Joburg Art Fair
joburg art fair contemporary art fair held annually johannesburg south africa first show took place march second joburg art fair scheduled april april joburg art fair sponsored first national bank aim address gap price attained living african artist behind developed country asian emerging market fnbs aim bring contemporary art broader upperincome local market including black business people newfound wealth event first kind africa included gallery africa europe north america showing work contemporary predominantly african artist first joburg art fair held sandton convention centre covered total area square metre sq ft fair represented single largest collection african south african contemporary art sale thus far fair included notable african artist including zwelethu mthethwa william kentridge guy tillim david goldblatt peter hugo minnette vári moshekwa langa participating gallery included johannesburg south africa goodmangallery everard readgallery david krut warren siebrits art paper rookegallery gallery momo art extra cape town stellenbosch south africa joao ferreiragallery michael stevenson smac whatiftheworld bell robert cairo egypt townhousegallery rabat morocco l’appartement addis abeba ethiopia asni gallery strasbourg france gallery ames d’afrique new york city united state jack shainman perry rubenstein london united kingdom october gallery fair included show curated simon njami artist throughout africa represented gallery fair njami previously acted chief curator africa remix exhibition africa pavilion venice biennale second joburg art fair scheduled – april twentyfour gallery participate fair including two new south african gallery afronova iart four new international gallery seippel gallery galerie beatrice binoche centre contemporary art lagos emerging world art gallery take part gallery momo galerie ames d’afrique galerie peter herrmann goodman gallery david krut project art paper gallery joao ferreira gallery whatiftheworld october gallery seippel gallery warren siebrits michael stevenson brodiestevenson cca lagos everard read smac kznsa rooke gallery iart erdmann contemporary afronova townhouse gallery artco galeriebeatricebinoche emerging world art featured artist jane alexander exhibiting security installation originally commissioned th são paulo biennale hosted gordon schachat collection fair also include screening booth featuring moving image work country global south book lounge artist talk