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Gallery 2 Over the last 30 years, Gallery 2 has established itself as one of South Africa’s leading fine art Galleries.

Over the last 20 years, Gallery 2 (previously known as Gallery at the Square on Nelson Mandela Square) has established itself as one of South Africa’s leading fine art galleries. Built on a strong affection for the arts, it seeks to promote contemporary South African artists across a variety of disciplines, focusing particularly on the promotion and support of young up-coming artists. In May 2010, the gallery relocated to what has become known as the “Art Strip” on Jan Smuts avenue in Parkwood, Johannesburg. Rebranded as Gallery 2, it continues to draw on the ever-present talent and energy of South Africa’s visual artists, finding its niche within the South African art market, as well as providing an environment that is enjoyed and supported by artists, private and corporate patrons alike. The gallery also provides an art consultancy service. We have provided this service successfully to many private collectors, and have also been appointed as art consultants and suppliers for various corporate projects and collections.

Please join us this October for FLOCK, a group exhibition curated by Wessel van Huyssteen.Featuring 30 artists, includin...
09/10/2026

Please join us this October for FLOCK, a group exhibition curated by Wessel van Huyssteen.

Featuring 30 artists, including Bokang Nkejane (Two Ducks, oil pastel on paper, 2026, pictured).

Opening Saturday 24 October, 11h00 to 14h00!
24 October 2026 – 30 January 2027

Gallery 2, 142 Jan Smuts, Parkwood
Tue–Fri 10h00–16h00, Sat 10h00–14h00

06/10/2026
“I work intuitively, the ink and I play, dance and get lost. I don’t like to work with any preconceived ideas; I allow m...
04/10/2026

“I work intuitively, the ink and I play, dance and get lost. I don’t like to work with any preconceived ideas; I allow myself the freedom to make. While some works and I may battle others are simpler to make. I may not always have the words to express what I want to say, but my art is my language, my way of making sense of the world, and my experience of it.”

Kyra Papé Holz
If I Fall Too Far V & VI
Archival inks and acrylic medium on Fabriano paper
100 x 35.5cm each, 2026

If you tear the paper, the ship will sink.
A solo exhibition by
Kyra Papé Holz
5 September- 10 October, 2026

Kyra Papé Holz, Stillness II, Archival ink on acid free paper, 59.5 x 42cm, 2026If you tear the paper, the ship will sin...
26/09/2026

Kyra Papé Holz, Stillness II, Archival ink on acid free paper, 59.5 x 42cm, 2026

If you tear the paper, the ship will sink.
A solo exhibition by
Kyra Papé Holz
5 September- 10 October, 2026

Kyra Papé Holz, Stillness I, Archival ink on acid free paper, 59.5 x 42cm, 2026If you tear the paper, the ship will sink...
23/09/2026

Kyra Papé Holz, Stillness I, Archival ink on acid free paper, 59.5 x 42cm, 2026

If you tear the paper, the ship will sink.
A solo exhibition by
Kyra Papé Holz
5 September- 10 October, 2026

Kyra Papé Holz, Into Nightfall, Archival inks and acrylic medium on Fabriano paper, 100 x 140cm, 2026If you tear the pa...
23/09/2026

Kyra Papé Holz, Into Nightfall, Archival inks and acrylic medium on Fabriano paper, 100 x 140cm, 2026

If you tear the paper, the ship will sink.
A solo exhibition by
Kyra Papé Holz
5 September- 10 October, 2026

“If you tear the paper, the ship will sink.” – alludes to the ideas of disruption, balance and fragility. It is human na...
23/09/2026

“If you tear the paper, the ship will sink.” – alludes to the ideas of disruption, balance and fragility. It is human nature to crave a sense of understanding, whether the answers are accessible or not. In her capacity, Papé Holz tries to make sense of the chaos of life through her abstract artworks. In her process, she visualises control and repetition co-existing with fluid and free mark-making. Her work does not intend to display difference, rather she explores the blurring of the boundary.

The Taste of Silver Rain is Never Going To Fill You Up, Various inks, charcoal and acrylic on paper, 75 x 136cm, 2023, Framed

If you tear the paper, the ship will sink.
A solo exhibition by
Kyra Papé Holz
5 September- 10 October, 2026

Kyra Papé Holz is an abstract artist working with fluid mediums. She explores form and its disruption through drawing, p...
23/09/2026

Kyra Papé Holz is an abstract artist working with fluid mediums. She explores form and its disruption through drawing, painting, printmaking and sculpture. Her interests are in the boundaries or non-boundaries that are being pushed, destabilised, or contained. Her practice is a response to her personal, emotional, and physical material experiences.

“I would simply like to move through the chaos, to find moments of peace, to find balance.”

Kyra Papé Holz, I Felt it in a Breeze, Various archival inks on paper, 50 x 99cm, 2026

If you tear the paper, the ship will sink.
A solo exhibition by
Kyra Papé Holz
5 September- 3 October, 2026

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142 Jan Smuts Avenue
Johannesburg
2193

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Tuesday 10:00 - 16:00
Wednesday 10:00 - 16:00
Thursday 10:00 - 16:00
Friday 10:00 - 16:00
Saturday 10:00 - 14:00

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