Goodman Gallery

Goodman Gallery

Artists and Writers

An international contemporary art gallery with locations in Johannesburg, Cape Town, London and New York.

About us

An International Contemporary Art Gallery With Locations In Johannesburg, Cape Town, London and New York. The gallery represents artists whose work confronts entrenched power structures and inspires social change. Goodman Gallery has held the reputation as a pre-eminent art gallery on the African continent since 1966. It has been pivotal in shaping contemporary South African art, bringing Lisa Brice, David Goldblatt, William Kentridge, David Koloane, Sam Nhlengethwa and Sue Williamson to the world’s attention for the first time during the apartheid era. Since Liza Essers became owner and director in 2008, the gallery roster has grown by more than 30 international artists, with a focus on women from the African Diaspora and beyond. Goodman Gallery has a global programme working with prominent and emerging international artists whose work engages in a dialogue with African and post-colonial contexts. Some of these artists include Ghada Amer, El Anatsui, Candice Breitz, Alfredo Jaar, Grada Kilomba, Kapwani Kiwanga, Shirin Neshat, Ernesto Neto, Tabita Rezaire, Yinka Shonibare CBE, Mikhael Subotzky and Hank Willis Thomas. Critical to this programme has been the introduction of two ongoing curatorial initiatives: “In Context”, which explores tensions of place and belonging; and “South-South”, which considers connections between artists from the “global south”. Goodman Gallery’s expansion to London furthers this mission to confront dominant historical narratives and to contribute to contemporary art discourse and social repair. Goodman Gallery has a legacy of facilitating broader social access to art, serving in an institutional capacity through its public programming, publishing, and education. The gallery and its artists have a history of supporting NGOs in the healthcare sector and committed to advocating for human rights in South Africa.

Website
http://goodman-gallery.com
Industry
Artists and Writers
Company size
11-50 employees
Headquarters
Johannesburg
Type
Privately Held
Founded
1966
Specialties
Fine Art

Locations

Employees at Goodman Gallery

Updates

  • 📆 Mark your calendars! New Exhibitions in January: William Kentridge To Cross One More Sea  Opening 25 January  Goodman Gallery Johannesburg Misheck Masamvu Opening 6 February  Goodman Gallery London Ernest Cole  House of Bondage: Vintage works from the Ernest Cole Family Trust - Part 3 Opening 18 January  Goodman Gallery Cape Town Landings (again) A group exhibition  Opening 6 January  Goodman Gallery New York #WilliamKentridge #MisheckMasamvu #ErnestCole #GoodmanGallery

  • 🖌 #ArtistFocus | Pélagie Gbaguidi @pelagie_gbaguidi describes herself as a contemporary ‘griot’ - a West African storyteller - which she defines as someone who functions as an intermediary between individual memory and ancestral past. Her work is an anthology of the signs and traces of trauma, offering ways to think through colonial and postcolonial history. She recontextualises archives and official histories to reveal processes of forgetting. Current museum exhibition: ✨ 'Murmurations' at Contemporary Art Museum of Haute-Vienne – Château de Rochechouart Until 15 December Upcoming: ✨ Gbaguidi will have a solo exhibition at our Cape Town gallery in October — Installation views, Murmurations, 2024 Photography by Aurélien Mole #PelagieGbaguidi #ChateaudeRochechouart #GoodmanGallery

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  • NEW LIMITED EDITION PRINT TO SHOP Sue Williamson  Untitled (Naz Ebrahim) Williamson’s latest limited edition print captures the essence of anti-apartheid and civil rights activist Naz Ebrahim from District Six, Cape Town, who fought against the forced removal of her community under the Group Areas Act. Sales from this print will go towards the artist’s retrospective at Iziko South African National Gallery in Cape Town set to open on February 19, 2025. → Shop Now https://lnkd.in/dYMywBXj

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  • "Marking 40 years at Art Basel, South Africa’s Goodman Gallery presents a comprehensive survey of works by the major artists on its roster alongside more emerging names that are quickly making a mark on the international art world." - as stated by Arun Kakar in their Artsy article, The 10 Best Booths at Art Basel 2024 Visit us at our new location, Stand P11 until 16 June https://lnkd.in/ds-D-4E5

    The 10 Best Booths at Art Basel 2024 | Artsy

    The 10 Best Booths at Art Basel 2024 | Artsy

    artsy.net

  • At Art Unlimited we are delighted to present in collaboration with ACA Galleries a major installation “The Wake and Resurrection of the Bicentennial Negro”, 1975-89 by the late Faith Ringgold. This seminal work was recently a highlight of the artist’s major US touring retrospective which closed this Spring at MCA Chicago. The installation was highlighted by Ocula as a fair highlight Read the full article here: bit.ly/3VemA9P

    What Are the Highlights of Art Basel Unlimited 2024? | News

    What Are the Highlights of Art Basel Unlimited 2024? | News

    ocula.com

  • Preview Now: Art Basel 2024 Visit us at our new location at Stand P11 Faith Ringgold, Art Unlimited, U52 In collaboration with ACA Galleries 13 - 16 June Goodman Gallery’s presentation at Art Basel 2024 will present new works by leading artists from the Continent and Diaspora alongside a major installation by Faith Ringgold at Art Unlimited. At Art Unlimited we are delighted to present in collaboration with ACA Galleries a major installation “The Wake and Resurrection of the Bicentennial Negro”, 1975-89 by the late Faith Ringgold. This seminal work was recently a highlight of the artist’s major US touring retrospective which closed this Spring at MCA Chicago. At the Stand, Goodman Gallery will present major new works by the gallery artists including; a new tapestry by the acclaimed artist El Anatsui alongside their current participation in “Rewilding” at Kunsthaus Baselland on view during the fair. The first glimpse of a new sculptural work “Washer” by William Kentridge, anticipating this July’s world premiere of “The Great Yes, The Great No” at the LUMA Arles alongside a substantial solo exhibition. Your Preview: https://lnkd.in/ebwAb_Dq #ArtBasel2024 #AB2024 #GoodmanGallery #ArtBaselUnlimited

  • Hot off the press 🗞️ The hot-hued, geometric paintings of Atta Kwami were strongly influenced by music, especially of the improvisational kind – and it was in his terrace house in Loughborough that the late Ghanaian artist found his working rhythm alongside his wife, Pamela Clarkson Kwami. The printmaker and teacher explains to Vanessa Peterson for @theworldofinteriors how the syncopation of sharing ideas and commenting on each other’s pieces-in-progress made for a simpatico studio life. Click the link in bio to read the full article 🗓️ Join us for the opening of Kwami's first posthumous exhibition in our📍 London Gallery tomorrow, 16 May from 6 - 8PM Read full article here ↘ https://lnkd.in/dXR84vPe

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  • Goodman Gallery celebrates a significant presence at Venice this year with participation of Kudzanai Chiurai, Gabrielle Goliath, Kiluanji Kia Henda and Yinka Shonibare CBE RA at the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia curated by Adriano Pedrosa, titled 'Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere' Gabrielle Goliath debuts new cycles of her ongoing work 'Personal Accounts'. On view at the Giardini Kiluanji Kia Henda presents 'The Geometric Ballad of Fear', 9 photographs that explore border politics and migration. On view at the Arsenale Kudzanai Chiurai’s single-channel film 'We Live in Silence' offers an introspective journey into colonialism at the dawn of independence. On view at the Arsenale Yinka Shonibare CBE RA's 'Refugee Astronaut' imagines what could happen if we don’t do something about rising water levels and the displacement of people. On view at the Arsenale #goodmangallery #venicebiennale2024 #contemporaryartists 

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  • 🇮🇹 NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC William Kentridge 'SELF-PORTRAIT AS A COFFEE-POT' An exhibition curated by @carolynchristovbakargiev at 📍 Arsenale Institute for Politics of Representation, Venice 📆 17 April — 24 November 2024 from 10:00 am to 7:30 pm During the opening week of the Venice Biennale, from Monday 15 to Friday 19 April, Kentridge and Christov-Bakargiev will converse over a late-night whisky from 11:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m., with special guests. These Midnight Whisky Talks will take place daily and will be live streamed at 11:00 p.m. CET (Central European Time) on the Kentridge studio Instagram @williamkentridgestudio #williamkentridge #williamkentridgestudio #selfportraitasacoffeepot #exhibition #venice

  • Now live! Watch our film spotlighting Yinka Shonibare at Venice Featuring exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of @shonibarestudio’s Biennale Arte artworks, an interview with the artists, and insight into the artist’s practice from Anthony Bennett, Gus Casely-Hayford and Tamsin Hong. “I think as an artist he sets a degree of ambition for the profession which I think it pretty much unrivalled,” states Casely-Hayford (Director, Victoria and Albert Museum East) 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dUH9qpUB #YinkaShonibare #VeniceFilmSeries #BiennaleArte2024 #ScreeningRoom

    Behind The Scenes | Yinka Shonibare CBE RA

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