Investec Cape Town Art Fair showcases a diversity of work that represents the forefront of contemporary art from Africa to the world, and the world to Cape Town.

The city boasts a vibrant arts scene, driven by the top galleries on the African continent and beyond. Thanks to its diverse cultural heritage and geographic beauty, Cape Town is a compelling destination for both art world professionals and collectors alike.

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Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2020 | Q&A with Owen Martin of the Norval Foundation

16 October 2019

For our second Q&A in the build up to the Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2020 we spoke to Chief Curator of the Norval Foundation, Owen Martin who is also on the selection committee for next year’s fair. Here he sheds light on the eco-system of art institutions in South Africa, what he’s busy with at…

Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2020 | Q&A with Tšhegofatso Mabaso

27 September 2019

Today is National Heritage Day in South Africa and in the first of our series of Q&A’s in the lead up to ICTAF 2020, we speak to newly appointed Curator of Contemporary Art at Iziko South African National Gallery, Tšhegofatso Mabaso. She shares with us the misconceptions of what curating entails, what she loves about…

Announcing our 2020 Guest Curators

20 August 2019

We are pleased to announce Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2020’s guest curators. The Fair will leverage the creative visions and expansive networks of multiple curators overseeing our various special sections. Nkule Mabaso (Curator, Michaelis Galleries, Cape Town) and Luigi Fassi (Artistic Director, MAN-Contemporary Art Museum, Nuoro, Italy) will co-curate Tomorrows/Today, the section of the Fair dedicated to highlighting the practices…

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  • PAST/MODERN. . This section of Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2020 will showcase works from coveted areas of historical South African art, focusing on connoisseurship and collector motivation, and curated by João Ferreira @thedealingroom. It will feature modern masters who are increasingly sought after and will include; . Resistance and protest art from the apartheid period including rare photographs by David Goldblatt, Peter Magubane and Paul Weinberg, casting a lens on the socioeconomic effects of the apartheid struggle. A solo presentation by Dr Esther Mahlangu, internationally collected and award winning artist on the verge of her international retrospective. . A selection of works by the increasingly sought after Amadlozi group - Cecil Skotnes, Edoardo Villa, Sydney Kumalo and Ezrom Legae. . Bold bursts of colour and sophisticated forms in a presentation of Geometric Abstraction, including works by Kevin Atkinson and Cecily Sash. . It will also provide an opportunity to meet the specialists in this field of collecting. . @goodman_gallery @smac_gallery @themelrose_gallerysa @wallsaart @ebonycurated. @grahamfineartgallery . . Picture courtesy @wallsaart: Sydney Kumalo’s (1935 - 1988), Seated Woman (1959), Bronze, Height: 31,5 cm, signed base. . #ICTAF2020 #ExperiencingArt #ArtistsOfICTAF #peopleofICTAF #mastersofictaf
  • In this video teaser, Conversations on Collecting, we chat to Reyburn Hendricks @reyburn.hendricks , Nwabisa Xiyaya @missus_x and Tristanne Farrel to get insight into why the Investec Cape Town Art Fair is attracting a new generation of contemporary art enthusiasts and collectors... and why the art world is taking notice. Watch out for the full video next year. . Video courtesy of @art_meets #ICTAF2020 #ExperiencingArt #CollectorsofICTAF #PeopleOfICTAF
  • TT Focus. . Brooklyn-based Canadian artist, Danica Lundy @danicalundyart will be showing for the first time at ICTAF with Milanese gallery, C + N Canapaneri @canepaneri . As a painter and draughtswoman Danica's work depicts both real-life scenes but with a veil of distortion. The characters in her paintings and drawings are both familiar yet other-worldly, the latter emphasized by a very particular style of layered detail. . Pictured: Hey There Delilah, 2019, ballpoint pen on paper mounted on canvas, 30 x 40 inches. . #ictaf2020 #experiencingart #artistsofictaf #peopleofictaf
  • WHAT’S ON. . Catch photographer and artist, Tony Gum’s @tony_gum solo show, A Portion, at Christopher Moller Gallery @christophermoller_gallery until 3 January 2020, where she wrestles with the infinite existence of womanhood, femininity, loss and solace. The show follows her journey of self-reflection and healing with her feline confidant, echoing past and present relationships that have shaped the young artist. . Black cats in most African cultures are synonymous with ‘bad luck’ or evil spirits. In this series of works, however the artist anchors the cat as the mode of messaging. . #ICTAF2020 #ExperiencingArt #WhatsOnInCapeTown #peopleofictaf
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