OPENING SOON
DIRK MEERKOTTER 1922–2017 RETROSPECTIVE | 12 March until 21 May 2023 | North Gallery
Opening event: 19 March 2023 at 11:00
The Dirk Meerkotter Retrospective exhibition will be hosted from 12 March to 21 May 2023. The exhibition, curated by Gordon Froud, attempts to capture the seven decades that Meerkotter was active. We will continue with the theme of the exhibition held in 2022 that celebrated Meerkotter’s 100th birthday.
In addition to showing the works owned by the Meerkotter Family Trust and the Pretoria Art Museum, the trust has managed to obtain works from SANOFI, Absa, First Rand, SABC and other institutions. Many of the works belonging to the trust will be on sale to support the long-term goals of the trust.
EXHIBITION AND MUSIC PROGRAMME
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Sunday, 12 March 2023, at 15:00
Helena Hettema Cabaret – My ma en pa was mal oor Parys
Sunday, 19 March 2023, at 11:00
Formal opening event: Opening speaker, Gordon Froud
(Free entrance)
Sunday, 26 March 2023, at 15:00
Magda de Vries – Marimba
Sunday, 2 April 2023, at 15:00
Franco Prinsloo, Christopher Vale and Eugene Joubert
Twee Liefdes – ‘n Kunsliedreis (an art song journey)
Sunday, 16 April 2023, at 15:00
Berthine van Schoor and Annalien Ball – Piano and cello duet
Saturday, 6 May 2023, at 15:00
Veni Cantare Choir
Sunday, 7 May 2023, at 15:00
Marcel and Deryn Dednam – Jazz duo
Saturday, 13 May 2023, at 15:00
The African Renaissance Ensemble
Sunday, 21 May 2023, at 15:00
Conwonnité Choir
Contact details
Gerrit Meerkotter (Meerkotter Family Trust): gerrit.meerkotter@gmail.com
Dirk Oegema (Pretoria Art Museum): 012 358 6750 or dirko2@tshwane.gov.za
THE AMADLOZI GROUP | South Gallery
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| Ezrom Legae (1938–1999), Sacrifice, bronze | Sydney Kumalo (1935–1988), Mother and Child, bronze |
Egon Guenter, goldsmith, gallerist and collector, formed the Amadlozi Group in 1961, along with Cecil Skotnes. Members included Guiseppe Cattaneo, Cecily Sash, Sydney Kumalo, Ezrom Legae and Eduardo Villa. Amadlozi means “spirit of our ancestors” and artworks produced by the group reflect an African influence.
Guenther, who believed that a significant work of art should reflect its time and environment, was instrumental in encouraging these artists to draw on African inspiration for their work. Exposure to his significant collection of traditional African art at a time when these could not be seen often stimulated these artists to consider what it meant to make art in and about Africa, and placed them at the forefront of serious discussions about African art in southern Africa. Although it was a short-lived group, their impact on South African art is profound.
THE SIXTIES | South Gallery
Judith Mason (1938–2016), Leopard of Delight, oil on board
Where young avant-garde artists in South Africa were inclined to look primarily to Paris for guidance, artists during the 1960s directed their gaze to London and New York for inspiration. Abstract expressionism, which emerged in the 1950s in the United States of America, especially became a new source of artistic influence. “The Sixties” exhibition features a selection of artworks created in this rapidly changing period.
PELMAMA ART EXHIBITION – IN MEMORY OF FERNAND F HAENGGI (1934–2022)
15 November 2022 until 23 April 2023 | East Gallery
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| Fred Schimmel (1928–2009), Evolutionary Landscape, 1986, mixed media on board | Willi Lottering (born 1956), Gister, Vandag, 1986, oil on board |
Since the opening of the Pretoria Art Museum in 1964, there has been a close relationship between the Haenggi family and the museum. Madame Fernande Marie-Louise Haenggi and her son Fernand F Haenggi were dynamically involved in the South African art market from 1961 until 1993. Fernand was also the driving force behind the Pelmama Art Collection. All the artworks that artists or private collectors donated to the Haenggi Foundation over the years have been donated to public museums in South Africa as part of the Pelmama Permanent Art Collection. In January 1991, 1993 and 2009, the Pretoria Art Museum received various donations consisting of paintings, graphic artworks, tapestries and ceramics.
This exhibition in memory of Fernand F Haenggi is a small selection of the large number of artworks donated by the Pelmama Permanent Art Collection to the Pretoria Art Museum.
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.
CERAMICS FROM THE PRETORIA ART MUSEUM AND COROBRIK COLLECTIONS | Ceramic gallery | Ongoing
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| Sinethemba Xola, iHombo II, earthenware,
Corobrik Ceramic Collection |
View a selection of ceramic artworks from the Pretoria Art Museum’s, as well as ceramics from the Corobrik Ceramic Collection. Part of the Corobrik Collection, usually exhibited in the ceramic gallery, will be on loan to the University of Pretoria.
IN MEMORY
ANDRÉ NAUDÉ | 26 October 1950 – 4 January 2023
Pretoria artist, André Naudé, was a teacher, academic, painter and renowned artist who sadly passed away on 4 January 2023. He will be fondly remembered by his former students and as an established local and international artist. He will also be greatly missed as a friend by many.
SPECIAL REDUCED ENTRANCE FEE AT CITY OF TSHWANE MUSEUMS:
R2,00 ON WEDNESDAYS
Visit the Pretoria Art Museum or Fort Klapperkop Heritage Site on Wednesdays and only pay R2,00 entrance fee.
GUIDED TOURS
No guided tours are available until further notice.
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Adults: R25,00; pensioners and students: R12,00; learners: R7,00 Wednesdays: R2,00 for all visitors The museum is open to the public from Tuesdays to Sundays between 10:00 and 17:00. It is closed on Mondays and public holidays.
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Pretoria Art Museum
Cnr Francis Baard and Wessels Street Arcadia Park, Arcadia Tel: 012 358 6750 Website: http://bit.ly/PretoriaArtMuseum Email: art.museum@tshwane.gov.za |
CENTURION ART GALLERY
Centurion Art Gallery is a commercial art gallery where local artists can exhibit and sell their artworks. The gallery aims to show a variety of art forms, exhibit emerging talent and promote Tshwane artists in particular.
For enquiries, contact the gallery on 083 328 6491 or 083 274 2221.
The Centurion Art Gallery is open on Mondays to Fridays from 09:00 to 16:00 and on Saturdays from 09:00 to 13:00.
It is closed on Sundays and public holidays.
Centurion Art Gallery, cnr Cantonments Road and Union Avenue, Lyttelton, Centurion