner Schoeman and Wessels Streets, Arcadia Park, Pretoria
Tuesday - Sunday 10:00am - 5:00pm
R7 entry fee
Phone: 012-344-1807/8
http://www.pretoriaartmuseum.co.za
26 Oct 2011 - 22 Jan 2012: Gordon Froud and Lance Friedlande: Play-off
8 Dec 2011 - 29 Feb 2012: Andries Gouws: Pedestrian paintings
Further information
For even more gallery information, see
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Copyright © 2009-2012, Rodney Jones,
rtjones@global.co.za,
Randburg, South Africa
(Last updated on 21 January 2012)