Standard Bank Art Gallery
The Standard Bank Art Gallery was launched on 4 June 1990. The gallery is located in Marshalltown at the heart of Johannesburg. This is a non - commercial gallery and a feature of Standard Bank's investment in arts and culture. In 2023, the Standard Bank Gallery was the recipient of the 2023 Experts’ Choice Award. The gallery's current head and chief curator is art historian Dr Same Mdluli who was appointed in 2018.
Standard Bank Corporate Art Collection
The Standard Bank Corporate Art Collection is one of South Africa's most expansive and comprehensive collections. This collection was founded in the 1960s and includes over 1,200 works by 250 South African artists.In 1979, Standard Bank Foundation of African Art forged a partnership with the University of the Witwatersrand Art Gallery with the purpose of safeguarding, preserving and promoting African art. This partnership that was initiated in by Ian MacKenzie and Professor Karl Tober.
The collection includes the work of notable artists such as:
- Berni Searle
- Cecil Edwin Frans Skotnes
- Sir Daniel Macnee
- Jackson Hlungwani
- Jan De Reyniers
- Jane Alexander
- Maria Magdalena Laubser
- Mary Sibande
- Mohau Modisakeng
- Sabelo Mlangeni
- Walter Whall Battiss
Exhibitions
- Wegwysers deur die Blinkuur by Stephané Edith Cronje
- Groot Gat by Lady Skollie
- Ntsumi ya Vutomi by Blessing Ngobeni
- IYEZA by Buhlebezwe Siwani
- Roger Ballen in Johannesburg
- Henri Matisse: Rhythm and Meaning
- Picasso and Africa exhibition
- Joan Miro
- Marc Chagall exhibition