EBONY

EBONY/CURATED presents the eighth edition of our ‘Modern Masters’ series, on show at our Loop Street gallery from Wednesday 17th June 2026. Each year, we bring together a personal selection of artworks by some of South Africa’s most celebrated names alongside some forgotten voices from the past. This exhibition offers a compelling survey of artistic innovation and influences across the generations. Seen together, these works reveal that the story of modern art in Southern Africa cannot be traced to a single centre or narrative but rather, it emerges from multiple histories, voices and visual languages. Bringing together paintings and works on paper, Modern Masters VIII highlights the depth, diversity and enduring relevance of South African artistic production from the twentieth century and beyond.

Featured Artists |
Walter Battiss
Barbara Burry
Peter Clarke
George Diederick During
Jack Heath
Jane Tully Heath
Simon Moroke Lekgetho
Esther Mahlangu
Sandra McGregor
Phaswane David Mogano
Nathaniel Mokgosi
Hargreaves Ntukwana
Edward Roworth
Winston Saoli
Fred Schimmel
Gerard Sekoto
Willem Strydom
Gordon Vorster

As ‘Nothing Has Been Whole For Some Time’ comes to a close, we thank everyone who has visited and engaged with the exhibition.

Bringing together artists from across the diaspora, the exhibition explores themes of fragmentation, memory, care, grief, and transformation through contemporary surrealist approaches. Across diverse practices, the participating artists have offered nuanced reflections on the complexities of contemporary experience, inviting viewers into spaces where meaning remains fluid and realities overlap.

We look forward to welcoming both new and returning visitors to experience ‘Nothing Has Been Whole For Some Time’. To see more information about the show, click the link in our bio.

EBONY/CURATED is pleased to celebrate the opening of John Newdigate and Ian Garrett’s exhibition ‘Hypnogogia’, on show at the Galerie Lefebvre et Fils in Paris, France, from 6pm.

Developed following the gallery’s residency programme, ‘The Residency’, the exhibition continues Newdigate’s celebrated collaboration with ceramic artist Ian Garrett; a partnership that transforms clay into narrative, balancing architectural form with intricate painted worlds. Their collaborative works have gained significant recognition in exhibitions, highlighting the growing international appreciation for contemporary South African ceramics.

Congratulations to John and Ian on the opening of ‘Hypnogogia’. We are delighted to see their collaborative practice shared with audiences in Paris.

Photo credit: Anthony Giradi

The doors are officially open for the first public day of RMB Latitudes Art Fair! We’re delighted to welcome visitors to Shepstone Gardens as the fourth edition of the fair comes to life this weekend. Bringing together leading galleries, artists, collectors, and audiences from across the continent, RMB Latitudes continues to celebrate the breadth and vibrancy of contemporary art in Africa.

Join us at booth A3 at the Latitudes Centre for the Arts and experience our presentation as all roads lead to RMB Latitudes this weekend.

Participating Artists:

Anico Mostert
Balekane Legoabe
Lisa Ringwood
Kamohelo Blessing Rooi
Ulriche Jantjes

EBONY/CURATED is pleased to announce its participation in the fourth edition of the RMB Latitudes Art Fair, taking place from 22–24 May 2026 at Shepstone Gardens, Johannesburg.

Now firmly established as one of the continent’s most dynamic platforms for contemporary African art, RMB Latitudes continues to cultivate meaningful encounters between artists, collectors, curators, and audiences across disciplines and geographies.
 
For the 2026 edition, EBONY/CURATED will present a selection of new works by Anico Mostert, Balekane Legoabe,Kamohelo Blessing Rooi, Lisa Ringwood, and Ulriche Jantjes, five artists whose distinct practices speak to material experimentation, memory, place, and the evolving language of contemporary South African art.

Visit EBONY/CURATED at Booth A3 in the Latitudes Centre for the Arts. To request our fair catalogue, email us at [email protected] .

Senzeni Marasela’s installation of works at Koyo Kouoh’s tremendous ‘In Minor Keys’ at the 61st International Art Exhibition at La Biennale di Venezia is on preview and opens to the public tomorrow.

Marasela presents an installation of seven large-scale suspended textile works that incorporate cascading lengths of red wool hand-stitched onto tjali, mixed-fabric ceremonial blankets.

The stitch patterns trace maps of mine slopes that have collapsed, and the titles refer to notorious mining disasters in South Africa, with their location, date and human toll.

Our heartfelt congratulations to Senzeni for producing this monumental body of work and also to the ‘In Minor Keys’ curatorial team for all of their assistance these past 8 months.

As we get closer to the opening of the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia ‘In Minor Keys’, we look forward to seeing you next week in Venice with Senzeni Marasela.

‘In Minor Keys’, curated by Koyo Kouoh, will unfold across the Arsenale, Giardini and multiple sites throughout the city. This brings together a dynamic constellation of artists alongside a host of other exhibitions and national pavilions on show.

Taking place in the days leading up to the official opening on Saturday, 9 May 2026, the pre-opening offers an early moment to engage with Kouoh’s expansive curatorial vision, one grounded in relationality, resonance, and a commitment to artist-centred practice. ‘In Minor Keys’ reflects a deeply collaborative process, shaped alongside Kouoh’s curatorial team and carried forward in honour of her enduring legacy.

📍Senzeni Marasela
In Minor Keys, curated by Koyo Kouoh
Arsenale

As ‘Always Becoming’ enters its final days, we return to Anico Mostert’s paintings as sites of quiet transition, where the self is continuously unfolding, extending beyond what can be easily named.

Mostert’s practice moves through what resists language. She encapsulates the unfamiliar terrain where the self expands and reconfigures. Her paintings on canvas and paper accumulate in layers, each surface built through intuitive marks that hold the weight of lived experience and emotional memory.

This body of work understands identity as motion rather than fixture. With expressive colour and gestural brushwork, Mostert translates the ongoing act of transformation, reminding us that we exist perpetually in process. These are paintings about change as constant, about the self as something we move through rather than arrive at.

We invite you to visit our Loop Street gallery to experience Anico Mostert’s second solo exhibition with the gallery, ‘Always Becoming’. For more information, visit the viewing room via the link in our bio.

Always Becoming | Anico Mostert | EBONY/CURATED, Loop Street