Art Map

Jeanetta Blignaut Art Consultancy focuses on collaborative projects with emerging artists which aim to energise, challenge stereotypes and break boundaries in thinking. Projects include the Spier Arts Academy Training Programming, the Creative Block Project and Qalo, which involves collaboration between contemporary artists and traditional beadworkers. Jeanetta Blignaut has worked with a range of corporate clients around these projects and their collections, including Spier, Hollard and Nandos.

Beautiful Stuff Limpopo Arts Support Centre is mining & refining Limpopo’s artistic abundance by focusing on artspeople, by developing creative networks, infrastructure, material and human resources, partnerships, training, activities and opportunities that serve to promote the blossoming of all Limpopo’s arts.

Put your beautiful heart in the right place & support the development of Limpopo’s Beautiful Stuff - Crafts, Fine Arts, Music, Drama, Dance, Literature, Design, Film... Let’s grow the profile, platform & market returns to Limpopo, to benefit everyone!

Key People:Arlette Franks 

Tshepo Semenya

Contact

Tel: +27 (0) 71 693 7887

Fax: +27 (0) 86 698 1271

email: ceo@lovelimpopart.com

Physical Address:

50 Bodenstein Street

Polokwane City 0699

Limpopo, South Africa

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 

ART AID assists skilled crafters, artists and educators to collaborate with professional members of the industry, undergo skills development training, and develop a range of products (including learning areas ) with specific reference to the heritage, environment, culture and social challenges of South Africa and its people.

key people:

john anthony boerma

phone: 082 331 3792
e-mail: artaid@lantic.net 

postal address:

p.o. box 1797
nelspruit
mpumalanga
1200

 The Keiskamma Art Project was created in 2000 by medical doctor and fine artist Carol Hofmeyr, with the help of Jan Chalmers (Oxford, UK) and Jackie Jezewski (Brantome, France). Carol began teaching arts and crafts to a handful of women who began by collecting the plastic bags that littered the village. They crocheted them into hats and bags. From those humble beginnings the Art Project has grown to become the place where Art and Health interject to create meaning and hope to a population struggling from decades of abuse and poverty. The Art Project is the flagship of the Keiskamma Trust and represents the work of the Trust on the world-stage through its Monumental Artworks, as in Toronto for the the 2006 International Aids conference and in Durban for the Make Art/Stop AIDS exhibition co-curated by David Gere and Carol Brown.

We have developed five Art Studios specialising in Beading, Felt-making, embroideries, ceramics and printmaking. Today the Art Project is running successfully under the leadership of twelve local managers and group leaders. Assisting and training them is Florence Danais, Art History Lecturer and graduate in Arts and Culture Management. Together they work with 130 artists and crafters to create quality art and craft works, generating much-needed income to improve the quality of life in Hamburg and surroundings.

Key People:
Carol Hofmeyr
Annette Woudstra
Eunice Mangwane
Noluvo Xhotyeni

Physical Address:
Hamburg, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Postal Address
PO Box 483, Peddie, 5640

phone: +27 40 678 1177
email: enquiries@keiskamma.org
website: www.keiskamma.org

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

7925 | SOUTH AFRICA     

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 

“Artworks from Europe, the East and Africa, dating from the 15th century to the present, make the gallery a microcosm of the many histories represented here,” says Acting Art Gallery Director, Jenny Stretton. The Gallery has a comprehensive collection of artworks, and constantly rotates displays from its permanent collection, interspersing them with traveling exhibitions of contemporary and historic pictures and artifacts.

Contacts

Telephone: (031) 311 2264/9
Email: strettonj@durban.gov.za
Physical Address:
2nd floor City Hall
Smit street
Durban.
Website: http://dag.durban.gov.za
 

The Tatham Art Gallery hosts a range of Art Exhibitions. These include travelling and researched exhibitions as well as exhibitions initiated by the Gallery based on works in the permanent collection.

A major function of the Tatham Art Gallery is to display art. This is accomplished through the organizing and hosting of temporary exhibitions and ongoing changes in the permanent display areas.

Contacts

Telephone: (033) 392 2800/1
Fax: (033) 394 9831

Physical Address:
Chief Albert Luthuli (commercial) Rd. opposite City Hall
Pietermaritzburg
South Africa

Postal Address:
P.O. Box 321
Pietermaritzburg
3200
South Africa

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

The permanent collection, which is frequently rearranged, is housed on the first floor and is devoted exclusively to works produced by South African artists. It has a solid foundation of early South African artists, and includes works by Thomas Baines, Jan Ernst Volschenk, Pieter Wenning, Jacob Hendrik Pierneef and Willem Coetzer. The Museum is still in the fortunate position to be able to continually expand on its collection of contemporary South African artists.


A considerable number of works have been acquired through donations and bequests; outstanding among these is a collection of works from the City Council of Bloemfontein. This collection, which was ceded to Oliewenhuis Art Museum at its inception in 1989, together with art works from the National Museum’s permanent collection, formed the nucleus for the future Art Museum worthy of the Provincial capital. A large collection of works donated by the Haenngi Foundation (as a result of the demise of the Pelindaba Museum of African and Modern Art) has assisted the Museum in building a core collection representing works of some of South Africa’s most celebrated artists.

Contacts

Telephone: (051) 447 9609

Physical Address:
16 Harry Smith Street
Bloemfontein
Free State

Website: http://www.nasmus.co.za
 

In 1948 William Humphreys donated to the city a substantial portion of his personal collection of 16th and 17th Century Dutch and Flemish Old Masters, British and French paintings, antique furniture and other objects d'art.

This gift combined with the South African works of art brought together by members of the Art Section of the Kimberley Athenaeum and The Max Greenberg Bequest formed the nucleus of the collection. The Humphreys Loan Collection and Timlin Collection on indefinite loan from De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited, augment it. More recently the Meyer Collection of European and Oriental Porcelain and the Lawson Collection of Old Master Drawings and Prints have been acquired.

At present the Art Gallery concentrates on collecting South African works of art. Apart from its primary function as a museum of art, this Gallery serves the community as an educational and cultural centre. Its activities include temporary exhibitions, art workshops mainly for children, development stimulation classes for pre-school children, craft workshops for unemployed women, lectures, video shows and concerts. We also have a successful outreach programme in which we take graphic exhibitions to the small towns of the Northern Cape province where learners are exposed to world of art. Guided tours are arranged on request. 


Contacts

Telephone: (053) 831 1724/5
Fax: (053) 832 2221

Email: info@whag.co.za

Physical Address:
Cullinan Crescent
Kimberley

Postal Address:
P.O. Box 885
Kimberley
8300
Northern Cape
South Africa

Website: http://www.whag.co.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

Website: http://www.annbryant.co.za

5200

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

Permanent Collection

The DUT Gallery is the University’s cultural base that is dedicated to collecting, documenting and conserving art. Since 1982 the gallery has collected current and historical art that includes ancient and modern artefacts. The university’s collection includes anonymous carvings, clay pots, beadwork, wooden and bronze sculptures, contemporary paintings, mixed media and art installations.

The collection has become a historical reference that encompasses cultural diversity whilst encouraging continuity in research, teaching and promotion of the visual arts within the student body and society at large. The collection continues to grow through donations and purchases that have relevance to current commentary.

Exhibitions

The gallery is also dedicated to serving and promoting practicing artists though the mounting of exhibitions. It promotes visual art through various activities that include exhibitions, seminars and networking. Exhibitions rotate regularly; these exhibitions vary from established artists, students, and community projects. An exhibitions programme is formulated annually, encompassing traveling, curated and sourced shows. Artists are invited to exhibit and proposals are evaluated in accordance with the gallery’s core aims and values.

Contracts

Telephone: (031) 373 2207
Fax: (031) 373 2207

Physical Address:
Steve Biko Campus
Cecil Renaud Theatre
2nd Floor

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

Contacts

Telephone: (021) 808 3524/ 3489
Email: suz@sun.ac.za

Physical Address:
Cnr. Dorp and Bird Streets
Stellenbosch
South Africa

Website: http://www.sun.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

As such, Design Indaba is a celebration of design in a country iconic of the triumph of the human spirit. Proof that even the most intractable problem can be neutralised by the will of the people, resurgent South Africa is a beacon to the world. Design Indaba typifies this can-do spirit through its belief in design and how it can help solve the problems faced by an emerging economy. With the right support, a better future can be designed.

By attracting the world’s brightest talent, Design Indaba has become a respected institution on the creative landscape and one of the few global events that celebrates all the creative sectors - graphic design, advertising, film, music, fashion design, industrial design, architecture, craft, visual art, new media, publishing, broadcasting and performing arts sector. Besides the flagship conference and expo,Design Indaba has grown into a multitiered experience that incorporates an extensive range of elements such as events, publications, education, training, business, development and community initiatives.

Contacts

Telephone: (021) 465 9966
Fax: (021) 465 9978

Physical Address:
16 Mill Street
Gardens
Cape Town

Postal Address:
P.O. Box 7735
Roggebaai
Cape Town
8012

Website: http://www.designndaba.com

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

This fast-rising young gallery has become a destination point for curators and collectors to experience innovative work, and to become acquainted with some new names. By giving voice to new talents, the gallery intends to grow public dialogue and critical debates within the contemporary art community, and to provide an alternative to the traditional art structures and institutions.

Whatiftheworld has been firmly behind the careers of several rising stars on the South African contemporary art scene, and is committed to building and nurturing strong relationships with each artist to support their continuing professional development. The gallery has hosted a series of critically acclaimed solo and group exhibitions, and published numerous catalogues and artist monographs.

Contacts

Telephone: (21) 448 1438
Mobile: 084 414 4554/ 072 422 2387
Email: info@whatiftheworld.com
Physical Address:

First floor
208 Albert Rd
Woodstock 7925
Cape Town
South Africa

Website: whatiftheworld.com
 

Tel: (021) 423 5403
Fax: +27 088 021 423 2136
Email: info@joaoferreiragallery.com
Physical Address:

70 Loop Street
Cape Town
8001
South Africa
 

Website: joaoferreiragallery.com

The South African Print Gallery was established by Gabriel Clark-Brown who as a master printmaker has sought to promote the appreciation of South African fine art printmaking. Part of the gallery cluster that has developed around the Buchanan and Fairweather buildings in Woodstock, Cape Town, the gallery aims to showcase South African printmaking, with an emphasis on quality, good and unusual prints.

Key People
Gabriel Clarke Brown

Contacts
Tel: +27 (0) 21 462 6851
Email: info@printgallery.co.za
Website: www.printgallery.co.za

Physical Address:
107 Sir Lowry Road
Woodstock
Cape Town

The gallery has been situated in these premises, in the heart of the city centre, since 1971, first as the Metropolitan Gallery, and then in partnership with Spier, who recently bought the building from Metropolitan. Run by the energetic Estelle Jacobs, the AVA usually hosts three exhibitions at a time, with many young contemporary artists making their debut here.

AVA’s main priority and objective is the promotion and advancement of visual art and artists in South Africa, with particular emphasis on artists from the Western Cape, both established and emerging, formally trained and self-taught.

AVA achieves this goal in several ways. Firstly, AVA hosts exhibitions which change every four weeks. This means that our space is never without an exhibition. An artist does not need to be a member of AVA to hold an exhibition here. All work exhibited goes through a selection procedure. AVA has a selection panel who meet every two months. Any artist who wishes to exhibit at AVA must bring in works on the day of the selection meeting for the panel to review. Their decision is made by majority vote. No feedback is given and their decision is final. It should be noted that being a member of AVA does not guarantee an artist an exhibition here. As the gallery space is divided into four sections, four exhibitions can be held simultaneously and these four shows all share one opening function.
 

Contacts
Tel: (021) 424 74 36
Fax: (021) 423 2637
Email: art@ava.co.za
Website: www.ava.co.za
 

Brundyn + Gonsalves strives to maintain the highest possible artistic and intellectual standards. Artworks by some of South Africa’s most prominent contemporary artists can be viewed alongside works by promising, young talent.

Brundyn + Gonsalves Gallery is pleased to have opened a Gallery at Wembley: A Project Room for Contemporary Art in September 2009. In addition to the double storey gallery in Loop Street, which has a much more traditional feel to it, the smaller space at Wembley Square will be a supplementary exhibition and project venue. As a ‘project room’, iArt Gallery Wembley offers us a myriad of exciting opportunities to expand our reach and give our clients insight into more experimental and collaborative realms of South African art, without having to compromise or stray from the already well-established identity developed at and maintained by our Loop Street premises.

Contacts
Telephone: (021) 424 5150
Fax: (021) 424 5160
Email: info@brundyngonsalves.com
Physical Address: 71 Loop Street Cape Town 8001

Postal Address: P.O. Box 16191 Vlaeberg 8018

iArt Gallery Wembley: A Project Room for Contemporary Art

Physical Address: Wembley Square Gardens Cape Town 8001

Website: www.brundyngonsalves.com
 

Since then, the gallery has earned acclaim for successfully hosting a series of thought-provoking exhibitions accompanied by well researched publications.

SMAC Art Gallery is primarily concerned with the significance of historical and contemporary art movements in South Africa such as the modernist abstract era, the protest era and the neglected contribution of African artists in the post-war period. The gallery therefore aims to provide a platform to continually present exhibitions that assist in the process of reviewing and revising South African art. To date SMAC has published more than ten art catalogues and books. Recent exhibition highlights include Revisions +: Expanding the Narrative of South African Art, Abstract South African Art from the Isolation Years: Part III, the large mid-career retrospectives of the artists Anton Karstel and Wayne Barker, as well as a major retrospective exhibition of renowned artist Erik Laubscher.

SMAC is also committed to expanding South Africa’s participation and contact with the international art community. In 2009 the gallery facilitated and sponsored the participation of three artists; Wayne Barker, Kay Hassan and Johann Louw in an official collateral exhibition to the 53rd Venice Biennale entitled; Praise of Nature-Languages of the World. Another SMAC artist, Jake Aikman was also represented in a prestigious collateral exhibition to the Biennale entitled L’Anima Dell Acqua / The Spirit of Water. Subsequently, SMAC has been active in championing the return of South Africa in an official capacity to the Venice Biennale.

The gallery currently represents more than twenty established, contemporary and emerging artists and continues with an exciting, innovative and high profile programme of exhibitions and projects both locally and abroad.

The gallery expanded in 2009 by opening SMAC Space Stellenbosch and the SMAC Art Gallery Showroom in Cape Town. Both venues allow SMAC the freedom to engage in different projects that run concurrently with larger exhibitions in the main gallery.

Contacts

SMAC ART GALLERY

Telephone: +27 (0)21 887 3607

Fax: +27 (0)21 887 7624

Email: info@smacgallery.com

Physical Address: 1st Floor
De Wet Centre

Church Street,
 Stellenbosch
7600


SMAC SPACE

Telephone: +27 (0)21 887 7044

Fax: +27(0)21 887 7624
Email: info@smacspace.com

Physical Address: Ground Floor
De Wet Centre

Church Street

Stellenbosch
7600


SMAC ART GALLERY SHOWROOM - CAPE TOWN

Tel: +27 (0)21 887 3607

Fax: +27(0)21 887 7624

Email: info@smacgallery.com

Physical Address: 60 New Church Street (Access off Buitengracht)

Cape Town
8001


Website: www.smacgallery.com
 

There are five exhibition spaces in total each devoted to a specific artistic form. The Main and Mezzanine Galleries focus on contemporary art, The Nivea Gallery promotes up and coming artists, The Electric Gallery is a multimedia and audiovisual space for exhibitions of installations and new media, and is also home to the prestigious Young Artist Project. There is also a gift shop selling authentic craft, books, and various items of jewelry and homeware, the Arts Café, serving light meals and coffee. The Durban Centre for Photography is also located in the gallery, and they offer regular workshops, lectures, and dark room access.

Contacts
Telephone: (031) 277 1705
Fax: (031) 201 8051
Email: gallery@kznsagallery.co.za
admin@kznsagallery.co.za
curator@kznsagallery.co.za

Physical Address: 166 Bulwer Road
Glenwood
Durban
Kwazulu Natal
South Africa

Postal Address: Postnet Suite 150
Private Bag x04
Dalbridge
4014

Website: www.nsagallery.co.za
 

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

This vibrant spot is home to night and day markets, dynamic office spaces, workshops and designer stores, delicious farm-stalls, decadent cafes as well as an awesome line-up of festivals and events.

'The Mill' is also a place where people share, collaborate and show off their heart-felt passion. Explore the Mill and meet some of South Africa’s most talented designers, artists, photographers and connoisseurs of fine taste and décor.

Contacts
Tel: (021) 448 1438
Physical Address:
373-375 Albert Rd
Woodstock
Cape Town

Website: theoldbiscuitmill.co.za
 

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

Phyiscal Address:
44 Stanley Ave
Milpark
Johannesburg
2001

Website: www.44stanley.co.za

YoungBlackMan is a project space developed by Ed Young and Douglas Blackman. It showcases experimental and challenging work from a diversity of artists. YoungBlackMan openings have rapidly established themselves as an institution in the Cape Town arts scene, and the project enjoys close relationship with the bar at the Kimberley Hotel across the road.

WITS 2050    

International interest in South African art and design is growing, and is bringing with it an increased demand for local creative product. The dti celebrates entrepreneurship and ingenuity, and by partnering with Southern Guild, aims to increase international market access as well as export and trade opportunities for South Africa's pioneers of design.

The dti sees its support of premier local design as an ongoing concern. Looking to the future, the dti hopes to develop and inform its partnership with Southern Guild so that the collaboration may ultimately extend beyond our borders and into the global arena.

Making its debut at the Joburg Art Fair in 2009 Southern Guild received an overwhelming response, both publically and critically, for the diverse and original collection of design products inspired by nature.

For the 2010 collection, this year's forty selected exhibitors are again a group of the countries leading contemporary designers, collaborating artists and the most interesting up and coming young design talents. The focus is on new materials, and exploring a very contemporary aesthetic, as they launch 'one of a kind pieces,' limited editions and their new ranges.

Contacts
Contact Person: Trevyn and Julian McGowan
Cell: 082 825 6697
Email: trevyn@source-sa.com & julian@source-sa.com

Physical Address: 13 Die Duin Wilderness 6560 South Africa

Website: www.source-sa.com
 

Greatmore, and its workshop initiative, Thupelo, grew out of the first Triangle Arts Trust workshop held in New York in 1982. It follows the Triangle model of providing studios and residencies, facilitating workshops, and supporting outreach programmes to raise awareness of art. Exhibitions, workshop open days and public events provide platforms for engaging audiences and introducing the latest works of new and established artists to local and international audiences.

Greatmore Studios is an artists-run initiative. The committee and director work closely with an administrative team and accountant.
Resident artists are required to participate in outreach programmes. These activities range from slide shows and workshops to lectures and presentations at various local institutions and schools in both urban and rural communities.

All artists in residence at Greatmore, whether local or international, are required to exhibit their work in an Greatmore's gallery space during their stay.

In addition to being provided with administrative support, artists benefit from Greatmore’s digital programme. Through this programme, artists have unlimited access to the internet, enabling them to keep up to date with events, including exhibitions, residencies and competitions. The programme also includes training courses in selected applications and assistance in building websites.
Today the studio brings together artists from diverse cultural and national backgrounds under one working environment.

Contacts
Telephone: (021) 447 9699
Fax: (021) 447 9699
Email: info@greatmoreart.org

Physical Address: 47-49 Greatmore Street
Woodstock
7915
Cape Town,
South Africa

Website: www.greatmore.org
 

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
 

Art for Humanity is a non-profit organisation based in Durban, South Africa which specialises in producing fine art print portfolios, exhibitions, billboards and research projects that advocate various human rights issues in South Africa and internationally. The Art for Humanity website serves as an online resource for those interested in human rights, art and social development.

Contacts
Tel: +27 (0) 31 373 6610
Fax: +27 (0) 31 373 6611
Email: afh@dut.ac.za
Website: www.afh.org.za

Physical Address:

The BAT Centre is an art development and community center located within the small Craft Harbour off Durban’s Victoria Embankment. It contains a number of retail outlets, a restaurant, bar and large hall fitted with sound and lighting equipment. There are large art studios, a number of exhibition galleries, music practice rooms, a dance studio, resource center and a conference room. A computer shop, repair and training service and offices for independent arts organizations complete the picture.

Contact
Key People

Nise Malange (Director)
Tel: +27 (0) 31 332 0451
Fax: +27 (0) 31 332 2213

Physical Address:

45 Maritime Place
Small Craft Habour
Victoria Embankment
Durban
4001

Website: www.batcentre.co.za
 

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

A flowering of organic schools of thought grown in backyard gardens, tilled and fertilised by the fundamentals of humanity preached and sometimes practiced. Fela says, simply: Who no know go know.

An incomplete roll call: Ramps, Scratch, Fransch, Frantz, Zimology, Wright, Roy, Tosh, Roach, Shahrzad, Armah, Nortje, Meshell, Lee, Ali, Hani, Busi, Buchi, Kippie, (the cry of) Winnie, Mongezi ("You ain't gonna know me"), (King) Tubby, (Ken) Bugul, BigYouth, Badu-ism, Baldwin, Bili, Brathwaite, (Bra) Willie, (Bra) Wally, Kwani?, Kwaninis, Nina, Kalonji, Dyani, D-Money, Jimi, Djibril, Nkoli, LKJ, PBS, BNB (vol1), BOP, POC, TP OK Jazz, PE, Miles (sometimes), MAW, Matthews, Mazrui, Matigari, Metronome, Mapfumo, Mwalimu, Mongo, Zao, Shado, Ukooflani Maumau, Seithlamo, Chico, Ko-Shun, Okot p', Gil-Scott, Ra, Akomfrah's BAFC, Galeano, (General's) Politburo, (Real) Rozano, Yambo, Yes & No, Neo, Dumile, Dudu, Douleur, Zeke, Zoe, Achille, Mashile, Micere, Okigbo, Biko, Betty D, Bessie H, Bessie S, Olu, Anikulapo, Sobukwe, The Leninist Czar, Wole, Were-Were, Desiree, Sangare, Ray, Lorde, Letta, Vera, Wenge Musica (4x4 bcbg), Mingus, Mos, Fani-Kayode, Onsulade, Seun, Sandile, Neg'Marrons, G-Force Reagon, Tuff Gong, Banton, Kiemute, Liyenkula, Kouakou, Fong Kong Bantu Soundsystem, Skeem, Labou-Tansi, Zackie, Tsitsi, Pakhati and the other 50, The other Dumisane - "If am the other who are you?", (The) Artist, Tate, Taban, Govan, Ousmane, Tabane, (Neogy's) Transition-ers, (Botsotso) Jesters, Staffriders, Glendora, Walker, (the other) Trevor, Themba at the House of Truth, Brenda, Bonga, Donga, Amandla, Almicar, Sedar, Spivak, Lady Saw, Samora, Tchicaya, Fodeba, Makeba, Marechera, Malangatana, Binyavanga, Chimamanda, (the hand of) Maradona, Sankara, Rakim, Rose, Manfila, Nah-ee-lah, Mafika, Fiel dos Santos, Marcos, hooks, Abdullah (no, Dollar), Mboya, Chinua, Gza, Tuma, Lumumba's speech, La Guma, Tutuola, Midnight Children, Midnight Marauders, Said, Taiwa, Thandiswa, Appiah, Basquiat, Boukaka, A luta, Kalakuta, Union & Lutte, Ujamaa, Amandla (redux), Intifada, Chimurenga...in no particular order...

Contacts
Tel: (021) 422 4168
Fax: (021) 424 1673

Physical Address: Room 303 Pan African Market 76 Long Street Cape Town South Africa

Postal Address: P.O. Box 15117 Vlaeberg 8018 Cape Town
South Africa

Website: www.chimurenga.co.za

Art South Africa is a quarterly magazine, which addresses issues around contemporary visual art in South Africa, as well as the crossover between art and fashion, architecture, music and design. Produced by Bell-Roberts Publishing, the magazine has two linked publications, Itch and Snapped. ASA has won two Mondi Magazine Awards for Reviews Writing and Design and Illustration (2004).
Art South Africa's editorial policy is to offer well-written, thorough journalism. Writers are drawn from a variety of disciplines and both acvadmic and non-academic contexts.

Curators and Key Staff:
Bronwyn Law Viljoen (editor)

Contact
Bell-Roberts Publishing
Tel: +27 (0) 21 465 9108
Fax: +27 (0) 86 656 5931
Email: info@artsouthafrica.com
Website: www.artsouthafrica.com

Physical Address:
Ground Floor
Fairweather House
176 Sir Lowry Road,
Woodstock
7925
South Africa

Postal Address:
P.O. Box 16067
Vlaeberg
8018
South Africa
 

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

ASAI (Africa South Art Initiative) operates as a critical platform for research, debate and discussion on the position of the contemporary arts in Africa, and is particularly concerned with reconnecting South African art discourse to wider debates in the contemporary arts in Africa. It also provides a non-profit online platform for a range of contemporary African artists to profile themselves and their work.

Key People:
Mario Pissarra

Email: info@asai.co.za
Tel: +27 (0) 21 650 3267/3581

Physical Address
Room BG5
Beattie Building
University of Cape Town
Rondebosch
Cape Town

Postal Address:
ASAI
Department of Historical Studies
Beattie Building
5 University Avenue
University of Cape Town
Rondebosch 7701
RSA
 

History

Founded as a one-person site by Sue Williamson in August 1997, ArtThrob has since expanded to many times its original size.

Awards

ArtThrob has three-times been a finalist in the Arts & Culture Trust Awards. In 1999 ArtThrob was nominated for the United Nations prize for best cultural website. In 2000 Berlin curator Pat Binder selected the site as an art piece in its own right and included it in an exhibition entitled 'Woven Maze' at the University of Hannover.

Contacts

Website: www.artthrob.co.za

The programme is designed to develop your unique creative talent and understanding of the role art plays in the world through a variety of disciplines: these include,

• Drawing
• Painting Sculpture
• Print Making
• Ceramics

These courses are supplemented by modules of photography. Alongside these studio courses the study of Art Theory and Communication sets out to develop your understanding and familiarity with the traditions of art and the exciting and at times challenging contemporary scene. Courses in Entrepreneurial Studies and Professional Practice prepare you for entry into the world of the working artist whether as exhibiting artist, craftsperson, community art officer, gallery curator, designer or teacher . All students are provided with the opportunity to serve the community through practical community work.

Contacts
Tel: (031) 373 6600
Fax: (031) 373 6644
Email: nomusant@dut.ac.za

Physical Address: Durban University of Technology
Steve Biko Campus Corner Botanic Gardens and Steve Biko Roads
3rd Floor Berwyn Court

Website: www.dut.ac.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
 

Pro Helvetia Cape Town is one of the Pro Helvetia representations abroad, set up at the beginning of 1998, and the second base on the African continent besides Cairo. Although Pro Helvetia Cape Town has its office in the heart of Cape Town, it is set up with the characteristics of a mobile office to cover the whole of Southern Africa.

Being physically linked with the Consulate of Switzerland, by having an office space on its premises, Pro Helvetia Cape Town cooperates closely with the Swiss diplomatic representations in Southern Africa. The office in Cape Town contains a small library on Swiss and Southern African cultures, which is available to the public in office hours.

Pro Helvetia Cape Town reaches out to most countries in the Southern African region, coordinating projects not only in South Africa but also in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Zambia, Namibia and Angola. Fostering cultural interaction between these countries and Switzerland is one of Pro Helvetia’s priorities.
Through a mandate with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) in Pretoria, the office in Cape Town also supports local capacity building and encourages cultural interaction between Southern African countries.

The activities granted support are projects initiated by young professionals, conceived and executed locally through partnerships with venues and institutions in the region.

Contacts
Tel/Fax: (021) 465 9033
Email: capetown@prohelvetia.org.za

Physical Address: Swiss Arts Council Level D, The Adderley 25 Adderley Street
Cape Town

Postal Address: Swiss Arts Council
P.O. Box 469
Cape Town
8000
South Africa

Website: www.prohelvetia.org.za
 

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

Worldart specialises in the managing and marketing of artists and their art, while simultaneously providing a service that seeks to add value to the needs of those who appreciate and acquire art.

Worldart was founded in 2004 by Charl Bezuidenhout. He studied Law at the University of Stellenbosch and then spent five years travelling and working in Europe and the USA. Back in South Africa he became active in the music industry and the visual arts, where he pursued his passion for the arts and marketing. He has since established himself as a respected and dedicated participant in the arts environment.

Services

Worldart provides the following services:

• Artist’s marketing and management. We believe that artists should focus their energy on being creative, free from the distractions that come with the marketing and selling of their work. To this extent Worldart plays an active role in managing the relationship between artist and gallery, pursuing marketing opportunities on various levels and structuring business deals with bigger clients.

• Media liaison service. Worldart offers a comprehensive, project driven media liaison service aimed at ensuring maximum exposure for art exhibitions and other art related events.
• The sourcing and selling of art. Worldart has an extensive and dedicated client base who are regularly yet unobtrusively informed about new releases by artists we work with. We also handle requests to source art.
• The arrangement of packaging and shipment of art to any destination in the world. Worldart has extensive experience in the shipping of art to destinations worldwide. We work with the best shipping companies and offer a service that includes the tracking and close monitoring of the process, at very competitive rates.

Contacts

Tel: (021) 423 3075
Mobile: 082 901 5045
Email: info@worldart.co.za

Physical Address: 54 Church Street
Cape Town
South Africa

Postal Address: P.O Box 15417
Vlaeberg
8018
South Africa
 

Refreshingly committed to bridging the gap between fine art and design, owner Monique du Preez promises an ever-changing roster of talent on the monochrome walls.

Contacts

Tel: (021) 424 6930
Mobile: 082 679 3906
Email: info@salon91art.co.za

Physical Address: 91 Kloof Street Gardens Cape Town 8001 South Africa

Website: www.salon91art.co.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
 

Contacts
Tel/Fax: (021) 887 2256
Email: info@dorpstraatgalery.co.za

Physical Address: 114 Dorp Street Stellenbosch 7600 Cape Town South Africa

Website: www.dorpstraatgallery.co.za

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

2094 

Dala (‘to make/create’ in isiZulu) is an interdisciplinary creative collective that believes in the transformative role of creativity in building safer and more liveable cities. Dala emerged as a response to the growing need for a sustainable space for creative practitioners actively engaging in the production of art/architecture for social change in eThekwini (Durban). Dala facilitates creative initiatives between practitioners from a variety of backgrounds (artists, architects, researchers, performers, urban planners, designers), the municipality and most importantly the people and organisations that live and work within and around the city. Dala’s initiatives all revolve around re-imagining the use and expression in and of public space. Founders, Doung Jahangeer, Rike Sitas and Nontobeko Ntombela have been working on similar initiatives individually and collectively for close to ten years. All three are practicing artists and educators who have been involved in a number of local and international projects and exhibitions.

Key People:
Doung Anwar Jahangeer
Rike Sitas
Nontobeko Ntombela

Contact:
Phone: +27 (0) 73 515 1308 (Doung Jahangeer) + 27 (0) 83 437 1614 (Rike Sitas)
Email: doung@dala.org.za; rike@dala.org.za
Website: www.dala.org.za

Physical Address
56 Bandfield Crescent
Puntan’s Hill
Morningside 4001
Durban 


Cara Snyman

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

City & Suburban Johannesburg 

 The Everard Read Gallery is one of the oldest commercial galleries in South Africa, established in 1912. Over the years the gallery has grown in size and sophistication with the emergence of Johannesburg as Africa´s business and financial capital. The gallery represents a variety of leading South African and international artists. Everard Read has branches in both Cape Town and Johannesburg, and recently unveiled a new state-of-the-art building for its Johannesburg branch, Circa on Jellicoe, which also includes project and performance spaces.

Physical Address
3 Portswood Road
Victoria and Alfred Waterfront
Cape Town
8002
South Africa

Postal Address
P.O. Box 51625
Waterfront
8002
South Africa

The Polokwane Art Museum provides a compelling selection of paintings, ceramics, mixed media and sculptures by artists from Limpopo. Over 1000 works are housed in an indoor collection at the Danie Hough Cultural Centre located in the Library Gardens complex. The Museum features local art icons, such as the celebrated Jackson Hlungwani, Samson Mudzunga, Johannes Segogela, John Baloyi, Avhashoni Mainganye and Lucas Thobejane.

Polokwane    

 A new art gallery designed to promote art in the township in the ‘culturally alive’ New Brighton is to open early in the new year.

The art gallery will be one of five buildings in what will be Africa’s largest cultural centre once completed. The first of these is the Red Location Museum, which is complete and operational. Other structures will house a digital library and library archive, a performing arts centre and a school of the arts.

Corner Malakane and Yaya Street, New Brighton

EPSAC - now rebranded as ARTEC - is a non profit organisation and Community Art Centre, set up for the "advancement of the Visual Arts and Art Craftsmanship" by working to uplift the arts in our province, helping artists and encouraging a public interest in the arts.
The organisation is embarking on an ambitious project (particularly considering the current economic climate) to reposition EPSAC as a society which is relevant to all members of the art and craft community, and to raise the standards of art, both in PE and the rest of the Eastern Cape.

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

Free State 

ULR: www.warreneditions.com/

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.

The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum is located in Port Elizabeth, a major port city and industrial zone in the Eastern Cape province. Formerly  known as the King George VI Art Gallery, it was first opened in 1956 and renamed in December 2002.  The collections are housed in two buildings framing the entrance to St George's Park and consist of South African art (particularly that of the Eastern Cape), British art, international printmaking and Oriental art (including Indian miniatures and Chinese textiles). The Permanent Collection is supplemented by an active programme of temporary exhibitions of contemporary South African art.

The original Fischer’s building in Govan Mbeki Avenue has been transformed into an art gallery. Its unique Art Nouveau architecture now houses a display of Fine Art and Giftware.

Key People: Deirdre Moser
Address: 33 Goven Mbeki Avenue, Central, Port Elizabeth
Phone: +27 (0)41 585 6755 / +27 (0)82 460 6483
Email: deirdremoser@mweb.co.za
 

The Swallows Partnership / Sihlanganiswa Ziinkonjane is an international partnership based in the arts and culture - between the North East of England and the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Its immediate objective is to develop a mutually agreed programme of arts and more broadly cultural projects between 2008 and 2015 with a further phase of activity to 2020 being researched.

The Partnership was formalised in a signed Memorandum of Understanding between the Premier of the Eastern Cape and the Chair of the Association of North East Councils (ANEC) on February 28th 2008 and renewed at a meeting of the Honourable MEC Xoliswa Tom and the new Chair of ANEC Cllr. Paul Watson in April 2010.

The programme to date has included exchanges; teaching and training; commissions and productions; festivals; placements and residencies - within areas of co-operation, including:
• Arts and Culture.
• Museums and Heritage.
• Film and Media
• Libraries and Archives

With special emphasis on:
• The role of culture in economic and social regeneration
• The role of the arts culture in education.
• Training in cultural leadership and management.

Resources are raised in both countries by two Foundations, Isiseko Senkonjane and The Swallows Foundation UK that are also responsible for delivering the programme.

Key People:
Peter Stark
Peggy Calata
Oyamo Vanto
Gcobani Poltini

Physical Address:
Trafalgar Centre, 16 Clyde Street, Central, Port Elizabeth, 6001

Postal Address:
PO Box 71652, Central Hill, Port Elizabeth, 6006

Phone: +27 (0) 41 582 3662 -
Fax: +27 (0) 41 582 2413
Email: cir@zcm.co.za

 Based in Cape Town, the Africa Centre is a platform for exploring contemporary Pan-African artistic practice as a catalyst for social change.

• Create an international arts and cultural centre in Africa which documents, disseminates and celebrates both the visual and performing arts throughout Africa and its Diaspora
• Develop a meaningful theoretical. Literal and philosophical space for artistic dialogue and engagements
• Interrogate the role, identity, transience and performance of art
• Build on best practice and pursue innovation in art and cultural theory, practice and praxis
• Pursue new audiences and the means and method of engagement
• Explore ways in which communities of the continent and its diasporas can engage with their heritage and histories and become entrepreneurial owners of their own cultural industries
• Use the arts and culture to enhance relationships within and between African nations, strengthening ties and promoting nation-building across the continent   

• The Spier Contemporary Competition  
• SPARCK (Research/networking)
• Infecting the City (Public Art Festival)

34FineArt features a variety of works in various media by established South African artists like William Kentridge, Norman Catherine, Noria Mabasa , Willie Bester, Esther Mahlangu, and also of new young talent like Asha Zero, Matthew Hindley and Peter Eastman. South African art is complemented by a selection of works by internationally acclaimed art, including Marlene Dumas and Japanese artist Takashi Murakami.