Looking for an exhibition to visit this weekend, an artist talk worth attending, or a major museum show to plan around? ArtPulse tracks contemporary art exhibitions and events across South Africa, making it easier to follow what’s happening in galleries, museums, art fairs and independent spaces throughout the year.
1-54 London 2026 | Contemporary African Art Fair
15 Oct 2026 – 18 Oct 2026
FNB Art Joburg
4 Sep 2026 – 6 Sep 2026
The Cape Town Photography Festival 2026
2 Sep 2026 – 26 Sep 2026
Winter Wunderkammer at Russell Kaplan Auctioneers
16 Jul 2026 – 26 Jul 2026
Ntshalintshali at EBONY/CURATED at Bordeaux House, Franschhoek
4 Jul 2026 – 2 Aug 2026
Another Day On Earth at 131A Gallery Cape Town
4 Jul 2026 – 31 Jul 2026
Sithenjwa Luthuli – New Prints at Gallery 2, Johannesburg
4 Jul 2026 – 1 Aug 2026
Where We Bloom – Group Exhibition at Lizamore & Associates
4 Jul 2026 – 4 Aug 2026
Brick by Brick- a solo exhibition by Zolile Petshane at WORLDART
2 Jul 2026 – 30 Jul 2026
WILD a solo exhibition by Sue Conradie at WORLDART
2 Jul 2026 – 30 Jul 2026
Being Seen – Group Show at 99 Loop Gallery
2 Jul 2026 – 25 Jul 2026
Unbound: Mending A Kitchen Table – Camilla Pontiggia at Berman Contemporary
1 Jul 2026 – 26 Jul 2026
Between Memory and Migration – Hussein Salim and Mimouni El Houssaïne at Eclectica Contemporary
30 Jun 2026 – 27 Jul 2026
Memory Made Visible -Joel Ogheneruemu Arueya at the Candice Berman Gallery, Johannesburg
27 Jun 2026 – 23 Jul 2026
Homeward Bound: 2026 Matric Exhibition at Zeitz MOCAA
27 Jun 2026 – 30 Aug 2026
South African Artist Ros Koch Selected for Prestigious National Portrait Gallery Exhibition in London
25 Jun 2026 – 7 Oct 2026
The Wound & The Ghost by Michael MacGarry at Everard Read, JHB
25 Jun 2026 – 25 Jul 2026
Seeds of Memory: Zizipho Poswa’s Monumental Decade in Clay – Southern Guild
22 Jun 2026 – 2 Sep 2026
Paivapo (There once was…) | Pyda Nyariri at AVA Gallery Cape Town
18 Jun 2026 – 30 Jul 2026
The Art Of Existing – Kyle Jardine and Careshia Esperanza at AVA Gallery
18 Jun 2026 – 30 Jul 2026
Modern Masters VIII at EBONY/curated
17 Jun 2026 – 25 Jul 2026
Norval Foundation Showcases Winning Student Art Prize Entries
16 Jun 2026 – 1 Feb 2027
Youthful Expression at Rust-en-Vrede Gallery + Clay Museum
13 Jun 2026 – 5 Aug 2026
Art Exhibition Winter – A Group Exhibition Of Contemporary Art at Everard Read
11 Jun 2026 – 25 Jul 2026
If Joburg had a beach, who would go? Unathi Mkonto at Goodman Gallery
6 Jun 2026 – 8 Aug 2026
I Find You All Around Me | Driaan Claassen & Karla Nixon at THK Gallery Cape Town
3 Jun 2026 – 23 Jul 2026
Current Exhibition at Iziko South African National Gallery: In Slavery’s Wake
22 May 2026 – 31 Oct 2026
Thero Makepe Exhibition at Javett Art Centre Pretoria | We Didn’t Choose to Be Born Here
14 May 2026 – 13 Feb 2026
Orchard of the Imagination at Javett Art Centre Pretoria
24 Mar 2026 – 16 Jan 2027
Irma Stern: A Life Of Displacement | Norval Foundation
12 Feb 2026 – 17 Aug 2026
Artist, Joseph Benistant Joins Europe’s Largest Street Art Exhibition in Paris
9 Jan 2026 – 1 Dec 2026
Brett Murray: Wild Life | Norval Foundation
6 Dec 2025 – 22 Nov 2026
Installation By Rita Mawuena Benissan – The Procession | Zeitz MOCAA
25 Oct 2025 – 25 Oct 2026
Githan Coopoo: Tears Now But Heaven Tomorrow | Norval Foundation
15 Oct 2025 – 4 Oct 2026
