Exhibitions: 20 – 27 August
GROUP SHOW: Works by Karin Daymond, Collen Maswanganyi, Matthew Brittan, Widus Mtshali and Colbert Mashile are on exhibition at Gallery 2, 140 Jan Smuts Avenue, Parkwood, until 24 August. Details: 011-447-0155; www.gallery2.co.za
MARTIENSSEN PRIZE EXHIBITION 2013: AGAIN, AND THEN AGAIN, AS WELL, TOO… : The annual Wits School of Arts (WSOA) Martienssen Prize Exhibition showcases the work of the finalists, selected from projects submitted by senior students in the Division of Visual Arts. At Wits Art Museum, corner of Bertha and Jorissen Streets, Braamfontein, until 25 August. Details: 011-717-1378; www.wits.ac.za/wam
KUNJANI: An exhibition of new prints by Joel Mpah Dooh at Gallery Momo, 52 7th Avenue, Parktown North, until 26 August. Details: 011-327-3247; www.gallerymomo.com
GROUP SHOW: Works by Joan Miro, Marc Chagall, Pablo Picasso, Jim Dine, Chuck Close, Victor Pasmore, Sam Francis, Damien Hirst, Zolile Phetsane and Sam Nhlengethwa among others will be on show at the White House Gallery, Shop 17, Thrupps Illovo Centre, Oxford Road, Illovo, from 21 until 28 August. Details: 011-268-2115; info@thewhitehousegallery.co.za
THE TWO TALKING YONIS: Simultaneous installations of works by Reshma Chhibba, in conversation with Nontobeko Ntombela, that present a set of questions that re-look, re-examine and re-investigate the position of the female, at three venues: Constitution Hill’s Women’s Jail, Kalashnikovv Gallery, and Room, until 31 August. Details: 078-190-1221; nontobekon@gmail.com
TRANSGRESSIONS: Ugandan-born artist Benon Lutaaya’s debut solo exhibition. This body of work finds form in a series of expressive portraits that are informed by photographic references, as well as paintings of cameras that emphasise the integral part photography plays in his process. At Artspace Gallery, 1 Chester Court, 142 Jan Smuts Avenue, Parkwood, until 31 August. Details: 011-880-8802; www.artspace-jhb.co.za
THE TREE OF LIFE: An exhibition of artwork and photography by Loren Hodes and Ian Ossendryver, at Rabbi Cyril Harris Community Centre, corner of Glenhove Road and 4th Street, Houghton, until 1 September. Details: 011-728-8088; rchcc@telkomsa.net
ARCHIVAL IMPULSE: A photographic exhibition by Ayana V Jackson at Gallery Momo, 52 7th Avenue, Parktown North, from 29 August until 7 October. Details: 011-327-3247; www.gallerymomo.com
THE GRASS IS BURNING: A photographic exhibition by Martine Kolner at Studio23, Arts on Main, Maboneng Precinct, until 11 October. Details: 072-350-4326; www.niroxarts.com
PATCHED: Marion Boehm’s solo exhibition presents an artistic voyage through Kliptown, at In Toto Gallery, 6 Birdhaven Centre, 66 St Andrew Street, Birdhaven, from 22 August. Details: 011-447-6543; www.intotogallery.co.za
UMHLABA 1913 – 2013: An exhibition of work by more than 30 photographers in commemoration of the Land Act that draws on the collections of 12 archives in order to sketch the history of land dispossession and its legacies, seen through the eyes of photographers who have engaged with these issues for over a century.
At Wits Art Museum, corner of Jan Smuts Avenue and Jorissen Street, Braamfontein, from 28 August until November. Details: 011-717-1358; wam@wits.ac.za
