Current Exhibitions
Available for viewing now.
Paper
“The exhibition features books in which paper plays the starring role, such as books about the craft of papermaking, techniques such as papercutting, folding, marbling, pulp-painting and watermarking, as well as books with extraordinary and unusual papers as part of their content. Of particular interest are the recent hand-paper portfolio on the theme of 30 Years of Democracy and the 8.5m-long scroll Three Gorges Dam Migration by contemporary Chinese artist Ji Yun-Fei.”
Positions on Paper
Wits Art Museum presents a selection of works from the collection, some that are being exhibited for the first time and others that are returning to public view after a long absence. Their creators explore the medium of paper as more than just a surface but a space for capturing, distorting, and reflecting the essence of their perceived position, united by a shared engagement with place.
From cityscapes and industrial sites to rural and remote spaces and landscapes of the mind, these artworks
Opening Soon: Paul Weinberg Between the Cracks
City Centre, Pietermaritzburg, 1986. This retrospective exhibition brings together nearly five decades of Weinberg’s extensive photographic career. His work has taken him on multiple journeys and he has sought to go beyond the headlines, engaging in in-depth storytelling. Between the Cracks is grounded in the lives of ordinary people—often in the most difficult of times, under the constraints of racism and apartheid. Photography, for him, became both a form of resistance and a means of survival.
[Watch] Past Exhibitions
MezzanineWAM celebrates 40 Years of the Standard Bank African Art Collection.
Street and Core GallerySeen, Heard and Valued: WAM celebrates 40 Years of the Standard Bank African Art Collection
Up The RampSeen, Heard and Valued: WAM celebrates 40 Years of the Standard Bank African Art Collection.
Strip GallerySeen, Heard and Valued: WAM celebrates 40 Years of the Standard Bank African Art Collection.
Street GalleryTENX10: 100 artworks, by women and gender diverse artists, from WAM collections.
Core Gallery TENX10: 100 artworks, by women and gender diverse artists, from WAM collections.
‘Portrait of Elisabeth Eybers’‘Portrait of Elisabeth Eybers’: Marlene Dumas and Ena Jansen in conversation