Visuele Kuns

Holding Ground is a tribute to the enduring strength, resilience and unwavering presence of women. Inspired by the powerful sentiment, “You strike a woman, you strike a rock,” this exhibition explores the role of women as the foundation upon which families, communities and generations are built. Across cultures and throughout history, women have carried the

Women in Art celebrates women’s presence in the art world and the perspectives they bring as creators, storytellers and subjects. The exhibition features a Durban-based photographic duo, both DUT graduates, whose work explores the body as both subject and archive. Thembi Mthembu uses self-portraiture to explore identity and perceptions of the body, while Thalente Khomo

“This Is Where I Post From” is an installation comprising four life-sized, muscular humanoid figures occupying a room in near-total darkness. Their unfinished, generic heads resemble maquettes of digital characters waiting to be assigned personalities. Each figure holds a flickering light, reminiscent of a phone screen at night, casting an eerie glow across its face

In 2026, Artist Proof Studio (APS) celebrates 35 years of nurturing artists, expanding access to arts education and shaping South Africa’s printmaking landscape. Founded in Johannesburg in 1991 during the transition to democracy, APS was built on the principles of equality, opportunity, access and creative excellence. Since then, the Studio has provided training and professional

For 35 years Bag Factory has fostered collaboration, co-learning and experimentation. From its humble building in Newtown its reach extends across the globe several times over. As a meeting point of artists, curators and art writers across generations, disciplines, styles, thematic concerns, Bag Factory incubates and accelerates artists’ careers that leave indelible marks on the

In a world increasingly defined by speed, distraction and constant streams of information, the simple act of paying attention has become increasingly rare. The Practice of Presence brings together several contemporary South African artists whose diverse practices demonstrate that presence is not simply a state of being, but something cultivated through making, observing, remembering and

Contemporary South Africa increasingly resembles an uneasy waiting room – a suspended state in which the democratic promise of upward mobility has been put on hold. To “take a moment” is often offered as a casual comfort, an invitation to pause and reflect, or a way to regain one’s composure. Yet when that sentiment is