Joburg Art Highlights: Thu, Nov 17 – Wed, Nov 23, 2022

more than a year ago

Figures and Symbols, Walter Batiss. Lot 821 at Stephan Welz & Co

Egoli Gas Works, 2022, Rebecca Potterton, watercolour.

How to keep a secret III, 2022, Ayobola Kekere-Ekun, Paper, Fabric and acrylic on canvas.

There's a wealth of new exhibitions opening this week as the year's art calendar draws to a close. Here's our top picks of what you should see this week.

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From left to right: Figures and Symbols, Walter Batiss. Lot 821 at Stephan Welz & Co.; Egoli Gas Works, 2022, Rebecca Potterton, watercolour; How to keep a secret III, 2022, Ayobola Kekere-Ekun, Paper, Fabric and acrylic on canvas.

Exhibition openings

Opening Fri, Nov 19 – Absa's 2021 L’Atelier Ambassadors interrogate ideas of home at the Absa Gallery with Refuge: An uncommon home.
Opening Sat, Nov 19 08:00–16:00 – Head to Breezeblock to see Johannesburg Alphabet, a collection of miniature paintings by Rebecca Potterton of the objects and places that are part of Joburg's iconography.
Opening Sat, Nov 19 at 10:00 – William Kentridge's monumental new exhibition Studio Life Gravures at David Krut Projects Gallery.
Opening Wed, Nov 23 at 18:30 – Goodman Gallery present A Different Now is Close Enough to Exhale on You, a group exhibition curated by writer Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung.

Landscapes for change

Until Wed, Nov 30 – Ronald Vles and ACFS host Remembering our Roots at Constitution Hill, an exhibition in memory of ACFS' founder Trevor Huddleston with all proceeds going to ACFS' child-support schemes.

Register to bid

Open until Sat Nov 19 – Stephan Welz & Co.'s penultimate premium auction takes place soon and you can view the amazing collection of artworks on sale at their Rosebank showroom.

Stalwart of South African art

Until Wed, Nov 30 – The acclaimed Dr Esther Mahlangu presents 87 new works in celebration of her birthday at The Melrose Gallery.

Artists' identities

Open by appointment only – Artist Sinalo Ngcaba delves into her personal identity and experiences with KWENZEKILE at Bubblegum Gallery. Email zahra@bubblegumclub.co.za to book a viewing.

Until Sat, Nov 26 – Son of Langa curates Identity and Community, a group exhibition featuring artists Andile Bhala, Lerato Ntili, Mankebe Seakgoe and Mmangaliso Nzuza, showing at The Playground Market's Archive Space.