Whats On 02 – 2025

INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM WEEK CELEBRATIONS
The Future of Museums in Rapidly Changing Communities | 18 to 25 May 2025
FREE ENTRANCE TO CITY OF TSHWANE MUSEUMS
Pretoria Art Museum, Melrose House Museum and Fort Klapperkop Heritage Site

The International Council of Museums (ICOM) established International Museum Day in 1977. The objective of International Museum Day is to raise awareness of the fact that museums are an important means of cultural exchange, enrichment of cultures and development of mutual understanding, cooperation and peace among peoples. Organised on 18 May each year or around this date, the events and activities planned to celebrate International Museum Day can last a day, a weekend or an entire week.

Pretoria Art Museum: 012 358 6750 or artmuseum@tshwane.gov.za
Melrose House Museum: 012 358 0882 or melissal@tshwane.gov.za
Fort Klapperkop Heritage Site: 012 358 0882 or fortklapperkop@tshwane.gov.za

Please note that the museums are closed on Mondays and public holidays.

Admission (cash only): Adults: R30,00; pensioners and students: R15,00; learners: R10,00  

WEAVE FOR YOUR LIFE – WEAVERS’ GUILD

29 March to 25 May 2025 | South Gallery 

From 29 March to 25 May 2025, the Pretoria Art Museum is presenting Weave for your Life, an inspiring exhibition by members of the Pretoria Weavers’ Guild and the Johannesburg Weavers and Spinners Guild. This exhibition showcases a diverse collection of handcrafted textiles and articles that highlight the beauty and complexity of weaving. Discover how local artisans blend traditional techniques with innovative designs to create patterns, rich textures and vibrant colours that transform simple threads into extraordinary pieces. Do not miss this celebration of craftsmanship and creativity!

COROBRIK CERAMIC COLLECTION 1977–2024 AND PRETORIA ART MUSEUM TEXTILE COLLECTION

Until 1 June 2025 | North Gallery

The Pretoria Art Museum is presenting the Corobrik Ceramic Collection and the Pretoria Art Museum Textile Collection Exhibition until Sunday, 1 June 2025.

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 APSA’s national and regional exhibitions and purchased the winning pieces from these exhibitions. In 1982, Corobrik became the sponsor of APSA 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 until 2024.

To supplement the ceramics, the museum’s textile collection is also on display. Hand-woven tapestries from Rorke’s Drift and the Stephens Tapestry Studio, modern quilts from textile artist Roy Starke as well as traditional cloth are on view. 

SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY DUTCH PAINTINGS – MICHAELIS BEQUEST | Henry Preiss Hall

A selection of portraits mainly from the 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 Pretoria Art Museum. These artworks 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.

SOUTH AFRICAN ART – PAINTINGS FROM THE PRETORIA ART MUSEUM COLLECTION

20 September 2024 until 25 May 2025 | East Gallery

JH Pierneef (1886–1957), Pretoria 1955 (Centenary Piece), oil on canvas, Pretoria Art Museum collection

A selection of paintings from the permanent collection of the Pretoria Art Museum depicting the South African landscape of the twentieth century. 

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.

FORTHCOMING EXHIBITIONS

2025 SASOL NEW SIGNATURES VISUAL ARTS COMPETITION – SUBMISSIONS

10 and 11 June 2025 from 10:00 to 16:00

If you are ready to take the next step in your artistic journey and join the ranks of South Africa’s most exciting creative voices, enter the 2025 Sasol New Signatures Visual Arts Competition. 

Artists can submit their entries in person at one of the following eight collection points around South Africa on Tuesday, 10 June 2025, and Wednesday, 11 June 2025, between 10:00 to 16:00.

Bloemfontein: Oliewenhuis Art Museum, 16 Harry Smith Street, Bloemfontein
Cape Town: Art B Gallery, Library Centre, Carl van Aswegen Street, Bellville, Cape Town
Durban: KZNSA Gallery, 166 Bulwer Road, Glenwood, Durban
Johannesburg: Sasol Place, 50 Katherine Street, Wierda Valley, Sandton
Polokwane: The Polokwane Art Museum, Library Gardens, cnr Grobler and Hans van Rensburg Street, Polokwane
Gqeberha: NMU Bird Street Gallery, Nelson Mandela University, Bird Street Campus, 20 Bird Street, Central, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth)
Potchefstroom: Potchefstroom Museum, cnr Sol Plaatjie and Wolmarans Street, Potchefstroom
Pretoria: Pretoria Art Museum, cnr Francis Baard and Wessels Street, Arcadia Park, Pretoria

Call for entries video: Click here
Download the entry form: Click here

For more information: www.sasolsignatures.co.za
Contact: Nandi Hilliard from the Association of Arts Pretoria
012 346 3100, 083 288 5117 or artspta@mweb.co.za

Instagram: @sasolnewsignatures
Social media hashtag: #SasolNewSignatures

GUIDED TOURS

For information on guided tours, contact Mmutle A Kgokong at 012 358 6752 or mmutlekg@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.

Centurion Art Gallery is open on Mondays to Fridays from 09:00 to 16:00 and on Saturdays from 09:00 to 13:00.
The gallery is closed on Sundays and public holidays.

Centurion Art Gallery, cnr Cantonments Road and Union Avenue, Lyttelton, Centurion