Since inception in 2003, Stevenson gallery has morphed from Michael Stevenson to Brodie Stevenson, and now has two galleries in Cape Town and Johannesburg that focus on the work of artists from the region. The gallery also has an extensive publications programme and an international exhibition rooster that often brings the work of people like […]
From March 15 to May 5, 2018, Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town will present Paintings and Posters, an exhibition of recent work by South African artist Zander Blom. Over the past decade, Blom’s fascination with the development of abstraction in modern art has given rise to a range of strictly non-figurative experiments in painting. Traversing diverse techniques, […]
From March 24 to May 4, 2018, Stevenson Johannesburg will present The Human Abstract, a solo exhibition of new paintings by South African artist Deborah Poynton. This body of work is titled after a poem by William Blake, from his Songs of Experience, published in 1794. Poynton writes: In this poem, Blake says that each virtue […]
From January 18 to March 10, 2018, Stevenson, Cape Town will present Here I Am, A Concrete Man, Throwing Himself Into Abstraction, an exhibition of recent works by South African artist Kemang Wa Lehulere. Using sculpture, installation and drawing, Wa Lehulere continues his questioning of historical narratives while exploring new formal possibilities. In Here I am, a […]
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From February 3 to March 2, 2018, Stevenson, Johannesburg will present Dealing with the Future, a solo exhibition by Thierry Oussou. Oussou was born in 1988 in Allada, Benin, where he founded the art studio Yè. He continues to give workshops on arts and visual culture in schools and cultural institutions across Benin. He has participated […]
Stevenson Gallery, Johannesburg is pleased to present The snake you left inside me, a solo exhibition by Nandipha Mntambo. Here, Mntambo uses paintings, sculpture, and mono-prints to deliver a new chapter in her ongoing meditation on binaries. The snake you left inside me explores the interdependence of shadow and light, alluding to the tensions inherent […]
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From October 21 to November 17, 2017, Stevenson Gallery Johannesburg will present Put your Heart Under your Feet … and Walk!, a solo exhibition by South African performance artist Steven Cohen. The exhibition is an intense meditation on loss, grief and absence, following the death of Cohen’s partner and artistic collaborator, the dancer Elu. The work […]
From October 12 to November 25, 2017, Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town will present Museum of the Revolution by leading South African photographer Guy Tillim, who recently received the 2017 Henri Cartier-Bresson Award for this new body of work. Over the past four years, Tillim has been photographing the streets of African cities including Johannesburg, Durban, […]
This month of October brings an exciting line up of must-see exhibitions across Africa. Here are some of our favourites. Kiluanji Kia Henda: In the Days of a Dark Safari Goodman Gallery, Cape Town October 7–28, 2017 In the Days of a Dark Safari marks Kiluanji Kia Henda’s first solo exhibition with Goodman Gallery. The […]
From August 19 to October 13, 2017, Stevenson Gallery will present Fugitive, a solo exhibition by South African artist, Moshekwa Langa. Conceived as a homecoming, this will be the artist’s first showing in Johannesburg, and his first exhibition of new work in the city since 2009. It is often remarked that Langa’s work since the […]