Discover I Left Something on the Table for You, a group exhibition curated by Nthabiseng Mofokeng at The Melrose Gallery, Johannesburg. Featuring works by Falida Nkomo, Masindi Nafisa Mbolekwa, Swaline Mkhonto, Silindokuhle Shandu, and Njabulo Hlophe, the exhibition explores inheritance, memory, ritual, and exchange through painting, collage, printmaking, and oil pastel. Open from 16 May to 14 June 2026 at Melrose Arch.

I Left Something on the Table for You begins with a simple gesture: to leave, to offer, to remain. Curated by Nthabiseng Mofokeng, the exhibition approaches inheritance not as something fixed, but as something continually in motion — shaped through gesture, image, land, and form. The table becomes a site of ritual, memory, and exchange, where histories are carried, altered, and offered forward.

Featuring works by Falida Nkomo, Masindi Nafisa Mbolekwa, Swaline Mkhonto, Silindokuhle Shandu, and Njabulo Hlophe, the exhibition brings together painting, printmaking, collage, and oil pastel. Across these practices, traces, fragments, and presences emerge as carriers of personal and collective memory.

What is left on the table does not settle. It gathers, shifts, and remains in circulation, shaped equally by those who arrive and those who leave something of themselves behind.

Event Details

Date & Time

16/05/2026 until 14/06/2026
Monday–Friday from 09:00 to 18:00
Saturday from 10:00 to 17:00
Sunday from 10:00 to 14:00

Location

10 High Street, Melrose Arch, Johannesburg, 2196, South Africa

Admission

Free:

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craig@themelrosegallery.com
+27 83 777 6644
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The Melrose Gallery

Pan-African contemporary art, showcasing leading and emerging African artists.
290 m² exhibition area within Melrose Arch

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