The first exhibition of The Horsemen of Semonkong took place at CIRCA, Johannesburg in October 2016. Since then Pierce’s work has been shown around the world as part of award exhibitions and photographic festivals. It has been featured in print and online in various publications including Vogue, Esquire and The Guardian.

Rosebank is a precinct for the art lovers - and now they have the opportunity to explore the art scene in various of its approaches, from the Exhibition On Screen of Canaletto to the tangible with Angus Taylor sculptures at the Everard Read Gallery.

Talks, talks, talks

The FNB JAF Talks Programme always delivers and there were some real winners lined up this time. 

Beth Diane Armstrong - Standard Bank Young Artist 2017

A solo exhibition to accompany her 2017 Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Visual Art. The exhibition highlights Armstrong’s use of sculpture to explore different expressions of these two terms in relation to scale, structure, materiality, space, representation and process.

Her solo exhibition in perpetuum will open on the 3rd of August 2017 at the Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg

The annual Turbine Art Fair will celebrate its fifth consecutive opening on Thursday, 13 July 2013. The fair, which showcases some of South Africa’s finest contemporary art, offers audiences a chance to view and buy work from established as well as emerging local artists.

10 July, 2017 marks the opening of The Confession; a group show curated by 2014 L’Atelier Art Competition winner and Everard Read represented artist, Liberty Battson.

PLEATED

1 - 24 June 2017

The exhibition includes both Stephens' photographic prints and iconic chalk pastel drawings on folded paper with hand-dyded string systems.

1 June marked the opening of Gary Stephens' solo exhibition, PLEATED.

2 June 2017 marks the opening date for Pretoria-based artist, Angus Taylor’s first solo exhibition at Everard Read London.

In the Middle of it will showcase Taylor’s new body of sculptural work; demonstrating the artist’s prowess as both a mason and metalsmith.

Art Angels Africa hosted their first public auction in London, England on Thursday 11 May 2017. The event forms part on the on-going initiative to raise money for the education of learners in rural South Africa.

SPECTRUM

4 May – 24 June

A group show exploring colour, light and energy in South African contemporary art. Derived from the Latin term ‘specere’ meaning an image or apparition, ‘spectrum’ also refers to the band of colours created by the refraction of light.