Everard Read Gallery Johannesburg

Everard Read Gallery Johannesburg Southern Africa's most renowned commercial art gallery, est. 1913
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We are pleased to share “Marvellous Realism”, an exhibition supported by the KT Wong Foundation, featuring works by Sout...
17/06/2026

We are pleased to share “Marvellous Realism”, an exhibition supported by the KT Wong Foundation, featuring works by South African artist Mary Sibande.

First presented at Fotografiska Shanghai, the exhibition forms part of a broader curatorial focus on contemporary African photography and visual culture, bringing together artists whose practices explore identity, history, memory and representation through lens-based and expanded photographic approaches.

The Shanghai presentation welcomed over 70,000 visitors, reflecting strong public engagement and growing international interest in contemporary African art.

Lady Linda Wong Davies, founder of the KT Wong Foundation and co-organizer of “Marvellous Realism” said:

“We are thrilled to have conceived this vitally important show promoting China-Africa cultural relations and collaborate with these wonderful co-curators to bring this to life - never before in Asia have we been witness to an exhibition that seeks above all to nurture greater awareness and understanding of these culturally beneficial relations through this fascinating art medium, rethink prejudices about China and Africa and promote the fertile creative potential Africa can offer to the rest of the world.” Source: Fotografiska Shanghai.

The exhibition continues its journey in Hangzhou at the Winland Cultural Centre, running from 25 April 2026 until the first week of October 2026.

Image credit: Fotografiska Shanghai.

Lionel Smit | Reduced ElementEverard Read London15 May - 13 June 2026Everard Read London presents “Reduced Element”, an ...
15/06/2026

Lionel Smit | Reduced Element

Everard Read London
15 May - 13 June 2026

Everard Read London presents “Reduced Element”, an exhibition of new paintings and bronze sculpture by renowned South African artist Lionel Smit.

Best known for his contemporary portraiture, Smit’s practice is shaped by an ongoing dialogue between painting and sculpture. In this latest body of work, he continues his exploration of identity through a deliberately restrained palette, allowing gesture, texture and form to take centre stage.

The resulting portraits possess both strength and vulnerability, inviting a closer consideration of the human face as a site of expression, character and presence.

Now on view at Everard Read London.

12/06/2026

Everard Read Johannesburg, CIRCA is pleased to present “When We Gather... the ordinary becomes extraordinary” in collaboration with Bag Factory Artists' Studios, one of Johannesburg’s most influential spaces for artistic exchange, experimentation and creative development.

For over three decades, the Bag Factory has played a vital role in supporting generations of artists through residencies, mentorship and dialogue, fostering connections between South Africa and the wider international art community.

Bringing together diverse voices and practices, the exhibition reflects the spirit of creativity and exchange that has defined the Bag Factory since its founding in 1991.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the opening and contributed to such a memorable evening.

“When We Gather… the ordinary becomes extraordinary” remains on view at CIRCA until 3 July 2026.

Jeanne Hoffman | Gardening FragmentsEverard Read Johannesburg14 May - 13 June 2026Jeanne Hoffman describes her practice ...
10/06/2026

Jeanne Hoffman | Gardening Fragments

Everard Read Johannesburg
14 May - 13 June 2026

Jeanne Hoffman describes her practice as a process of “gardening with fragments” - a metaphor that emerged during the 2020 lockdown, when she returned to collage as a starting point for her work. Since then, collage has remained central to her process, with paintings evolving through layers of assembly, revision and response.

In “Gardening Fragments”, works revisit earlier ideas and images, borrowing from one another across time. Fragments are reconfigured, memories resurface, and landscapes emerge through an ongoing exchange between painting and collage.

Like a garden, these spaces are constantly shifting. They suggest windows, walls and imagined landscapes, reminding us that meaning is never fixed, but continually shaped through movement, connection and return.

On view until 13 June at Everard Read Johannesburg.

Artwork images, credit: Matt Slater

Atang Tshikare | YamolloEverard Read is pleased to share Atang Tshikare’s “Yamollo”, a major sculptural work presented i...
08/06/2026

Atang Tshikare | Yamollo

Everard Read is pleased to share Atang Tshikare’s “Yamollo”, a major sculptural work presented in collaboration with the master artisans of Itogo in Tokyo.

“Yamollo” combines two words: Yama, meaning “mountain” in Japanese, and Mollo, meaning “fire” in Setswana. The work brings these ideas together as a reflection on energy, transformation, and the forces that reside within both landscape and spirit.

The sculpture is constructed from 1,200 elements of Iga Kumihimo, a traditional Japanese braided cord craft. Nine hundred elements form the central body of the work, while three hundred create the surrounding shield-like structures.

The conceptual foundation of “Yamollo” draws from three interconnected sources, each culminating in the idea of fire as an internal source of energy.

The three surrounding shields reference an African spiritual trinity: mother, father, and synthesis. At the centre, a fire resides within the mountain, just as spirit resides within the body. Energy emerges from this interior source and manifests as awareness, transformation, and presence.

“Yamollo” brings together African and Japanese cultural lineages through a shared commitment to material knowledge, craftsmanship, and storytelling.

Artwork images, credit: Noritoshi Kuroki

Nicola Bailey | Between Dog and Wolf / Entre Chien et LoupEverard Read Johannesburg14 May - 13 June 2026Nicola Bailey’s ...
05/06/2026

Nicola Bailey | Between Dog and Wolf / Entre Chien et Loup

Everard Read Johannesburg
14 May - 13 June 2026

Nicola Bailey’s “Between Dog and Wolf / Entre Chien et Loup” moves through states of transition - where figures are neither fully formed nor fully lost, but held in an in-between space.

Across sculpture, painting and drawing, her work leans into gesture and atmosphere, allowing images to emerge gradually through touch and repetition rather than fixed description. What results is less a narrative than a shifting encounter with presence.

We invite you to experience “Between Dog and Wolf / Entre Chien et Loup” in person at Everard Read Johannesburg. On view until 13 June.

Sanell Aggenbach | NeoNatureInstallation views from Sanell Aggenbach’s recent exhibition at Everard Read Johannesburg.“N...
03/06/2026

Sanell Aggenbach | NeoNature

Installation views from Sanell Aggenbach’s recent exhibition at Everard Read Johannesburg.

“NeoNature” brought together a selection of works spanning painting, printmaking, and sculpture, reflecting Aggenbach’s continued engagement with history, memory, and the shifting nature of interpretation.

Working across disciplines, Aggenbach explores how narratives are constructed and continually reimagined through form, material, and image.

Thank you to all who visited the exhibition.

Installation images, credit: Paris Brummer

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GIRLS 3000 | A group show Everard Read Cape Town7 May - 3 June 2026In 2024, Dominique Cheminais and Keely Shinners curat...
01/06/2026

GIRLS 3000 | A group show

Everard Read Cape Town
7 May - 3 June 2026

In 2024, Dominique Cheminais and Keely Shinners curated a pop-up exhibition called “GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS” that took place over the course of two nights at Brett Charles Seiler’s Cape Town studio. The show explored femininity and its discontents through works on paper and artist-crafted garments. In 2025, they followed up the show with a sequel, “GIRLS TOO: TOO MUCH, NEVER ENOUGH”, which gathered a group of eighteen artists at Lemkus Gallery to think more deeply about the questions ‘What is it that makes us girls?’, ‘Who’s us?’, ‘What’s girls?’

Since then, the duo have opened a project space in the heart of Cape Town called “GIRLS GALLERY. GIRLS GALLERY” exhibitions are both ambitious and DIY, erring on the side of the maximalist, the over-the-top, the wacky, weird, glamorous, too-much side of life. The aim is to produce shows that are surprising, unexpected and inventive, incubating the talents of emerging artists while giving established artists the opportunity to experiment and play.

“GIRLS 3000”, a collaboration with Everard Read, is GIRLS with the volume turned up. The works meditate on femininity at the edge of femininity: its contradictions, excesses, slippages – its mess.

Nicola Bailey | Between Dog and Wolf / Entre Chien et LoupEverard Read Johannesburg14 May - 13 June 2026Nicola Bailey bu...
29/05/2026

Nicola Bailey | Between Dog and Wolf / Entre Chien et Loup

Everard Read Johannesburg
14 May - 13 June 2026

Nicola Bailey builds her practice through close looking, often returning to the presence of animals as both subject and companion. Working across drawing, painting and sculpture, her work is shaped by observation and the quiet dynamics of shared space.

“Between Dog and Wolf / Entre Chien et Loup” considers states of transition - where clarity gives way to uncertainty, and the boundaries between human and animal perception begin to blur.

On view at Everard Read Johannesburg until 13 June 2026.

Installation images, credit: Graham De Lacy

Jeanne Hoffman | Gardening FragmentsEverard Read Johannesburg14 May - 13 June 2026Jeanne Hoffman explores the emotional ...
27/05/2026

Jeanne Hoffman | Gardening Fragments

Everard Read Johannesburg
14 May - 13 June 2026

Jeanne Hoffman explores the emotional and socio-cultural dimensions of place, drawing on fragmented recollections and multiple viewpoints from her everyday environment. Working between collage and painting, she assembles referential forms in relation to one another, creating spaces where movement, dialogue and meaning emerge.

In “Gardening Fragments”, Hoffman approaches painting as a process of assembling and tending to fragments. Rooted in Roger Robinson’s idea of “A Portable Paradise”, the exhibition considers what is carried, concealed and returned to in moments of pressure.

Through repetition, adjustment and return, the works open up contemplative spaces where landscape is both constructed and remembered.

We invite you to experience “Gardening Fragments” in person until 13 June 2026.

Installation images, credit: Graham De Lacy

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