Standard Bank Gallery - South African Art Gallery

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Standard Bank Gallery Corner Simmonds and Fredericks streets Johannesburg South Africa www.sbgallery.co.za

The Standard Bank Gallery is an exciting exhibition space situated in the heart of downtown Johannesburg, South Africa. Since it opened in 1990, it has become one of the city's foremost fine art venues. The gallery offers a dynamic exhibition programme, in keeping with its aim of promoting South African and is operated on a non-commercial basis.

Each year the art gallery shows works by the cream of the South African art world. One of its most popular events is the annual exhibition by the incumbent winner of the Standard Bank Young Artist of the Year Award.

The Standard Bank Gallery has also hosted retrospective exhibitions by key South African artists, including Irma Stern, Gerard Sekoto and Cyprian Shilakoe. Contemporary South African artists such as Edoardo Villa, Penny Siopis, Noel Hodnett, Allina Ndebele and Karel Nel have also lent their vibrant creative energies to the gallery.