Wishing everyone a joyous holiday season and a new year filled with hope and possibilities
The Pretoria Art Museum will close on 24 December 2025 at 12:00 and will reopen on 2 January 2026.
SHADOWS AND MIRRORS BY THOMAS MASINGI AND NEO MLANGENI
Until 18 January 2026 | East Gallery
Thomas Masingi, Overshadowed Neo Mlangeni, What the Mirror Forgot,
by the Unresolved, photography Giclee print
Shadows and Mirrors is an exhibition showing photographic, video, printmaking and multimedia artworks by Thomas Masingi and Neo Mlangeni.
This exhibition investigates issues about identity, particularly in relation to gender. There are so many debates and stereotypes about what being a man or a woman is supposed to be.
However, people have unique ways in which they wish to perform their masculinity or femininity. These performances of gender are usually done through the lenses of our peers, which often leads to a constant need to rehearse our identities so that we fall within what society deems acceptable.
This exhibition seeks to bring to light the shadows we carry. It is about embracing all parts of ourselves in order to have a holistic experience of being. We all have aspects of our personalities that we conceal from the world and parts of ourselves that we dislike.
Shadows and Mirrors can be viewed until Sunday, 18 January 2026.
Information and enquiries:
Hannelie du Plessis (Pretoria Art Museum): 012 358 6748/6750 or [email protected]
Thomas Masingi: 064 610 6549 or [email protected]
LANDSCAPES AND SCENES | North Gallery
The depiction of natural scenery in an artwork is called a landscape. Artists often draw upon the distinct geographical features of their surroundings, using a variety of styles to capture the essence of the land.
In South Africa, the variety and splendour of the natural scene inspire artists. The landscape has been established as one of the primary subject matters in art and at times includes scenes of urban growth.
South African landscape paintings are characterised by their dramatic portrayal of the
country’s diverse environments.
LADY MICHAELIS BEQUEST | Henry Preiss Hall
Follower of Paul de Vos, Fighting Cats, oil on canvas
A selection of seventeenth-century Dutch paintings from the Lady Michaelis Bequest is on view at the Pretoria Art Museum.
The donation by Lady Michaelis in the 1930s of mainly seventeenth-century Dutch and Flemish paintings initially formed the core of the permanent collection of the art museum.
They form an important point of reference from which the museum can approach the story of South African art as it unfolds from about the middle of the nineteenth century to the present day.
TEXTILES AND PRINTS FROM THE PERMANENT ART COLLECTION | South Gallery
Albert Ndlovu, The Israelites moving through Roy Starke, Channelling Earth’s Birth,
The Red Sea, 1968, linocut print on paper quilt and mixed media
On view in the South Gallery is a selection of the museum’s textile collection. Hand-woven tapestries from Rorke’s Drift, modern quilts, embroidery as well as traditional cloth are on view.
To complement the textiles, we have selected some prints from the permanent collection.
Artists such as Azaria Mbatha and John Muafangejo, both well-known Rorke’s Drift artists, as well as Tommy Motswai and Dirk Meerkotter, are featured, to name a few.
COROBRIK CERAMIC COLLECTION 1977–2025 | Rotating exhibition | Ceramic Gallery
The Corobrik Collection is a contemporary collection of ceramics that represents the development of studio ceramics and the work of rural traditional South African potters over almost five decades.
Initially, the collection was started by Stellenbosch Farmers Winery, which in 1977 became the sponsor of national and regional exhibitions by the Association of Potters of Southern Africa (APSA) and purchased the winning pieces from these exhibitions.
In 1982, Corobrik became the sponsor of APSA (now Ceramics Southern Africa) and acquired the collection. Since then, further acquisitions from exhibitions and pieces contributed by members have been added to the collection. The earliest acquired pieces date from 1977 and the newest from 2025.
A STORY OF SOUTH AFRICAN ART | Ongoing | Albert Werth Hall
This selection of artworks from the permanent collection of the Pretoria Art Museum briefly reviews South African art. It includes works by early twentieth-century painters, the Resistance artists of the 1980s and artists of the twenty-first century. The exhibition is based on the secondary school syllabus.
GUIDED TOURS
For information on guided tours, contact Mmutle A Kgokong on 012 358 6752 or [email protected].
Admission (cash only):
Adults: R30,00; pensioners and students:
R15,00; learners: R10,00
The museum is open to the public on Tuesdays
to Sundays between 10:00 and 17:00.
The museum is closed on Mondays and public
holidays.
Pretoria Art Museum
Cnr Francis Baard and Wessels Street
Arcadia Park, Arcadia
Tel: 012 358 6750
Email: [email protected]
