Investec Cape Town Art Fair

Home
South Africa
Green Point
Investec Cape Town Art Fair

19 – 21 February 2027
Cape Town, South Africa
(1)

Over the past 12 years, Investec Cape Town Art Fair has stood as a pillar in the African and international art world as the leading contemporary art fair on the African continent. Stay in the loop for future highlights by following our social media platforms, linked below, and we look forward to welcoming you back to the 11th edition of the fair taking place on 21 - 23 February 2025.

28/05/2026

MAPPING THE NEIGHBOURHOOD | We navigate across countries and continents to explore how galleries are shaped by their surrounding spaces and cultural contexts. With May being globally recognised as Africa month, our latest instalment spotlights galleries connected by a shared focus on the continent:

The Bridge Gallery connects emerging artists from the African continent and its diaspora in its Parisian neighbourhood in the 9th arrondissement.

Circle Art Gallery supports East African artists in a leafy Nairobi neighbourhood increasingly home to creative studios and independent businesses.

First Floor Gallery Harare continues to amplify Zimbabwean art across pan-African discourses from Harare’s historic and vibrant neighbourhood, The Avenues.

Christopher Moller Gallery collaborates with artists practicing across Africa, just beneath Cape Town’s iconic Table Mountain and among the bustling streets of the inner city.

THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBE bridges the Global South and Europe, shaped by its founding city, Luanda, and now based in Lisbon’s Chiado cultural district.

Read the full article:
https://www.investeccapetownartfair.co.za/story/6a16f07eff12dfe848cb8b8b

Circle Art Gallery
First Floor Gallery Harare
Christopher Moller Gallery
THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBE

26/05/2026

We are proud to highlight a handful of the 2026 La Biennale di Venezia’s participating artists who have shown their works at Investec Cape Town Art Fair throughout our years. Together, these artists take part in the international dialogues guided by the late Koyo Kouoh’s curatorial concept, ‘In Minor Keys’:

Thania Petersen’s complex embroidery works archive the living history and movements of Sufi music, promoting a broader consideration of Cape Islam in time and space.

Senzeni Marasela maps collapsed mine slope tragedies in South Africa with hand-stitched red wool onto ceremonial blankets.

Georgina Maxim’s installation series uses materials like fabric scraps and handwritten pages as mediums to access history and memory.

Mmakgabo Mmapula Helen Sebidi contributes spiritual and communal consciousness with pastel-on-paper collages and bronze sculptures.

Berni Searle explores vast possibilities of meaning through different mediums of performance, installation, and film.

Kemang Wa Lehulere queries post-apartheid South African history by presenting a reimagined library of clay bricks instead of books.

Buhlebezwe Siwani engages Black womanhood against themes of colonial history, the Renaissance, and contemporary South Africa across video, sculpture and installation.

Photograph 1 sourced from Thania Petersen via Instagram. Photograph 2 by Luca Zambelli Bais. Courtesy of EBONY/CURATED. Photograph 3 by Marco Zorzanello. Courtesy of Goodman Gallery and Georgina Maxim. Photograph 4 courtesy of Everard Read Cape Town. Photograph 5 sourced from Berni Searle via Instagram. Photograph 6 sourced from Kemang Wa Lehulere via Instagram. Photograph 7 sourced from Buhlebezwe Siwani via Instagram.

25/05/2026

IN THE BOOTH | Introducing our new video series, spotlighting the artists, artworks, galleries and conversations that shaped our 2026 edition.

For our first feature, artist Chidirim Nwaubani discusses his practice of placing his Mbari heritage’s transient traditions in conversation with the digital realm. His work, shown by Doyle Wham, also speaks to concepts of community and the spirit of co-creation.

Find out more about the artist’s work, which won him the Tomorrows/Today Prize supported by Fiera Milano Exhibitions Africa, and also hear from Doyle Wham’s Sofia Carreira-Wham on how Nwaubani’s work was received.

Video by Jarred Figgins

Doyle Wham

18/05/2026

WAYS OF SEEING | There is so much to see when attending a contemporary art fair. Beyond the exhibitors, programming, and spaces to navigate, we’re also turning our gaze towards the role that art fairs play in global and local art markets, cultural landscapes, and broader societal impacts.

We’re starting this new series, dedicated to making the contemporary art world more approachable, with a topic that is always in our line of sight. Swipe to discover new ways of seeing contemporary art fairs, and read the full article on our website: https://bit.ly/ictaf_waysofseeing_whatistheroleofanartfair

15/05/2026

READING THE ROOM | A few articles we’ve read recently, unpacking the stories, people, and events shaping our current moment in the international art community:

Ben Eastham conducts an in-depth assessment of the opening moments of the 61st Venice Biennale. Read it on e-flux Criticism.

Brian Wandera discusses the structural shifts required to support art markets within the African continent more effectively. Read it on ArtTactic.

Sofia Hallström unpacks how psychologist, collector and curator Dr Dimitrios Tsivrikos applies a unique lens to engaging with art and its emotional resonances. Read it on Artsy.

Phokeng Setai (Ph.D) writes about how African art practices and infrastructures are redirecting the way they are placed on the global stage. Read it on Monocle.

Musician and sound artist Thabo Mkwananzi reflects on his recent residency at the living library Seed Archives. Read it on C&.

What have you been reading lately? Let us know in the comments below what pieces discussing contemporary art society have left a lasting impression.

Photograph 1 by Marco Zorzanello. Sourced from e-flux. Photograph 2 by Anton Scholtz. Photograph 3 by Oliver Eglin. Sourced from Artsy. Photograph 4 by Anthea Pokroy. Photograph 5 courtesy of Christian Cassiel. Sourced from C&.

e-flux
ArtTactic
Artsy
Contemporary And

12/05/2026

CAPE TOWN CITY NOTES | Widely respected as a global food destination, Cape Town is home to a variety of contemporary fine dining and premium-casual experiences. We’re highlighting a few of our favourite restaurants that contribute to the thriving gastronomic scene, many using consciously-sourced ingredients from land and sea to realise beautiful culinary ideas through flavour, atmosphere, and creativity:

Chefs Warehouse at Beau Constantia serves bold, playful, seasonal food set atop Constantia Valley’s sprawling vineyards.

Galjoen presents sustainably-sourced South African seafood in the heart of the inner city.

Eat Out Guide’s Restaurant of the Year, FYN combines modern African cuisine with Japanese culinary philosophies.

Ouzeri celebrates Greek and Cypriot flavours to inspire contemporary dishes guided by long-standing traditions.

A short road trip away in the coastal village of Paternoster, Wolfgat highlights ingredients indigenous to the West Coast.

Belly of the Beast encourages diners to explore tastefully prepared yet slightly unconventional ingredients.

The Potluck Club offers globally-inspired small plates while overlooking Cape Town and its surrounding mountains.

Seebamboes spotlights the region’s deep connection between its land and the ocean.

The Melting Pot harnesses global street food's big flavours for elevated yet uncomplicated dining.

La Colombe harnesses food’s theatrical qualities to put on a show with its French-infused menu.

COY explores African seafood while enjoying views of Table Mountain and the city’s bustling harbour.

Riva is an Italian fish restaurant around the corner from the city’s working Waterfront.

Salsify at The Roundhouse's modern, seasonal menu is set against arresting ocean views.

Amura celebrates marine flavours by Michelin-starred chef Ángel León at the historic Mount Nelson.

The Foodbarn prides itself in ‘unpretentious fine dining’, pairing local flavours with its beachy suburb's laidback energy.

Upper Union is nestled in a heritage building, serving vibrant flavours both rebellious and international in character.

Images courtesy of featured restaurants.

08/05/2026

The 61st Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition opens this weekend, imbued with the late Koyo Kouoh’s curatorial vision, ‘In Minor Keys’.

Over one hundred national pavilions and special projects sit in conversation with each other, and meditate on the sounds and sensations nourishing individuals and collectives. Powerful worlds emerge through the beauty, adversity, stillness and chaos that are given particular attention through the Biennale’s conceptual ethos for this year.

In the words of Kouoh’s curatorial text, ‘In Minor Keys’ is “an exhibition that invites us to listen to the persistent signals of the earth and of life, in connection with the frequencies of the soul.”

The Venice Biennale runs from 9 May — 22 November 2026 in Venice, Italy.

Photograph 1 by Mirjam Kluka. Courtesy of Zeitz MOCAA.
Photographs 2 — 5 courtesy of The Venice Biennale.

La Biennale di Venezia
Zeitz MOCAA

07/05/2026

IN OUR ART WORLD | Discover what’s showing this month at galleries and museums across the contemporary art world.

‘Der Tegernseer Bauernjunge’ is Oliver Osborne’s first solo exhibition at Paulina Caspari, which is an ongoing dialogue between art history and the present. Opens 15 May 2026 in Munich, Germany.

‘Deeper - Deeper’ is a solo exhibition by Pierre Vermeulen at RESERVOIR, delving into the relationships between objects and the metaphysical. On show until 22 May 2026 in Cape Town, South Africa.

‘A Kind of Paradise’ at Museum Rietberg is a group show featuring diasporic engagement with colonial-era imagery. On show until 6 September 2026 in Zurich, Switzerland.

'Nothing Has Been Whole For Some Time’ is a group exhibition of contemporary surrealist approaches at EBONY/CURATED. On show until 6 June 2026 in Cape Town, South Africa.

‘Reframing Visibility’ is an all-women group show at Eclectica Contemporary, questioning the array of ways that women can be perceived. On show until 29 May 2026 in Cape Town, South Africa.

‘Suchness: Already Within’ focuses on presence as a group show at Namuso Gallery. On show until 13 June 2026 in The Hague, Netherlands.

‘GIRLS 3000', is an exploration of femininity and its chaotic limitations. The group show is a collaboration between Everard Read and Girls Gallery. Opens 7 May 2026 in Cape Town, South Africa.

'Mallarmé’s Pillow’ by Gerda Scheepers considers relations of abstraction and forms at blank. On show until 16 May 2026 in Cape Town, South Africa.

Southern Guild inaugurates its New York space with two solo exhibitions, ‘Used’ by Usha Seejarim and ‘Ballad of the Peacock’ by Mmangaliso Nzuza. On show until 17 May 2026 in New York, United States of America.

Museum Rietberg
EBONY
Eclectica Contemporary
Everard Read Cape Town
blank projects
Southern Guild

30/04/2026

New for 2026, our workshops programme invited thoughtful participation through open exchange and creative thinking. These interactive sessions signal the expansion of the fair’s offering, both for this dynamic edition and beyond.

We can’t wait to share what is in store for our 2027 edition. While we shape it, we’d also love to hear what you’d like to see explored in future workshops. Feel free to share your ideas in the comments below.

The 2026 workshops programme was curated by Art School Africa. Photographs by Anton Scholtz.⁠

Art School Africa

23/04/2026

Painting at our 2026 fair expressed perspectives through a range of gestures, colours, and tones. Whether applied in many layers over time or thickly placed on a surface, the presence of paint was experienced in different ways:

Roméo Mivekannin at Galerie Eric Dupont working with acrylic paint on free canvas.

Mia Chaplin at WHATIFTHEWORLD working with thick oil paint on canvas.

Yuki Muramatsu at LEESAYA working with pigment on handmade Japanese paper.

Galerie Eric Dupont
WHATIFTHEWORLD
Leesaya

Address

77 Hout Street, Fourth Floor Brewster Building, Cape Town
Green Point
8000

Website

http://www.investeccapetownartfair.co.za/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Investec Cape Town Art Fair posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to Investec Cape Town Art Fair:

Shortcuts

Want your business to be the top-listed Event/venue in Green Point?