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
http://www.standardbankarts.com

13 Jul - 17 Sep 2016: Henri Matisse: Rhythm and meaning

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/

10 Nov 2015 - Feb/Mar 2016: Centenary year of the Lutyens building

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

25 Jan - 17 Feb 2018: Walter Voigt: Kruger Sacred Spaces

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

29 Apr 2017 - ...: Rebecca Haysom: The Tiger's Bride
4 May - 24 Jun 2017: Group Exhibition: Spectrum

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

19 Jan - 15 Feb 2017: Clive van den Berg: A pile of stones

FotoZA Gallery
Shop 402, Level 4, Rosebank Mall, 50 Bath Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg, 2196
(Use Entrance 3 on the rooftop parking)
Mon - Fri 10:00am - 3:30pm; Sat - Sun 10:00am - 4:00pm
Phone: 011-327-6376
http://www.fotoza.co.za

1 - 30 Nov 2018: Jodi Bieber: Between darkness and light

Rooke & van Wyk
Unit 21, Frost Lofts, Frost Avenue, Opposite 44 Stanley, Milpark, Johannesburg
Unit 21 Frost Street Lofts, Braamfontein Werf, Johannesburg, 2000
Wednesday - Friday 10:00am - 5:30pm; Saturday 9:00am - 12:00pm
Phone: 072-383-5091 (was 072-658-0762) now 083-680-4461
http://www.rookegallery.com
http://www.rookeandvanwyk.com

From 20 Nov 2013: Lakin Ogunbanwo: Portraits

Rooke Gallery (now Rooke & van Wyk)
37 Quinn Street, Newtown, Johannesburg
now Unit 21 Frost Street Lofts, Braamfontein Werf, Johannesburg, 2000
Wednesday - Friday 10:00am - 5:30pm; Saturday 9:00am - 12:00pm
Phone: 072-383-5091 (was 072-658-0762) now 083-680-4461
http://www.rookegallery.com
http://www.rookeandvanwyk.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://joburg.org.za/culture/latest-news/423-a-snapshot-of-the-bensusan
http://joburg.org.za/culture/latest-news/471-capturing-moments-in-time

13 Feb 2014 - 30 Apr 2015: Rise and fall of apartheid - Photography and the bureaucracy of everyday life

Market Photo Workshop Gallery
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

1 Sep - 23 Oct 2016: Adil Bradlow, Benny Gool, Zubeida Vallie: Martyrs, saints, and sell-outs

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

7-26 Jun 2015: Jaco van Schalkwyk: Eden 2015

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

5 May - 22 Jun 2012: Grand Prix

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
Opened to the public on 10 May 2012
Wednesday - Sunday 10:00am - 4:00pm
R40 entry fee
Phone: 011-717-1363/5
http://web.wits.ac.za/PlacesOfInterest/Galleries.htm

26 Jul - 8 Oct 2017: Andy Warhol: Warhol Unscreened

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
Tuesday - Friday 9:30am - 5:30pm; Saturday 10:00am - 3:30pm; Sunday and Monday by appointment
Phone: 011-447-0155/98
http://www.gallery2.co.za

1-22 Sep 2012: Karin Daymond: Landscape Alone (Karoo drawings)

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

Stevenson Gallery
46 7th Avenue, Parktown North, Johannesburg
Monday - Friday 9:00am - 5:00pm; Saturday 10:00am - 1:00pm
Phone: 011-403-1055
https://www.stevenson.info

18 May - 12 Jul 2019: Portia Zvavahera: Talitha Cumi

Upstairs @ Bamboo
53 Rustenburg Road, Corner Ninth Street, Melville, Johannesburg
Daily 9:00am - 4:00pm
Phone: 028-284-9827 / 011-486-0526 / 082-771-5954 / 083-284-6226
http://www.bamboo-online.co.za

1-9 Sep 2015: Mosaic Association South Africa: Passion with pieces

Goethe Institute Gallery
119 Jan Smuts Avenue, cnr Newport Road, Parkwood, Johannesburg, 2193
Phone: 011-442-3232
http://www.goethe.de/ins/za/joh/

1-19 Sep 2014: Peregrinate - Field notes on time travel and space (Photography exhibition by Thabiso Sekgala, Musa Nxumalo, and Mimi Cheruno Ng'ok)

Goethe on Main
245 Main Street (near Berea Street), Maboneng Precinct, Johannesburg
Phone:
http://www.goethe.de/ins/za/joh/ver/en10012282v.htm

6 Feb - 16 Mar 2014: Muntu Vilakazi: The politics of bling: An East Rand culture quest (A photographic story of fast cars, fashion, alcohol, 'girls', and music)

GIBS Art on Campus
Gordon Institute of Business Science, Melville Road, Illovo, Johannesburg
Monday - Sunday 8:00am - 8:00pm
Phone: 082-784-6695 (Dana MacFarlane)
http://www.gibs.co.za

29 May - 19 Jun 2014: Nick Walsh: Looking Up

Bayliss Gallery
Shop 13, Factory on Grant, 70 Grant Avenue, Norwood, Johannesburg, 2117
Monday - Sunday ?:00am - ?:00pm
Phone: 011-483-0891
http://www.baylissgallery.co.za

6-28 Sep 2014: Reprinted

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

Until 29 Feb 2012: Jaco van den Heever: Of dreams and nightmares

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

Feb 2016: Roger Ballen: The House Project

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

11 Aug - 5 Sep 2012: Brett Eloff: Resuscitare (photography)

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

8 Nov 2012 - 15 Jan 2013: Faith47: Fragments of a burnt history

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, 2001
Monday - Friday 9:30am - 4:30pm, by appointment (best time to meet artists is 11am - 3pm)
Phone: 011-834-9181
http://www.bagfactoryart.org.za

26 Nov 2009: John Hodgkiss: Rites of Fealty / Rites of Passage

Hermann Niebuhr's Studio
The Lilian Road Studios, 38 Lilian Road, cnr Albertina Sisulu Road, Fordsburg, Johannesburg, 2092
By appointment
Phone: 072-224-6469
http://www.niebuhr.co.za

Obert Contemporary Gallery
Melrose Arch, Johannesburg

Phone: 011-684-1217
http://www.

Oct 2010: Michael Meyersfeld: 'Life Staged' photographic trilogy

Michael Meyersfeld Gallery
Unit 4, Olympia Gardens, 23 Olympia Street, Eastgate Ext.11, Kramerville, Sandton

Phone: 011-444-6333
http://www.facebook.com/BacklightPhotographicGallery

8 - 24 Nov 2012: Backlight 3 (Contemporary photography)

Afronova
Braamfontein, Johannesburg

Phone: 083-726-5906
http://www.

Until 30 Sep 2012: African photography

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

Henry Taylor Gallery
Shop no. G 7.2, Cedar Square, Corner Cedar Road and Witkoppen Road, Fourways, Johannesburg
Monday - Saturday 9:00am - 5:00pm; Sunday and holidays 10:00am - 3:00pm
Phone: 011-705-3194 or 082-553-2208
http://www.henrytaylorgallery.co.za

February 2012: Paintings inspired by love

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

Galleria Gibello
Fourways Design Quarter, Johannesburg

Phone: 011-465-5760
http://www.galleriagabello.com

Artists Under the Sun
Zoo Lake, Corner Westwold Way and Jan Smuts Avenue, Parktown, Johannesburg
First weekend of every month
Phone: 011--
http://www.

White House Gallery
Shop 11, Thrupps Illovo Centre, Oxford Road, Johannesburg

Phone: 011-268-2115 E-mail: info@thewhitehousegallery.co.za
http://www.whg.co.za

4 April 2013 (6-8pm): An exhibition of International and South African Artists

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)

Sandton Civic Art Gallery
Nelson Mandela Square, Corner Maude and Fifth Streets, Sandton, Johannesburg

Phone: 011-881-6430/2
http://www.

Afropolitan Gallery
Victoria Yards, 16 Viljoen Street, Lorentzville, Johannesburg
Wednesday - Friday 10:00am - 4:00pm; First Sunday of every month
Phone: 071-100-7834
http://www.afropolitangallery.com

Until 1 Aug 2018: John Moore: In the Beginning

Art Eye Gallery and Studio
5th Floor, Ellis House Art Studios, 23 Voorhout Street, New Doornfontein, Johannesburg (next to Ellis Park)

Phone: 011-402-0154
http://arteye.co.za

Nirox Sculpture Park
Kromdraai, Cradle of Humankind
Saturday 10:00am - 5:00pm; Sunday and holidays 10:00am - 3:00pm; Otherwise by appointment
Phone: 072-350-4326
http://www.niroxarts.com
10-11 May 2014: MasterCard Winter Sculpture Fair
May - Jun 2014: Nirox Sculpture - Winter 2014

Javett Art Centre
University of Pretoria, 23 Lynnwood Road, Pretoria
Monday - Sunday 10:00am - 5:00pm
R150 entry fee
Phone:
https://javettup.art

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

First Thursdays
On the first Thursday of the month, various galleries in Rosebank and Braamfontein remain open until late at night. Enjoy this free cultural experience and explore the city on foot.

http://www.first-thursdays.co.za/johannesburg

http://www.first-thursdays.co.za/rosebank-highlights

http://www.first-thursdays.co.za/braamfontein-newtown-highlights

Further information
For even more gallery information, see http://www.southafrica.info/travel/cultural/973776.htm