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Alfredo Jaar | The Geometry of Solitude
Goodman Gallery is pleased to present The Geometry of Solitude, a solo exhibition by Alfredo Jaar...
IN CONTEXT | Standing in the gap
Standing in the Gap marks the first IN CONTEXT exhibition hosted by Goodman Gallery London - a cu...
Lindokuhle Sobekwa | Heart of the garden
South African photographer Lindokuhle Sobekwa’s first solo presentation in London titled 'Heart o...
Laura Lima | How To Eat The Sun and The Moon
Goodman Gallery is delighted to present Rio de Janeiro-based artist Laura Lima’s first major solo...
Walter Oltmann: Metamorphosis | The Norval Foundation
Everything reveals itself in time. Metamorphosis is the act of becoming and transformation: From ...
Goodman Gallery is pleased to spotlight prints by Lindokuhle Sobekwa on the occasion of the artist’s viewing room show currently on view at Goodman Gallery London.
News and Events
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Artist Carrie Mae Weems: ‘I want to invite you in’
Her photography has made profound statements about family, race and life in the US over the past 40 years
A Week in Art Podcast: Grada Kilomba
Grada Kilomba speaks to Ben Luke on the occasion of the São Paulo biennial.
Goodman Gallery New York Office and Viewing Room opens in September
Goodman Gallery is growing! On September 6, we will open an office and viewing room in New York’s Upper East Side, expanding on current gallery locations in Johannesburg, Cape Town and London. The ...
Listen: Misheck Masamvu on Art Worlds: Zimbabwe
Episode 25 meets artist Misheck Masamvu who considers Zimbabwe’s post-independence character through painting, drawing and sculpture. Sensitive to the country’s economic and political turmoil, he u...
Story and Symbol: Faith Ringgold and Hank Willis Thomas'
For those of us whose histories are interrupted, transformed, lost, and remade through the legacies of violence, slavery, and colonialism, home is often a loaded notion. Approaching the concept its...
‘Man In Black’: Cannes Review
Composer Wang Xilin recalls his painful past in China’s Cultural Revolution in Wang Bing’s unusual documentary
Now Representing Atta Kwami
We are pleased to announce the representation of the estate of late Ghanaian painter Atta Kwami, in partnership with London’s Beardsmore Gallery.
Reflecting on the continent, more than 300 works later with Leonardo Drew
An antenna, absorbing the impact of his surroundings, Leonardo Drew converts the Global South’s plight into a display of our collective vigour and infallible joy. “It’s inescapable and I’m glad tha...
Yinka Shonibare: ‘The argument that things are safer at the British Museum is a little bit shaky now’
As the British-Nigerian artist’s new Serpentine Gallery show opens he talks about the long arm of colonialism, why art needs to engage, and why the Benin Bronzes should be sent home.
Five exhibitions to attend this Women’s History Month
International Women’s Day is an annual celebration of the achievements of women. This year’s campaign theme is Embrace Equality, drawing attention to the fight for equal opportunities across all ge...
Zineb Sedira, Whitechapel Gallery review — ravishing recreations of film sets charm and provoke
The Franco-Algerian artist uses classic movies to evoke complex political and cross-cultural ideas.
Ernest Cole’s photographs of 1960s South Africa during apartheid
Ernest Cole was born in 1940, in Eersterust, a township near Pretoria, and went on to become South Africa’s first black freelance photographer and one of the great chroniclers of the black experien...
7 Leading Curators Predict the Defining Art Trends of 2023 featuring Ravelle Pillay
In 2022, we witnessed a rise in neo-surrealist art, NFTs, and textile-based art practices. These were trends that were bubbling to the surface by the end of 2021, but weren’t fully realized until t...
EMPIRE LINES podcast discuss the group show Against Apartheid at KARST
Featuring Grada Kilomba, Kiluanji Kia Henda and Sue Williamson, have a listen here
Cassi Namoda in conversation With Maryam Nassir Zadeh
“It’s a kind of lifestyle for myself, I think grounding is essential for the human nature but I guess I’m grounded but I’m not grounded at the same time. And I’m choosing that. This traveling aspec...
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Contemporary African Royals, in Regalia and Complexity - featuring Kudzanai Chiurai
A new photography exhibition at London’s Tate Modern includes images of monarchs from across the continent, steering away from Western imagery.
South Africa's Goodman Gallery expands to New York with an office and viewing room
South Africa’s leading gallery is making its first permanent inroads in the US
Liza Essers in conversation with Pauline Loeb for Artfair Magazine
Explore the full conversation into the vibrant world of artists from South Africa and the Global South more broadly, unpacking the significance of representing artists that inspire social change.
In Pictures: Frieze London 2023
The 20th anniversary edition of Frieze London sees kites, is open at The Regent’s Park until Sunday, 15 October.
Sculpting time: Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum’s ‘You’ll be sorry’
Born in Botswana in 1980, Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum, now rooted in a new studio in the Hague, embodies the essence of a multidisciplinary artist. Her creative domain spans the realms of drawing, pai...
‘We are daring to invent the future’ — the generation that rewrote Africa’s story
The novelist Petina Gappah on a group of writers who put a fresh, modern vision of Africa out into the world, portraits by artist Jabulani Dhlamini
FRIEZE | The Top Ten Shows Around the World in 2023
From the ‘horizontal’ methodology of the 35th São Paulo Biennial to Suki Seokyeong Kang’s immersive landscapes in Seoul
Shirin Neshat’s ‘The Fury’ Is A Powerful, Politically Charged Artwork
Upstairs at the Goodman Gallery in London hang large-scale black-and-white photographs of women. Look closer at their naked bodies, parts of which are symbolically covered, and these women of vario...
David Goldblatt 'No Ulterior Motive opens
Many bore witness to the horrors of apartheid in South Africa, but few recorded them with the clarity and precision that the photographer David Goldblatt did.
Studio International | Ravelle Pillay: Idyll
Pillay’s paintings have a washy tranquillity beneath which violence lurks, as she explores the legacies of colonialism and the contradictory nature of historical memory
Art Basel: Why the Upper East Side is one of the best places to see art in New York today
A more recent newcomer is the South African Goodman Gallery, which has championed some of the continent’s best-known artists, like William Kentridge and El Anatsui. Owner and director Liza Essers h...
Financial Times: Frieze fairs open in style with big-hit art sales
London’s Frieze fairs opened in characteristic style this week, with VIP visitors ranging from actress Florence Pugh to the UK’s former chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne (now chair of the ...
Sam Nhlengethwa: A classic collection
Sam Nhlengethwa’s latest show heralds albinism and fashion, with print and paint works that veer away from his usual collages, writes Tymon Smith
Shirin Neshat on women’s rights, oppression and the Middle East
Shirin Neshat tells us about ‘The Fury’, a culmination of art and activism, on show at Goodman Gallery, London
The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see before Christmas
QR codes are everywhere now and it’s how many of us access a press release when entering a gallery. Ghada Amer takes the pattern of these codes to produce textiles with powerful quotes such as ‘you...
i-D: 10 galleries you should not miss at Frieze Seoul 2023, selected by art contributors
The fever of modern art is shining passionately in Seoul. ’ FRIEZE Seoul ’ , held for the second time this year, will be held at COEX in Samseong-dong from September 6th to 9th. Frieze Seoul is est...
Kentridge comes up for air in Cape Town
The renowned artist talks about inspiration, ideas, history and his new exhibition
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