Gauteng

Uniquely situated in one of the older Johannesburg inner city neighbourhoods, the Spaza Gallery shows paintings, sketches, drawings, stone work from Lesotho, recycled works, decorated iron furniture, mosaic pieces, jewellery and lots more. As a non-profit organisation Spaza Art gallery has a vision of providing a showcase for artists of all types from all over South Africa. Spaza Gallery is a community gallery that runs mosaic workshops, has Sunday lunches, music sessions and shows. The organisation has also been responsible for the realisation of a variety oif public art projects across Johannesburg.

Key People:

Andrew Lindsay

Contact: +27 (0) 11 614 9354

email: drew@spazaart.co.za

Physical Address:

19 Wilhemina Street

Troyeville

Johannesburg

Johannesburg     

Johannesburg 

AAW! is a specialist project management company working in the arts and creative industries in South Africa and internationally. AAW offer management and operational services across the spectrum of arts disciplines, with a particular focus on public art practice and the integration of art into neighbourhood and district development, urban regeneration and architecture. AAW’s work includes artists' brief development and commissioning, research, strategic development, operational planning, systems development, fundraising and project management.

AAW! has developed a network of artists working in different sectors throughout South Africa and internationally. The network spans urban and rural practitioners, ranging in age, gender and profile. Young, up and coming artists are constantly identified and commissioned as are more experienced professionals working in South Africa and globally.

Key People:
Lesley Perkes
Monna Mokoena

Contact
Phone: +27 (0) 11 6145500
Mobile: +27 (0) 83 654 2009
Fax: +27 (0) 86 684 3815
Email: lesley@artatwork.co.za

Physical Address:
61 Bellevue Street
Troyeville
2094

Postal Address:
PO Box 53459
Troyeville
2139
Johannesburg
South Africa

Key People
Koulla Xinisteris (curator)

The Constitution Hill precinct is the home of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, the highest court in the country. Built on the grounds of what used to be a notorious collection of prisons (both Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela were incarcerated there at various times), the award-winning Court buildings are also home to an extensive art collection of more than 200 contemporary works chosen by Constitutional Court Judge Albie Sachs.

Contact
Tel: +27 (0) 11 381 3100
Fax: +27 (0) 11 381 3108
Website: www.constitutionhill.org.za

Physical Address
1 Kotze Street
Braamfontein
2017

Postal Address
P.O. Box 31005
Braamfontein
2017

Fourthwall Books is a new partnership between editor and writer Bronwyn Law-Viljoen and designer Oliver Barstow. The company was established to publish beautifully designed and written books on art and architecture. Law-Viljoen and Barstow both have literary backgrounds and, between them, extensive experience in design and publishing. Fourthwall Books hope to raise the bar for art publishing in South Africa by combining innovative and intelligent book design with excellent writing.

Website: www.joburg.org.za 

The Information Centre is an invaluable source of information for people interested in, or researching the visual arts. Educators, students, learners and members of the public may use the vast collection of art reference books. Newspaper clippings on Southern African artists and art make the Pretoria Art Museum's Information Centre unique.

Contacts

Telephone: (012) 344 1807/8
Fax: (012) 344 1809

Email: art.museum@tshwane.gov.za

Physical Address:
Corner Schoeman and Wessels Streets.
Arcadia Park
Arcadia
Pretoria
South Africa

Postal Address:
P.O. Box 40925
Arcadia
0007
Pretoria
South Africa

Website: http://www.pretoriamuseum.co.za

Contacts

Contact Person: Annali Cabano-Dempsey (Curator)
Telephone: (011) 559 2099

Physical Address:
UJ Art Gallery
Cnr. Kingsway and University Road
Auckland Park
Johannesburg

Postal Address:
UJ Art Gallery
Kingsway Campus
P.O. Box 524
Auckland Park
2006

Website: http://www.uj.ac.za

Through the intervention of former Australian diplomats, Diane Johnstone and Bruce Haigh and the Australian High Commission in South Africa and the South African Ministry of Arts and Culture, the Foundation was launched in November 2005, by the then Minister of Arts and Culture, the Honourable Dr. Z. Pallo Jordan. The original aim of the Foundation was to repatriate South African struggle-era cultural heritage such as art and art objects back into the country.

Ifa Lethu today manages the largest heritage repatriation effort in South Africa with collections having been repatriated from countries such as the United States of America, Canada, France, Australia, Spain, Holland, the United Kingdom and Germany. Further collections have been identified across the globe and every endeavour is made by Ifa Lethu to facilitate their repatriation to their home country. Ifa Lethu thanks all its generous donors who make this possible.

Recent activities marked a rapid growth and an extension of our mandate, which has resulted in the Foundation focusing on the provision of skills for creative practitioners so they may become successful entrepreneurs. This extension has allowed the foundation to align its work with the national priorities of poverty alleviation and community upliftment. While Repatriation, education and outreach of heritage remain the core business of the Foundation, the development aspect has been fully incorporated into our work. This was guided by the lessons harnessed over the last two years, and by the recognition of current challenges that plague the heritage and creative sectors.

It was also guided by our research which pointed to the lack of available and related skills in this sector and the failure to use heritage to empower communities and create a more entrepreneurial society in South Africa, thus contributing to the economic development of the country. Headed by CEO Dr. Narissa Ramdhani and Chaired by Dr. Mamphela Ramphele, the Ifa Lethu Foundation has, through its sophisticated training programmes developed creative entrepreneurs and reated markets for them nationally and internationally. Since inception, the work of Ifa Lethu has evolved into:

• Development of young and rural creative talent and skills in the visual arts, crafts and fashion sectors.
• Training and mentoring of young creative entrepreneurs to reach sustainable levels allowing them to contribute to the economy of the country.
• Development in fashion design and production for young designers.
• Sustaining the awareness of all projects.

The foundation receives its funding from the Ministry of Arts and Culture, the National Lottery and the private sector in South Africa.

Contacts

Telephone: (012) 346 2985
Fax: (012) 346 3531
Email: admin@ifalethu.org.za

Physical Address:
Office S 06
First floor South building
Groenkloof Forum Office park
57 George Storrar Drive
Groenkloof
0181

Postal Address:
P.O. Box 87
Groenkloof
South Africa
0181

Website: http://www.ifalethu.org.za

Contacts
Tel: +27 (0) 11 441 3244
Fax: +27 (0) 11 522 1444
Email: teresa.lizamore@sasol.com

Physical Address:
1 Sturdee Ave.
Rosebank
Johannesburg

In addition to the galleries, 11 special projects have been created to give new and emerging artists an opportunity to showcase their works. These projects offer visitors an experience that goes beyond the purely commercial.

Contacts

Telephone: (011) 482 4459
Fax: (011) 428 9544
Email: info@artlogic.co.za

Physical Address:
Artlogic offices
41a Frost Street
Johannesburg, 2092

Website: http://www.joburgartfair.co.za

Contacts

Tel: 072 658 0762
Fax: 086 503 5055
Email: inside@rookegallery.com

Physical Address:
The Newtown
37 Quinn Street
Newtown
Johannesburg

Website: www.rookegallery.com

With a unique blend of studio, commercial, residential and retail spaces, Arts on Main is a hub for Johannesburg's creative community to develop and share ideas.

Contact
Telephone: 087 830 0440/ 083 245 1040
Email: mabonengprecinct@gmail.com

Website: www.artsonmain.co.za

Contacts
Telephone: (011) 482 4444
Fax: (011) 482 3134

Phyiscal Address:
44 Stanley Ave
Milpark
Johannesburg
2001

Website: www.44stanley.co.za

WITS 2050    

August House is a creative building managed by cultural entrepreneur Bié Venter and since August 2006 it has fast developed into a bee-hive of activity within the gritty Doornfontein neighbourhood. It now houses a lively community of 16 artists/studios, offices and production spaces, a group of residents who all work in the creative industries and several care takers. Tenants have access to the vast rooftop (watch the indigenous roof garden grow) for chill/sundowners, parties and the like.

Key People

Bie Venter

Contacts

Mobile: +27 (0) 83 728 5606 (Bie Venter)
Email: biecc@mweb.co.za

Physical Address

76 End Street cnr Moseley Street

Doornfontein
 

Over the years, the Society has grown to become a national body of artists and lovers of the visual arts. The organisation proved its resilience despite several war-time situations and challenges of an economic, financial, social and political nature.

Several name changes were due to follow: in 1871 it became the South African Fine Arts Association (SAFAA), in 1945 the South African Association of Arts (SAAA), and in 1998 the South African National Association for the Visual Arts (SANAVA). Despite the name changes, the Association basically retained the same objectives as reflected in the original Constitution, that of promoting the visual arts in its widest context. One of SANAVA’s major objectives concerning the development of artists relates to the administration of three fully equipped artists’ studios, in the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, France. These were acquired during the early 1990s in terms of an occupational rights agreement, valid till 2060.

SANAVA is an overall administrative body, serving autonomous branches and affiliated organisations (art galleries, museums, educational institutions and corporate bodies providing for the promotion of the visual arts) country-wide.

Presently, the Association comprises 26 branches and 19 affiliated organisations, including two academic institutions in Mozambique (the National School of Visual Arts of Mozambique and the Portuguese School of Mozambique, both in Maputo). Its Constitution does not allow for individual artists directly to become members of the national association. They have to be members of a branch that is a member of the national body.

SANAVA is registered with the Department of Social Development as a Non-profit Organisation as well as with the South African Revenue Service as a Public Benefit Organisation. Although the SAAA (earlier name of SANAVA) had been a founding member of the International Association of Art (IAA) in 1954, it became a dormant member in later years. On 24 September 2005, at the 16th General Assembly of the IAA held in China, SANAVA was readmitted as a member of that non-governmental world body, closely associated with UNESCO.

Main Objectives

• the promotion of the visual arts in general;
• the development of visual artists; and
• furthering international cooperation in the field of the visual arts

Management Committe

Anton Loubser
National President
Gilberto Leal
Vice-President
Lynette ten Krooden
Vice-President
Helen E Weldrick
Vice-President
Basie Botha 
Honorary National Treasurer
Avitha Sooful 
Honorary Advisor: Social Development
Constitution

Approved and adopted at the Annual General Meeting on 2 October 1998, and amended at Annual General Meetings on 23 April 2004, 21 April 2006 and 27 April 2007.

Sanava: A member of the IAA

The South African Association of Arts (SAAA), earlier name of the South African National Association for the Visual Arts (SANAVA), was a founding member of the International Association of Art (IAA)/Association Internationale des Arts Plastiques (AIAP). The IAA is a non-governmental world body run by and for visual artists in every medium, style and tradition. It was founded in 1954 under the auspices of UNESCO. Artists from countries worldwide are represented by their national committees. At the 1st General Assembly of the IAA, held in Venice from 28 September to 3 October 1954, the SAAA was represented by an established visual artist, Walter Battiss. He was elected as a member of the organisation’s first Executive Committee, together with representatives from Brazil, USA, Yugoslavia, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Italy, Japan and Sweden.

The principal objectives of the IAA are:

• to stimulate international co-operation, free from any aesthetic, political or other bias, among artists of all countries;
• to improve the economic and social position of artists at the international level, and to defend their material and moral rights; and
• to co-operate with UNESCO in the field of the visual arts.

At some or other stage during the apartheid era, the SAAA became a dormant member of the IAA. On 24 September 2005, at the 16th General Assembly of the IAA held in Beijing, China, this valuable relationship was rekindled, when SANAVA was readmitted as a member of the world body. The National President of SANAVA, Anton Loubser, was elected as a member of the Executive Committee, together with representatives from the Peoples Republic of China, Japan, Kuwait, Sweden, Norway, France, Germany, Brazil, Mexico and Mauritius.
National President’s annual report 2008

The Association experienced a gradual growth in its membership, whilst consolidating its financial position and increasing its activities with regard to development projects and international involvement. At national level, SANAVA’s autonomous branches and affiliated organisations were as active as ever in furthering the Association’s major objective, that of promoting the visual arts in its widest context, always within the scope as allowed by the means at their disposal.

Contacts
Telephone: (012) 460 5826
Fax: (012) 323 1275
Fax: (012) 460 5826
Email: info@sanava.co.za
Email: antonlo@telkom.nte
Postal Address: P.O. Box 2691
Brookyln Square
0075

Website: www.sanava.co.za
 

Hobbs’ personal artistic interest lies in the urban environment and public art interventions, and Neustetter’s in the electronic arts and expanding notions of connectivity and networks. The Trinity Session is strongly defined by its exchanges with Johannesburg, in relation to Africa and similar developed / developing world contexts. This position determines their attitude to local and global debates, networks and partnerships with a view to the survival and sustainability of the visual arts industries.

By acting as correspondents and consultants, and approaching the work process from a network and accommodation / exchange of information angle, the purpose of their working dynamic is to produce in a cross-platform multidisciplinary way with artists, institutions, brands and service providers.

Current key processes are focused on urban regeneration through public art, creativity as commodity through consultation processes, local industry strategies and development through relationships with cultural neighbours, international art networks and strategic global partnerships. Other recent processes include retail and art experiments and digital art development through digital network building.

Republic / re-publication

Exhibitions, projects and events at The Gallery Premises at the Johannesburg Civic Theatre were managed and curated by The Trinity Session from 2004 until 2008. The shift away from the gallery space to focus more exclusively on public space hails an important new phase in their collaborative artistic explorations. Although by no means newcomers to the environment of public space, The Trinity Session sees the move away from the traditional gallery environment as a move towards refining prior practice insofar as it would allow them to more effectively engage with the “re-publication” of the multi-layered fabric of life that exists in the public sphere of Johannesburg. Apartheid encouraged the privatisation of public space, with the result that works from that era presupposed a non-existing consensus among the users of public space – rendering the work culturally exclusive. The Trinity Session’s work methodology, however, seeks to explore the public as a multi- and inter-cultural collection of representatives of various social groups and mentalities. In terms of their multi-tiered collaborative approach to the relationship between art and the community, they seek to build a platform of interaction between artists and society that can give rise to democratic expression in public space. Their aim is not merely to create art in relation to urban development in the City of Johannesburg, but to challenge preconceived relationships between the artist and the public and to explore the networks that arise between art and the public space. The move also reflects a more focused integration of their personal artistic interests, as the public space now becomes aligned with the idea of the public domain in the virtual-community sense of the word. Taking its cue from the definition of the public domain (a space of exchange between different cultures and interests), public space – through the implementation of art – could now become a domain of exchange in its own right.

The Trinity Session has contributed to teaching programmes at institutions, including the University of the Witwatersrand, University of Cape Town, Vega School of Brand Communications and the International School of New Media (DE), and has published and consulted widely. Publications include the Taxi and Fresh series’ (artists’ monographs), Fine Art Forum, Tester and Leonardo (among others), as well as various exhibition catalogues and journals. Consultation, research, presentation and workshops have included various technology companies, the advertising industry, developmental organisations and international networks. These include Spier, Moyo, Red Bull, MTN, Cell C, International Labour Organisation, UNESCO and TBWA, among others.

Stephen Hobbs and Marcus Neustetter’s artistic collaborations fall under the name of Hobbs/Neustetter (H/N).

Contacts
Contact Person: Stephen Hobbs
Mobile: 082 897 7498
Email: ts@onair.co.za
Email: sh@onair.co.za

Physical Address: 39 Gwigwi Mwrebi Street Newtown Johannesburg South Africa

Contact Person: Marcus Neusetter
Mobile: 082 929 1569
Email: mn@onair.co.za

Website: www.onair.co.za
 

Launched in 2001 as a response to a gap in the rapidly maturing art market, Art Source South Africa handles an array of activities within the sector from fundraising and strategy development to curation, project development and management.

It services a range of clients and interfaces between the worlds of cultural development at community and individual levels, corporate sponsors and sources of public donor funding.

Specialising in strategic project development and career management of fine artists, Art Source South Africa has undertaken projects as diverse as contemporary visual art exhibitions and rural craft development projects, as well as initiated local and international artist exchanges which often include community outreach programmes.

Art Source South Africa also operates as agents to the artists it works with and are dealers in contemporary South African art.

More recently, Art Source South Africa has expanded its activities to include specialised marketing, PR and communications for the arts, culture and development sectors. Its services include strategy development to the implementation of all or select aspects of a project campaign, such as above the line, below the line, through the line, experiential marketing, stakeholder and media communications.

Art Source cc is level 4 compliant with regard to BBBEE as an Exempted Micro Enterprise (EME).

Contacts
Physical Address: 43d Newport Road, Parkwood 2196 Johannesburg South Africa
Postal Address: P.O. Box 569 Rivonia 2128

Website:  www.artsourcesouthafrica.co.za

We believe and support the importance of artists in the creation and reflection of a South African historical and cultural perspective.

Akani Creative Consulting's offers the following services:

• Cataloguing of private and corporatecollections.

• Advising on acquiring contemporary fine art objects as part of an investment portfolio for both corporate and private clients.

• Conceptualizing and hosting contemporary fine art exhibitions for both commercial and non-commercial purposes.

Contacts
Office Number: 078 341 6608
Fax: 086 516 2994
Email: info@akanicc.co.za
Physical Address: 20 Ibis Manor Beretta Street Wilgehewel

Website: www.akanicc.co.za

Through it we aim to unpretentiously bridge the gap between the art world and its eager public by providing pertinent information and discussions on the state of South African art and culture.



The magazine was started in 2005 and has grown to be a great success, promoting the arts and reaching a wide and eclectic audience.

The magazine strives to cover all South African art-forms and accepts contributions from all over the country. Artists are invited to make use of this platform to generate interest and increase exposure for their work. 

As it is a submissions-based magazine, every issue is fresh and unique.

The articles range from very accessible features on highly acclaimed and established artists, to more academic articles by younger artists, architects and designers. We feature interviews with musicians, young actors and directors, and review important, as well as obscure arts festivals and exhibitions (anything really, as long as it is cultural and South African). 



All in all A Look Away is an enjoyable read for anyone who is involved in the art scene or even for people who are only remotely interested in South African arts and culture.

A Look Away has made itself indespensible to the South African arts world and has contributed to the industry in a unique and refreshing way.

Contacts
Telephone: (012) 342 4118
Fax: (012) 342 4117

Postal Address: P.O. Box 6314
Pretoria
0001
South Africa

Website: www.alookaway.co.za

The National Arts Council of South Africa (NAC) formed in 1997, is a statutory public entity with the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) as its executive authority. The NAC is governed by a Council whose members are appointed by the Minister of Arts and Culture after a process of public nominations. The current Council was appointed in August 2006 and was inaugurated in September 2006.

The mandate (objects) of the NAC is set out in its founding legislation, the NAC Act (1997), as follows:

• To provide, and encourage the provision of, opportunities for persons to practice the arts;
• To promote the appreciation, understanding and enjoyment of the arts;
• To promote the general application of the arts in the community;
• To foster the expression of a national identity and consciousness by means of the arts;
• To uphold and promote the right of any person to freedom in the practice of the arts;
• To give the historically disadvantaged such additional help and resources as are required to give them greater access to the arts;
• To address historical imbalances in the provision of infrastructure for the promotion of the arts;
• To promote and facilitate national and international liaison between individuals and institutions in respect of the arts;
• To develop and promote the arts and to encourage excellence in regard to these.

Key People

Annabell Lebethe (CEO)

Telephone: +27 (0) 11 838 1383
Fax: +27 (0) 11 838 6363
Email: info@nac.org.za

Website: www.nac.org.za

Physical Address:

66 Margaret Mcingana Street

Newtown

Johannesburg South Africa

Postal Address:

P.O. Box 500

Newtown 2113

Johannesburg South Africa

Each week Uthingo Management, the licensed operator of the National Lottery, transfers funds generated for good causes to the NLDTF. This amount is calculated using a pre-determined formula based on ticket sales in terms of the Licence to Operate the National Lottery. Contributions to good causes, based on ticket sales, start at 10.16% and rise up to a high of 40.58%. Over the 7-year Licence period, an average of 30% of the proceeds after VAT will be contributed to Good Causes.

Funds in the NLDTF, together with the interest accumulated, will be used for the purposes as stipulated in section 26 of the Lotteries Act.
The financial year of the National Lotteries Board and the NLDTF runs from 01 April to 31 March. Funds generated for good causes in a particular financial year are available for distribution in the following year. 




BENEFICIARIES OF GOOD CAUSE MONIES

The Lotteries Act identifies as beneficiaries of funds accumulated for good causes, the following five broad categories:

• Reconstruction and Development Programme
• Charities
• Arts, Culture and National Heritage
• Sport and Recreation
• Miscellaneous Purposes

In terms of Regulations promulgated on 31 May 2002 in Government Gazette No. 23465, the funds in the NLDTF allocated for good causes will be distributed as follows:

Reconstruction and Development Programme: 0%
Charities: 45%
Arts, Culture and National Heritage: 28%
Sport and Recreation: 22%
Miscellaneous Purposes: 5%

Contacts
Tel: 08600 65383
Fax: (012) 394 0222
Email: nldtf@nlb.org.za

Physical Address: Block B Hatfield Gardens corner Hilda and Arcadia Street
Hatfield Pretoria South Africa

Postal Address: Private Bag x101 Brookyln 0075 Pretoria South Africa

Website: www.nlb.org.za
 

Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) is a not-for profit company whose primary aim is to promote mutually beneficial and sustainable business-arts partnership that will benefit society as a whole.

BASA was founded in 1997 as a joint initiative between the (then) Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology (now the Department of Arts and Culture) and the private sector. BASA has peer agencies in the UK and Australia. BASA has over 160 corporate members.

Purpose

To attract corporate sector support for the arts and culture, whether financial or in kind and to lift the profile of the arts and artists within South Africa.

Mission

To promote mutually beneficial, equitable, and sustainable business arts partnerships that will over the long term, benefit the broader community.

Contacts

Telephone: +27 (0) 11 832 3000/3041/3042/3039
Fax: +27 (0) 11 832 3040
Email: info@basa.co.za

Physical Address: The Mills
3rd Floor, 66 Carr street (corner Quinn)
Newtown
Johannesburg
South Africa

Postal Address: P.O. Box 42865
Fordburg
2033

Website: www.basa.co.za

The Arts and Culture Trust (ACT) was the first arts-specific funding agency to be established in a democratic South Africa. It was established to secure financial and other resources for arts, culture and heritage; and to project the needs and role of the sector into the public domain.

ACT provides funding for individual artists and organisations in the context of a variety of programmes that it runs, often in partnership with other funding agencies and corporate entities. Visit their website for more details.

Key People

Pieter Jacobs (Director)

Contacts
Tel: +27 (0) 11 712 8403
Cell: +27 (0) 71 993 3725
Fax: +27 (0) 86 622 9896

email: info@act.org.za

website: www.act.org.za

Physical Address:

SAMRO House

20 De Korte Street

Braamfontein

Johannesburg

Postal Address:

P.O Box 31309

Braamfontein 2017
 

We promote knowledge of the German language abroad and foster international cultural cooperation. We convey a comprehensive picture of Germany by providing information on Germany's cultural, social and political life.

Through our network of Goethe-Institutes, Goethe Centres, cultural societies and reading rooms, alongside our examination and language learning centres, we perform the principal tasks of cultural and educational policy abroad. We work in partnership with public and private cultural bodies, the German federal states and municipalities, and the corporate sector.

We draw on the rich variety of our many-faceted open society and Germany's lively culture. We combine the experiences and conceptions of our partners in Germany and abroad with our professional skills and engage in a dialogue rooted in partnership. In doing so, we function as service providers and partners for everyone taking an active interest in Germany and the German language and culture, and act independently with no political affiliations.

We face the cultural policy challenges of globalisation and develop innovative concepts for a world made more human through mutual understanding, where cultural diversity is seen as an asset.

The Goethe Institute in Johannesburg regulates the work in the Sub-Saharan countries including 11 institutes and 14 Goethe reading/cultural centers. In addition we work together with German embassies in countries where Goethe is not represented.

Due to South Africa´s history of racial discrimination our focus is particularly on the development of and envolvement with previously disadvantaged groups of the population. Thus, seminars and work-shops are in the lime light of our program.

Our Language department offers German lessons in the Goethe-Institut and otherwise. It supports German teachers in the country and works closely together with the department of education.

Our department of "Library and Information" works in close relation with the Library and Information Association of South Africa and encourages information exchange with German Organisations. Our information Center has a braod variety of information on Germany available.

Contact

Telephone: (011) 442 3232
Fax: (011) 442 3738
Email: info@johannesburg.goethe.org

Physical Address: 119 Jan Smuts Avenue off Newport Road Parkwood 2193 Johannesburg South Africa

Postal Address: Private Bag x18 Parkview 2122 Johannesburg
South Africa

Website: www.goethe.de/johannesburg
 

The French Institute operates as funding agency facilitating international exchange and projects across all art forms, between South Africa and France. 

As the cultural agency of the French Embassy in South Africa, IFAS-Cultures organises artistic events throughout the country all year round.

Situated since 1995 in Newtown, the heart of Johannesburg’s cultural hub, IFAS neighbours prestigious institutions such as the Market Theatre, Museum Afrika, the Dance Factory and the Bassline.

Events organised and supported by IFAS take place in venues and festivals throughout the country, allowing the Institute to establish relationships with various South African partners. As part of its mission, IFAS-Culture encourages cultural diversity and exchanges between South Africa, France and the rest of the African continent by supporting artistic events ranging from contemporary dance, theatre, puppetry and fashion shows to music, DJ nights, contemporary art exhibitions and literature.

Through quality productions and the exchange of ideas, IFAS-Culture strives to introduce French and Francophone artists to South Africa, promote South African artists on the international scene and to develop relationships between artists through residencies. In 2007, IFAS-Culture supported one of the greatest art exhibitions to be hosted in Africa: Africa Remix (in Joburg), featuring 137 artworks and more than 85 artists from 25 African countries and the Diaspora. The exhibition has also toured extensively in Europe.

Key People

Laurent Clavel (Director)

Contacts

Tel. +27 (0) 11 403 0458
Fax. +27 (0) 11 403 0465
email: ifas@ifas.org.za

Physical Address:

Phenyo House

73 Juta Street

Braamfontein

Postal Address:

P.O. Box 542

Newtown 2113

Website: www.ifas.org.za

Contacts
Tel: (012) 362 4975
Mobile: 072 444 0696

Physical Address: Corner South and Ducan Street Hatfield Pretoria South Africa

Website: www.onesmallseed.net

Contacts
Mobile: 073 244 8397
Email: onplatform@gmail.com

Physical Address: Corner 18th and Chamberlain Street Rietnodale Pretoria
South Africa

Website: www.platform18th.co.za
 

1153 Park Street East, Hatfield, Pretoria
Phone: 012 3428432 

2094 

Cara Snyman

Website: www.goethe.de/ins/za/joh/kue/gom/en4538212.htm

City & Suburban Johannesburg 

Our Johannesburg Offices

See under 'Contact' for contact details

The Standard Bank Gallery opened in 1990, situated in the Banking district in downtown Johannesburg. The gallery produces a substantial exhibition programme, including the solo and group exhibitions of both established and younger South African artists. Each year the gallery shows work of established artist in the local art scene. Standard Bank Gallery hosts an annual exhibition associated with the winner of Standard Bank Young Artist of the Year Award, which also travels to the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown.

The gallery has also hosted retrospective exhibitions by major South African artists, including Irma Stern, Gerard Sekoto and Cyprian Shilakoe. The gallery has also brought major exhibitions of European modernists such as Picasso, Chagall and Miro to South Africa.

Key People
Barbra Freemantle
Sue Isaac

Contacts
Tel: +27 (0) 11 631 1889

Fax: +27 (0) 11 636 7515

Email: sue.isaac@standardbank.co.za
Website: www.standardbankarts.com

Physical address:
Corner Simmonds and Frederick Street
Johannesburg

Postal Address:
PO Box 61690 

Marshalltown
2107 

South Africa

Trace is a team of professionals in the field of heritage, research, exhibition and design. Trace works with clients on all aspects of exhibitions, publications and public programmes, including strategy, planning, design and implementation of projects, institutions and public spaces. 

Trace is comprised of a multi-disciplinary team drawn from journalism, film and television, fine art, architecture, education and history. Trace has established itself as a specialist agency for “extracting the stories hidden beneath the surface of South Africa and bringing them to life”. Trace has been engaged in the development of a number of major public artworks programmes and exhibition design projects across South Africa.