Koyo Kouoh, pan-African curator and director of Zeitz MOCAA, 1967-2025

Tate Britain is forcing gallery visitors to confront history and social issues. Could it be turning people off?

Marlene Dumas painting set to break auction record for a work by a living woman artist

ARTIST BIRTHDAYS

15th May Happy Birthday Hennie Meyer
Ceramic Artist

ASHRAF JAMAL

MOL 51 Symptoms Articulated As Objects

ARTGO GALLERY ROUTES & ART DESTINATIONS

+105 SA Galleries 15 Art Destinations

Call for entries SASOL New Signatures Art Competition 2025

Meet RMB Latitudes Curator, Boitumelo Makousu

Latitudes Online: Meet prolific South African sculptor Amalie von Maltitz

Thurs 14 May: Helgaard Steyn Awards 2025

Fri 16 May: RUSSELL KAPLAN
Session 11 9 am – 3 pm Lots 5849 – 6114
Fine Gold, Antique and Collectable Jewellery

Fri 16 May: RUSSELL KAPLAN
Autumn Wunderkamer Session 12 3 pm – 7:30 pm
Lots 6301 – 6624 Luxury Handbags & Fashion

Sat 17 May: RUSSELL KAPLAN
Autumn Wunderkamer: Session 13 9 am – 1 pm Lots 6631 – 6916
Classical African & Asian Art and Ceramics

Sat 17 May: RUSSELL KAPLAN
Autumn Wunderkamer: Session 14 1 pm – 4:30 pm Lots 7100 – 7234
Modern and Postmodern Painting, Drawing, Prints and Sculpture

Sat 17 May: NORVAL
Yoga in the Garden with Virgin Active Steenberg

Sat 17 May: 5th Ave
Collectibles

Sun 18 May: RUSSELL KAPLAN
Autumn Wunderkamer: Session 15: 9 am – 7 pm Lots 7250 – 8330
Antique Furniture, Mid Century Design, Collectables

Sun 18 May: NORVAL
Museum Day – 50% off tickets

Sun 18 May: 5th Ave
Collectibles

Sun 18 May: WELZ & Co.
Promenade Auction

Mon 19 May: WELZ & Co.
Promenade Auction

Tue 20 May: WELZ & Co.
Promenade Auction

Wed 21 May: WELZ & Co.
Promenade Auction

Fri 23 May: RMB Latitudes Art Fair 2025

Fri 23 May: RMB LAF25
Art Meets Algorithm: How Digitalisation Is Driving The Growth Of The African Art Economy

Fri 23 May: RMB LAF25
East Wind, West Wind: Creative Currents From Korea To China And The USA

Fri 23 May: RMB LAF25
Fair Highlights Walkabout

Fri 23 May: RMB LAF25 Book Signing With Teresa Kutala Firmino

Fri 23 May: RMB LAF25
Occupying The Gallery Presents “Isikhanda” – A Performance Piece Created By Mlondi Magubane

Fri 23 May: RMB LAF25
BOOK LAUNCH AND TALK: AFRICAN ART: THE ARAK COLLECTION

Fri 23 May: RMB LAF25
The Xylomantis

Fri 23 May: RMB LAF25
Artist Walkabout With Michael Selekane

Sat 24 May: RUST EN VREDE GALLERY
‘Op Reis/The Journey’ by Annelie Venter

Sat 24 May: RUST EN VREDE GALLERY
André Serfontein Betwixt

Sat 24 May: RUST EN VREDE GALLERY
Johan Swart and Sandile B Cele in the CUBE and Clay Museum.

Sat 24 May: RMB LAF25
Africa In Focus: Creative Visions From Nigeria, Ethiopia And Botswana

Sat 24 May: RMB LAF25
Cultural Bridges: Navigating Global Exchange Through Art

Sat 24 May: RMB LAF25
Fair Highlights Walkabout

Sat 24 May: RMB LAF25
In Conversation: Peter Cohen & David Krut

Sat 24 May: RMB LAF25
The Xylomantis

Sat 24 May: RMB LAF25
Investigating The Works On Show – Kevin Collins In Conversation With Gordon Froud

Sat 24 May: RMB LAF25
Walkabout With Thando Salaman

Sat 24 May: RMB LAF25
Whiteriver Gallery Artist Walkabout

Sat 24 May: RMB LAF25
Occupying The Gallery Presents “Isikhanda” – A Performance Piece Created By Mlondi Magubane

Sat 24 May: RMB LAF25
Decoding Cross-Cultural Currents – Austria, France & South Africa

Sat 24 May: RMB LAF25
Collaboration Revolution: Where Art And Design Converge For Global Impact

Sat 31 May NORVAL
at 11am | Art & Sip

05-14 June: RUST EN VREDE GALLERY
Portrait Award 2025 Entries Open: 5 June Close: 14 June 2025

06 – 16 June: HERMANUS FYNARTS

Sat 07 June: HERMANUS FYNARTS
Gayton McKenzie in conversation with Ismail Mahomed

Sun 08 June: HERMANUS FYNARTS
Meet the Festival Artist: Nkgopoleng Mobi talks Mary Sibande

Sun 08 June: HERMANUS FYNARTS
Meet the Artists on the Cliffs:In discussion with Sandra Hanekom

Mon 09 June: HERMANUS FYNARTS
Conversation: ​Frank Kilbourn and Charles Shields

Wed 11 June: HERMANUS FYNARTS
History of Flowers in Art: Kayleen Wrigley

Mon 16 June: HERMANUS FYNARTS
Origin of Symbolism in Art: Mike Bruton

​Sat 07 June: HERMANUS FYNARTS
Earth to Art: Ceramics Exhibition

Sat 07 June: HERMANUS FYNARTS
Festival Artist 2025 Mary Sibande Guest Speaker: Frank Kilbourn

06–16 June: HERMANUS FYNARTS
Dreams: Fibre Exhibition

06–16 June: HERMANUS FYNARTS
Sculptures at The Wine Glass

06–16 June: HERMANUS FYNARTS
Echoes from the Edge Sculptors on the Cliff

10 -11 June: SASOL NEW SIGNATURES
VISUAL ARTS COMPETITION – SUBMISSIONS 2025

26 June to 6 July 2025 National Arts Festival

ARTB GALLERY[ont]BLOOT/Unveiled:

AVA
A Collection to a Degree Jean-Claude Nsabimana | Rory Emmett | Nobukho Nqaba | Ulriche Jantjes
Ends 17 May Catalogue 

AVA
Keiskamma Artists in Profile Group show | Curated by Michaela Howse and Cebo Mvubu
Ends 17 May
Catalogue

AVA
Watching the Sky Fall Dale Washkansky
Ends 17 May
Catalogue 

ART@AFRICA
The Art of Evolution – The Evolution of Art
Exhibition is inspired by Charles Darwin’s travels to the Cape

CAPE GALLERY
The Nature of nature Group Exhibition Closing May 31

EBONY CURATED Cape Town
 Journey Mercies

GALLERY F

Launch of the Random Photo Journal

IZIKO  NATIONAL GALLLERY 
There’s something I must tell you Sue Williamson’s retrospective. Ends 24 Sep

NEL ART 
When I arrived, you’d already left, Rhett Martyn ends 25 May

THOMARTS GALLERY
Where Art Meets The eye

NORVAL FOUNDATION
We, the People: 30 Years of Democracy in SA 22 Nov.

NORVAL FOUNDATION
Kaloki Nyamai: Ithokoo masuiluni  Ends 22 November

NORVAL FOUNDATION
Norval Sovereign African Art Prize sponsored by Schroders 20 April

NORVAL FOUNDATION
Billie Zangewa: Breeding Ground Ends: 11 Sep 25

RUST EN VREDE
Antoinette du Plessis Random Variables
Ends 17 May

RUST EN VREDE
Pulp Fiction: A Group Exhibition of Paper Narratives
Ends 17 May

IS ART GALLERY BLOUKLIPPEN WINE ESTATE
‘Unfiltered’. Solo Photographic exhibition by Lukas Stander

GLEN CARLOU GALLERY: KLAPMUTS
Outside in Out Special guest Strijdom van der Merwe Ends – 25 May

EBONY/CURATED 
Bordeaux House Franschhoek: TERRAIN

RK CONTEMPORARY
Between Shadows and Light Ends 25 May

RUPERT MUSEUM Stellenbosch
From the Vault Ends soon

FYNARTS GALLERY
Hermanus

ARTIST PROOF STUDIO
Online Print Shop

ASSOCIATION ART PRETORIA
Nasrin Shafiei: Floating in the folds until 17 May 2025

GALLERY 2
Green is not a colour: Bruce Backhouse
Ends 10 May Catalogue

MELROSE GALLERY
Pascal Konan’s Solo Exhibition, Unfinished Symphony

OLIWENHUIS
Mythologies of Time: A solo exhibition by Simon Vent Ends 4 May

THE VIEWING ROOM
Monna Ke Nku- A Man is a sheep Ends 05 May

GFI GALLERY PE
Collecting the Standard Bank Corporate Art Collection Ends:3 June

NELSON MANDELA MET ART MUSEUM PE

KZNSA Gallery, Durban