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Cape Town's original non-profit art-space.
 

The AVA is a non-profit, membership based art organisation whose aim is the advancement of visual art.

 
 
 
 
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DISCOVER AVA’S DIGITAL ARCHIVE

Catriona Towriss, Shield (i), 2022

 

AVAILABLE WORKS

Seeking to add to your art collection?

Browse our general catalogue featuring a curated selection of artworks from past exhibitions, available to purchase.

For sales inquiries, contact admin@ava.co.za

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

16.01.25 - 27.02.25

 
 

Umngqwambo | Thembeka Heidi Sincuba | Front Gallery

The Promise | Group Show | Nando’s Creative Exchange in partnership with Spier Arts Trust | Main Gallery & Mezzanine

Fragmented Realities: An Algorithmic Lens | Kathy Robins | Long Gallery

 
JOURNAL
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Call for Internships (CLOSED)

Gallery Assistant

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Flipside Talk at the Cape Town Book Fair 2024

Olga Speakes | Dr. Kim Gurney | Bongani Kona

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Artist Talk with Ashraf Jamal

Exploring Love Unbound by Freya Willemoes-Wissing

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Notice of the 2024 AGM

16 October | 6pm

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Call for Board Member Nominations (CLOSED)

2024 AGM

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AVA is Hiring (CLOSED)

Gallery Administrator

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HEAT Winter Arts Festival

11.07.2024 - 21.07.2024

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2025 Open Call! (CLOSED)

Calling all artists and curators!

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AVA at the RMB Latitudes Art Fair 2024

Stall C5: 24.05.2024 - 26.05.2024

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FLIPSIDE BOOK LAUNCH

Flipside: The Inadvertent Archive

FEATURED
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The SA*DC Biennale

Raul Jorge Gourgel & Rory Tsapayi

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Watching the Sky Fall

Dale Washkansky

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THE PROMISE

Nando’s Creative Exchange | Spier Arts Trust

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Fragmented Realities: An Algorithmic Lens

Kathy Robins

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Umngqwambo

Thembeka Heidi Sincuba

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DID YOU HEAR THAT SOUND?

Boytchie

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Fabrics of Society

Curated by Nani Mntonintshi

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Time As Method

Catriona Towriss

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Elsewhere or Apprentice

Clara van Or

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For(Sea)Change

The Printing Girls

AVA on Latitudes Online

Curious about what you missed? Dive into our past exhibitions on Latitudes Online.

NEXXUS by Sonya Rademeyer, Franco Prinsloo, Caroline Sohie (2023)

 

iQhiya Panel AVA

 

The Creative Block Project

Curate your own collection by established and emerging artists to create a vibrant collage expressing contemporary South Africa. In partnership with Spier Arts Trust.

 
View fullsize Artists’ Walkabout Saturday 7 December 11am Please joins us this Saturday for a walkabout of three of our current exhibitions: Main Gallery: Fabrics of Society | Joël Mamboka Nkumu, Micke Buitendag, Nusenu Prince Mawuli, and Viviane H
View fullsize Last night AVA celebrated the opening of four new fantastic exhibitions: Front Gallery: DID YOU HEAR THAT SOUND? | Boytchie @boytchie_ Main Gallery: Fabrics of Society | Artists: Joël Mamboka Nkumu | @joel_mamboka | Micke Buitendag
View fullsize Opening Tonight 28 November | 5pm - 8pm Please joins us tonight for the opening of: Elsewhere or Apprentice Clara van Or @claravanor New Media Room: 28.11.24 - 09.01.25 Featuring a performance by the artist and Andrew van Diemen | 6:30 pm A gr
View fullsize Opening Tonight 28 November | 5pm - 8pm Please join us this evening for the opening of: Time as Method Catriona Towriss @catrionatowriss Mezzanine & Long Gallery: Main Gallery: 28.11.24 - 09.01.25 In Time As Method, Catriona Towriss
View fullsize Opening Thursday 28 November | 5pm - 8pm Please joins us this Thursday for the opening of: DID YOU HEAR THAT SOUND? Boytchie @boytchie_ Front Gallery: 28.11.2024 - 09.01.2025 DID YOU HEAR THAT SOUND? Is Boytchie’s first solo presentation
View fullsize Opening Thursday 28 November | 5pm - 8pm Please join us this Thursday for the opening of: Fabrics of Society Artists: Joël Mamboka Nkumu @joel_mamboka | Micke Buitendag @micke.buitendag | Nusenu Prince Mawuli @nusenu.p.mawuli | Viviane Her
 

Supporting emerging and established artists of South Africa

AVA is committed to being the most accessible professional gallery space for emerging and independent artists to exhibit and develop their work.

 
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The AVA is generously supported by its Donors and Sponsors