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African Art Collection

40 Years of Collecting: A Celebration of the Standard Bank African Art Collection (Wits Art Museum) is an exhibition that celebrates the work borne of a remarkable partnership between Standard Bank and the University of the Witwatersrand to build one of the largest classical African art collections in the southern hemisphere.

It is in this sentiment of commitment that the exhibition takes as a reflection of the past four decades of collecting. The exhibition is a kind of trajectory of the collection and focuses on the moments that have shaped and defined an understanding of its many objects, artefacts, artworks and material culture that make up the many groups living in South Africa and Africa today. These defining moments are laid out in the exhibition to map the subtle socio-political nuances of how culture has to a large extent remained the same but is also constantly evolving.

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GALLERY LOCATION
Standard Bank Gallery

Cnr Simmonds and, Frederick St, Marshalltown, Johannesburg, 2001

Entrance from Harrison Street, Safe and Secure Parking

GALLERY HOURS
Operating hours

Due to the current health risks associated with COVID-19 the Standard Bank Gallery will be closed from Thursday, 17 March 2020 until further notice.  

For enquiries please email: Same.Mdluli@standardbank.co.za​

KEY EVENTS
Exhibition dates to note
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Exhibition works
Educational supplement

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Past exhibitions
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Black Aesthetic
A Black Aesthetic: A View of South African Artists
22 to 18 April 2019
The Standard Bank Gallery
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David Koloane Moonlight and Braziers
David Koloane
4 to 6 December 2019
Standard Bank Gallery
Gallery
Gabrielle Goliath
Gabrielle Goliath: This Song Is For…
26 to 14 September 2019
Standard Bank Gallery