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The Melrose Gallery We represent talented artists from the Continent of Africa and Diaspora.

The Melrose Gallery is a leading Pan African Contemporary art gallery located in Melrose Arch, Johannesburg; sister Gallery to AOCA - Art of Contemporary Africa, San Francisco, US.

07/10/2026

Beautiful art belongs in beautiful homes. 🖼️

We've partnered with fine-art photographer Clint Strydom to bring his work to deco·me — his series matched to each of our five style profiles, from the quiet seascapes of Japandi to the deep tones of Contemporary Luxe.

Take the free style quiz, discover your style, and see which of his artworks belongs on your wall.

Artworks available through The Melrose Gallery.

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Congrats to Pitika Ntuli and Antoinette Ntuli on the launch of the Ntuli Foundation
22/09/2026

Congrats to Pitika Ntuli and Antoinette Ntuli on the launch of the Ntuli Foundation

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09/09/2026

Sneak Peak...
A first glimpse of new work by Ndabuko Ntuli — wood, found objects, pins, paint and beads, built layer by layer into faces that change the closer you get.
Solo exhibition @ The Melrose Gallery, Coming October 2026. Details to follow.

08/09/2026

Spring has arrived at The Melrose Gallery 🌸
New works are on the walls — and the room has never felt brighter. Colour, bronze and light. Works by Dr Esther Mahlangu, Samuel Allerton, Carol Cauldwell, Njabulo Hlophe, Vusi Beauchamp, Noria Mabasa, Papytsho Mafolo, Arlene Amaler-Raviv, Paul Blomkamp and Clint Strydom.
Come and see them in person. We're open daily at Melrose Arch, Johannesburg, and we ship worldwide.
📍 The Melrose Gallery, Melrose Arch
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Colour laid on and laid on again until the surface becomes terrain. A private language of marks, drawn from Sudan and fr...
05/09/2026

Colour laid on and laid on again until the surface becomes terrain. A private language of marks, drawn from Sudan and from a life spent moving — the UK, Germany, Egypt, and finally South Africa.
For Salim, a painting is not a statement. It’s the opening of a conversation.

Aza Mansongi was a left-handed girl in Kinshasa made to write with her right hand. School nearly broke her. Drawing gave...
05/09/2026

Aza Mansongi was a left-handed girl in Kinshasa made to write with her right hand. School nearly broke her. Drawing gave the line back.
A figure assembles out of cut and layered pattern against an olive ground — printed cloth, a white lace collar, yellow butterflies clustered where the mouth should be. Look for where one shape ends and the next begins, and you won’t find it.
Nothing here resolves. It just circles, quietly.
Under the Veuls of Silence, 2025. Acrylic on canvas.

When beautiful art finds a beautiful home 🥰This Kimono pair by Sam Brown, bring to life this Japandi space so perfectly.
05/08/2026

When beautiful art finds a beautiful home 🥰

This Kimono pair by Sam Brown, bring to life this Japandi space so perfectly.

Every Mandela Day, we're reminded: it is in our hands now.Today, we invite you to spend some of your 67 minutes with us ...
18/07/2026

Every Mandela Day, we're reminded: it is in our hands now.
Today, we invite you to spend some of your 67 minutes with us — walking through Madiba: A Life Reflected and reflecting on the values Mandela lived by.
Swipe through for a look inside the exhibition, on show now in collaboration with the Nelson Mandela Foundation
The exhibition remains open to the public throughout Mandela Day and for the rest of July.
📍 The Melrose Gallery, Melrose Arch
🗓️ Until 31 July

This Mandela Month, The Melrose Gallery opens Madiba: A Life Reflected — Art, Memory and the Human Legacy of Nelson Mand...
16/07/2026

This Mandela Month, The Melrose Gallery opens Madiba: A Life Reflected — Art, Memory and the Human Legacy of Nelson Mandela.

Presented in collaboration with the , the exhibition brings works from the Foundation's Archive Repository and Gifts Collection together with pieces from our own collection — portraits, personal tributes, cultural objects and contemporary artworks that reflect on Madiba not only as an icon, but as a deeply human presence.

Contemporary works by Dr Esther Mahlangu, Dr Noria Mabasa, Dr Willie Bester and Clint Strydom sit alongside rare archival material, across three themes: The Man Before the Icon, Gifts of Gratitude, and Shared Values.

📍 10 The High Street, Melrose Arch, Johannesburg
🗓️ Open to the public, 13 – 31 July

03/07/2026

WHERE LIGHT BECOMES THE LANGUAGE: Paul Blomkamp - new and select works 2024–2026

Visit online @ artsy
https://www.artsy.net/show/the-melrose-gallery-where-light-becomes-the-language-paul-blomkamp-new-and-select-works-2024-2026

Seen here for the first time, Where the light becomes the language, brings together new works from the Magaliesberg series 2026 along with the acclaimed Quantum Poems cycle.

Paul Blomkamp is a South African master who transforms invisible energy into luminous, precise paintings inspired by his near-death experience and mastery of the art and practice of stained glass making.

Address

10 High Street, Melrose Arch
Johannesburg
2196

Opening Hours

Monday 09:00 - 18:00
Tuesday 09:00 - 18:00
Wednesday 09:00 - 18:00
Thursday 09:00 - 18:00
Friday 09:00 - 18:00
Saturday 09:00 - 17:00
Sunday 09:00 - 17:00

Telephone

+27837776644

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