North West
EASTERN CAPE
De Beers Centenary Art Gallery
University of Fort Hare, Alice
Web: www.ufh.ac.za
Epsac Art Gallery
Address: 36 Bird Street, Central, Port Elizabeth
Tel/fax: (041) 585-3641
Ibis Art Centre
In the small town of Nieu-Bethesda - home also to the Owl House, where outsider artist Helen Martens constructed a garden of figuratve scultures with the aid of Koos Malgas - the Ibis Art Centre mounts exhibitions of contemporary art including the !Xoe biennial exhibition of site-specific sculpture.
Address: Martin Street, Nieu-Bethesda
Web: www.ibisartcentre.co.za
King George VI Art Gallery
This provincial gallery houses an important collection of historical Eastern Cape art, including works by the late Gerard Sekoto.
Address: Park Drive, Port Elizabeth
Tel: (041) 586-1030
Fax: (041) 586-3234
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum
Collections include of South African art, particularly from the Eastern Cape, British art, international printmaking and Oriental art, including Indian miniatures and Chinese textiles. There is an active programme of temporary exhibitions.
Address: 1 Park Drive, Port Elizabeth
Web: www.artmuseum.co.za
The Owl House Museum
Over a period of about 12 years in the mid-20th century, Helen Martins and Koos Malgas created from her imaginings the hundreds of sculptures and relief figures that crowd the Camel Yard and cover the walls of the Owl
House. Her favourite animals, owls and camels, predominate, but all manner of real and fantastical beings are to be found.
Address: River Street, Nieu-Bethesda
Web: www.owlhouse.co.za
Peter's Art Gallery
Artists exhibited include Michael Albertyn, Louis Audi, Francois Badenhorst, Sandi Beukes, Adriaan Boshoff, At Botha, Peter Botha, Sydney Carter, Frans Claerhout, Dimitrov, Mark Enslin, Margaret Gradwell, Michael Heyns, Graham Jahme, Susan Jahme, Otto Klar, Amos Langdown, Isabele Le Roux, Wendy Malan, Claudia Meyer, Este Mostert, Paul Munro, Usen Obot, Peter Pharoah, Portchie, Edward Roworth, Johan Smith, Pieter Van Der Westhuizen, Lynette Van Kroolin, Derric Van Rensburg, Marie Vermuelen-Breed, Veronica, Ron Waldeck, Kosie Wium and James Yates.
Address: 18 Da Gama Road, Jeffreys Bay
Web: www.petersgallery.co.za
Ron Belling Art
Gallery
Address: 30 Park Drive, Port Elizabeth
Web: www.ronbelling.co.za
The Vincent Art Gallery
Artists represented include Otto Klar and Adrien Mostart.
Address: 2 Donald Road, Vincent, East London
Web: www.vincentartgallery.co.za
Walter Battiss Gallery
In an official ceremony held in front of the white-gabled house in Paulet Street, Somerset East, in September 1981, Walter Battiss bequeathed his collection of his own art works to "the people of Somerset East and South Africa". The two-storied house with its long, shaded verandah is a familiar landmark in the small Karoo town. The Walter Battiss art gallery was originally built in 1818 and served as an officers’ mess on Somerset Farm.
Address: 45 Paulet Street, Somerset East
Web:
www.somerseteast.co.za
FREE STATE
Gallery 88
This intimate house environment hosts a collection of academic and commercial contemporary South African art.
5 Riemland Street, Sasolburg 1947
Tel/fax: (016) 976 2524
Johannes Stegmann Art Gallery
Based at Free State University of the Free State, the gallery's permanent collection includes art by old South African masters (dating as far back as 1929) alongside a specialised collection of work by the Bloemfontein group and artists from Thaba'nchu and other surrounding towns. The annual Absa L'Atelier Regional Selection show and student exhibition are hosted by the gallery.
Sasol Library, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein
Tel: (051) 401 2706
Oliewenhuis Art Museum
As a satellite of the National Museum in Bloemfontein, the Oliewenhuis concentrates solely on South African art ranging from the
old masters to contemporary paintings, graphics and sculpture. The permanent collection houses works by David Brown, Justinus Khoalibe, Winston Saoli, Ben Botma, Paul Emmanuel, Leora Farber and many others.
16 Harrismith Street, Bloemfontein
Tel: (051) 447 9609
LIMPOPO
Gemco Art Gallery
Masks from all over Africa, paintings from well-known South African artists, craftwork in iron wood, African jade and verdite, Zulu baskets, hand-painted and carved ostrich eggs, hand-carved furniture, mud and batik table cloths, lampstands made from horns and bones and lots more.
Address: Plot 124, Ivydale, Polokwane
Web: www.gemcoart.co.za
Johann Koch Gallery
Experience the feel of the African bush in both the animals and the bushland backdrops and foregrounds that Johann Koch uses lavishly in his paintings.
Address: P.O. Box
662, Mokopane
Web: www.kochart.co.za
Polokwane Art Museum
The museum concentrates on paintings and sculptures by artists from Limpopo. Its permanent collection has been accrued through donations by local
artists, including the prominent Jack Botes.
Address: Danie Hough Cultural Centre, 70 Schoemann Street, Polokwane
Web: www.polokwane.org.za
The Place for Art
Address: 24a Biccard Street, Polokwane
Tel: (015) 295 3954
Tzaneen Museum
The museum houses a notable collection of Tsonga and North Sotho ethnological
artifacts and art, including the world's largest collection of pole carvings from the
region. Among the objects are the royal drums of the famous rain queen Modjadji.
Sculptures by local artists also form part of the permanent collection.
Address: Agatha Street, Tzaneen
Tel:
(015) 307 056
MPUMALANGA
Artist's Press
Professional collaboration, printing and publishing of original hand-printed artists' lithographs. Also artists' books, monotypes and letterpress prints, particularly for artists working in South Africa.
Address: P.O. Box 1236, White River, Mpumalanga
Web: www.artists-press.net
Bosch Studio
Ceramic studio on a smallholding outside White River with a range of work by ceramic artist Anton Bosch, including vast ceramic panels.
Web: www.boschstudio.co.za
Civic Centre Art Gallery
Civic Centre, Nelspruit 1201
Tel: (013) 759 9111
Fax: (013) 759 2070
Danie Smith Studio
Address: 9 Dan Pienaar Street, Dennesig, Middelburg, Mpumalanga
Web:
www.daniesmith.co.za
Eloff Studio
Zakkie Eloff's wildlife paintings, etchings and sketches are available, as are Coral Stephens's woven hangings, Anton Bosch ceramics and Renee Eloff oils and silkscreens. Two kilometres outside White River on the Hazyview road.
Tel: (013) 750 1282
NORTHERN CAPE
Duggan Cronin Gallery
Adjacent to the historical McGregor Museum, this gallery holds a collection of early photographs of Africans by Duggan Cronin, an Irish photographer who arrived in Kimberley in 1897.
Address: Egerton Road, Kimberley
Tel: (053) 842-0099
William Humphreys Art Gallery
The gallery's collection focuses on Dutch and Flemish art from the 16th and 17th centuries, South African art, ceramics and furniture.
Address: Civic Centre, Cullinan Crescent, Kimberley
Web: www.whag.co.za
NORTH WEST
Adlou Art Gallery
Address: St Monica Street, Schoemansville, Hartebeespoort Dam
Web: www.adlou.co.za
Christian Nice Art Gallery
Address: Beethoven Street, Hartebeespoort Dam
Tel: (012) 259 1287
Dietmar Wiening Gallery
South Africa's leading bronze sculptor of marine life and birds. Figurative art, painting and stunning water features are permanently exhibited at the artist's gallery in Broederstroom.
Address: R512 Lanseria Road, Broederstroom, Hartebeestpoort Dam, North West
Web: www.dietmarwiening.com
Hartebeespoort Art Gallery
This gallery focuses mainly on wildlife paintings and features some old South African
masters including Maggie Laubscher and Franz Oerder.
Address: 110 Scott
Street, Schoemansville, Hartbeespoort Dam
Web: www.hartbeespoortdam.com/artgallery
Jo Roos Studio Gallery
Detailed bronzes of African wildlife and life-sized nudes, impressionist oil paintings and watercolours.
Address: De Wilt, near Cheetah Farm, R513, Brits District
Web: www.hartbeespoortdam.com/joroos
Kosmos Art Gallery
Address: 139 Paul Kruger Street, Kosmos Village, Kosmos
Tel: (012) 253 1727
Waterfall Gallery
Address: Waterfall Mall, Augrabies Avenue, Rustenberg
Tel: (014) 537 3320
Willem Annandale Art Gallery
Address: Public library, Melville Street, Lichtenburg 2740
Tel: (018) 632 5051
