Festival Exhibitions 2026
Mwani: Female Seaweed Farmers, Zanzibar
03 Sep 2026 – 27 Sep 2026
Solo Exhibition
Artist:
Lee-Ann Olwage
Venue:
Central Library
Address:
Cape Town
12 Views of Victoria Falls (X4)
03 Sep 2026 – 27 Sep 2026
Solo Exhibition
Artist:
Sean Wilson
Venue:
BIJOU PROJECT SPACE
Address:
178 Lower Main Road, Observatory
I Witnessed This
Group Exhibition
Artist:
The Photographic Collective
Venue:
Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation
Address:
The Old Granary Building, Buitenkant St, District Six, Cape Town
Opening:
03 September 2026, 17:00
Witness: Photography and the Historical Record
03 Sep 2026 – 27 Sep 2026
Exhibition Type: Digital Portfolios
Artist(s):
Mohamed Amin (1943-1996) (Kenya) Illustrated.
Gideon Mendel
Ken Oosterbroek (1963-1994)
Anton Hammel (1969-2011)
Ruth Matau
Felix Dlangamandla
Sumaya Hisham
La Réunion: Construction
Sequins/Sequence
06 Aug 2026 – 17 Sep 2026
Solo Exhibition
Artist:
Ashley Walters
Venue:
AVA Gallery
Address:
35 Church Street, Cape Town
Foundations of Freedom: The Early Years of South Africa’s Democracy
10 Sep 2026 – 27 Sep 2026
Solo Exhibition
Artist:
Patrick de Mervelec (B. 1946 Paris, France)
Venue:
SANLAM ART GALLERY
Address:
2 Strand Street, Bellville
Opening:
Thursday 10 September 2026, 19:00
Hikari wo Tsumeru (Gathering the Light)
03 Sep 2026 – 27 Sep 2026
Solo Exhibition
Artist:
Naoya Yoshikawa
Venue:
Annex Gallery,
Centre for Humanities Research
Address:
University of the Western Cape
Greatmore Campus
A Sense of Place
03 Sep 2026 – 27 Sep 2026
Group Exhibition
Artist(s):
Michael Meyersfield, Tiaan van Deventer and more
Venue:
KINGSBRIDGE ART GALLERY
Address:
15A Bellville Business Park
Mike Pienaar Boulevard, Bellville West
Hond
03 Sep 2026 – 27 Sep 2026
Solo Exhibition
Artist:
Nadia Ettwein
Venue:
Central Library
Address:
Cape Town
Our Heart
Solo Exhibition
Artist:
Marguerite Oelofse (South Africa)
Venue:
ARTVARK GALLERY
Address:
48 Main Road, Kalk Bay
Opening:
02 September 2026, 18:00
International Student Exhibition
03 Sep 2026 – 27 Sep 2026
Exhibition Type: Group Exhibition
Artist: Osaka University of Arts (Naoya Yoshikawa); Kaywon University (Suokwon Yoon); Nelson Mandela University (Glenn Meyer); CPUT (Manyatsa Vilakazi, Waldemar Bussiahn)
Looking at TRUTH
03 Sep 2026 – 27 Sep 2026
Festival Exhibition
Venue:
ASPIRE ART
Address:
Mandela Rhodes House,
21 Church Street, Cape Town
Naturally Embracing Divine Truth
03 Sep 2026 – 27 Sep 2026
Solo Exhibition
Artist:
Gary Hirson
Venue:
Axis Art Gallery
Address:
De Waterkant, Cape Town
Palingenesis
03 Sep 2026 – 27 Sep 2026
Solo Exhibition
Artist:
Justin Dingwall
Venue:
Eclectica Gallery
Address:
Church Street, Cape Town
The Four Kings
02 Sep 2026 – 27 May 2026
Solo Exhibition
Artist:
Inge Norum (B. 1956 Oslo, Norway)
Venue:
ARTVARK GALLERY
Address:
48 Main Road, Kalk Bay
Opening:
02 September 2026, 18:00
Shooting Stars
03 Sep 2026 – 27 Sep 2026
Group Exhibition
Artist(s):
Michael Wyeth
Venue:
WORLDART GALLERY
Address:
Residual Forms
03 Sep 2026 – 27 Sep 2026
Solo Exhibition
Artist:
Thirza Schaap (B. 1971 Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
Venue:
BERMAN CONTEMPORARY
Address:
Shop 5A2 Silo District, Victoria & Albert Waterfront
District Six: People Lived Here
03 Sep 2026 – 27 Sep 2026
Solo Exhibition
Artist:
Jansje Wissema (B 1920, Holland)
Venue:
CAPE MEDICAL MUSEUM
Address:
Old City Hospital Complex, Portswood Road, Green Point
What Is Bound to Disappear
03 Sep 2026 – 27 Sep 2026
Group Exhibition
Curator:
Tanguy Sévat-Denuet
Artist(s):
Edgar Marsy
Romain Philippon
Sandrine Lam
Jean-Marc Grenier
Venue:
Central Library
Address:
Cape Town
Poetics of the Strange
03 Sep 2026 – 27 Sep 2026
Group Exhibition
Artist(s):
Mahefa Dimbiniana Randrianarivelo,
Le Paon Atypique
Venue:
Alliance Française du Cap
Address:
155 Loop Street, Cape Town
