Art exhibitions: 13 – 19 November

CHRISTMAS MARKET: Saxonwold Art Events Gallery will hold a Christmas market on 15 November at 11 Engelwold Drive, Saxonwold, from 11am until 5pm. Details: 083 409 4493.

STILLNESS: an exhibition of works by Hermann Niebuhr (paintings), Chris Letcher (music) and Lloyd Ross (video). The opening night performance will begin at 7pm. At The Canopy, 81 De Korte Street, Braamfontein, from 21 November until 7 December. Details: www.niebuhr.co.za

SOLO EXHIBITION: an exhibition of works by American printmaker Jim Dine at White House Gallery, Thrupps Illovo Centre, Oxford Road, Illovo, until 14 November. Details: 011 268 2115; www.whg.co.za

THE EARTH IS WATCHING US: an exhibition of ceramics by Ian Garrett and Christina Bryer; vessels and bracelets woven in copper, silver and brass by the Threads of Africa artists; and photographs by Rauri Alcock, at Kim Sacks Gallery, 153 Jan Smuts Avenue, Parkwood, until 17 November. Details: 011 447 5804; www.kimsacks.com

SEPAR(N)ATION: Alexander Opper’s exhibition seeks to provoke a radical rethinking of existing discourses and clichés associated with Johannesburg’s well-known preoccupation with security and defence. At GoetheOnMain, 245 Main Street, Maboneng Precinct, until 17 November. Details: 011 442 3232; www.goethe.de/johannesburg

STUDIO: a group exhibition showcasing the work of artists, colleagues and friends Lou Almon, Helen Joseph, Ilana Seati, and Jenny Stadler.  The vastly different interpretations by each artist of the same subject matter provides a fascinating visual journey. At In Toto Gallery, 6 Birdhaven Centre, 66 St Andrew Street, Birdhaven, until 18 November. Details: 011 447 6543; www.intotogallery.co.za

RETHINKING THE FUTURE: an exhibition of works by Vitshois Mwilambwe Bondo at Gallery Momo, 52 7th Avenue, Parktown North, until 18 November. Details: 011 327 3247; www.gallerymomo.com

TRANSLATIONS: ART INTO JEWELLERY: an exhibition of artwork and jewellery designed by artists including Norman Catherine, Marco Cianfanelli, Diana Hyslop and Senzeni Marasela at Everard Read Gallery, 6 Jellicoe Avenue, Rosebank, until 21 November. Details: 011 788 4805; www.everard-read.co.za

GROUP SHOW: an exhibition of mixed-media works by Artist’s Club, Jozi and friends, including Juanita Frier, Ronel Wheeler, Conrad Bo, Sue Rankin, Lionel Murcott, Bob Cnoops, Bart Cox, Marika Gregory and Refilwe Mpobole, at Gallery on 6th, 28 6th Street, Parkhurst, until 22 November.

NEW WORK 13: the Wits School of Arts’ visual arts division’s graduation exhibition will take place at Wits Art Museum, corner of Bertha and Jorissen Streets, Braamfontein, from 12 until 24 November. Details: 011 717 4745; info.diva@wits.ac.za

KILLING THE GOOSE: an exhibition by Mandy Coppes-Martin that presents an eclectic conversation about the things we make, the stories we tell and the threads that bind them, at Artspace, Chester Court, 142 Jan Smuts Avenue, Parkwood, until 27 November. Details: 011 880 8802; www.lizamore.co.za

CONSTRAINTS: an exhibition of work by Jaco van Schalkwyk in which one is compelled to ask whether the work is about abstract colour field painting, or about colourful abstractions, or even about a process of abstracting colour from the picture plane itself. At Gallery AOP, 44 Stanley Avenue Braamfontein Werf, until 30 November. Details: 011 726 2234; www.galleryaop.com

NOW MUSEUM/NOW YOU DON’T: an exhibition of works by Maaike Bakker that presents a body of work that introduces the notion of the ephemeral and intangible without making any claims to be, themselves, intangible and ephemeral artworks. At Nirox Projects, 264 Fox Street, Arts on Main, Maboneng Precinct, Johannesburg, from 10 November until 1 December. Details: 072 350 4326; www.niroxarts.com

STAY: an exhibition of works by seven emerging artists at Ithuba Gallery, 100 Juta Street, Braamfontein, until 7 December. Details: info@artsithuba.co.za

MY JO’BURG: an exhibition of work by David Koloane, Abe Mathabe, Themba Khumalo and Ross Passmoor at Gallery 2, 140 Jan Smuts Avenue, Parkwood, from 9 November until 22 December. Details: 011 447 0155; www.gallery2.co.za

THE LEGACY OF THE MINE: winner of the 2012 Ernest Cole award, Ilan Godfrey, will launch his exhibition and book, Legacy of the Mine, on 13 November. Godfrey’s images explore the social depths of the mining industry beyond its profit and economic contribution. At Wits Art Museum, corner of Jan Smuts Avenue and Jorissen Street, Braamfontein, from 14 November until 15 December. Details: 011 717 1357; www.wits.ac.za/wam