2021 Submission window open! The Art Bank of South Africa (ArtbankSA) invites all South African artists to submit their contemporary artwork to be considered for acquisition. The ArtbankSA annually considers acquiring special pieces of art for its own growing permanent collection.
The ArtbankSA in partnership with the Visual Arts Network of South Africa (VANSA) invites visual arts organisations, galleries and individual mentors operating in the visual arts sector in all Provinces to submit their expression of interest to host the 2020/21 Job Placement Program.
The Art Bank of South Africa in partnership with the Cultural and Creative Industries Federation (CCIFSA) is inviting artists from all Provinces to apply for the opportunity to create artworks for the ArtbankSA’s consideration as part of economic recovery.
South African artists are invited to submit their contemporary artwork to be considered for acquisition by the Art Bank of South Africa (ArtbankSA). The ArtbankSA annually considers acquiring special pieces of art for its own growing permanent collection.
Read our article on the Venice Biennale: Past and Present. South African Pavilion 2019.
Feedback on 2019 submissions: The acquisitions committee met and made recommendations regarding acquisitions, and we are now observing internal approval processes. Once this process has been completed, we will respond to those artists who were successful.
South African artists are invited to apply for their contemporary artwork to be considered for acquisition by the Art Bank of South Africa (artbankSA). The artbankSA annually considers acquiring special pieces of art for its own growing permanent collection.
The Art Bank of South Africa (artbankSA) is a national programme of the Department of Arts and Culture as part of the Mzansi Golden Economy (MGE) strategy implementation. The artbankSA is hosted by the National Museum Bloemfontein, an agency of the Department of Arts and Culture. The vision of artbankSA is to promote, foster and stimulate a vibrant market for the collection of South African contemporary visual art.
Press Release – Homing in on Freedom: Art Bank of South Africa Youth Exhibition 2019
Tswela Pele is an exhibition of selected works from the Art Bank of South Africa’s first contemporary visual art collection purchased in the 2018/2019 year. The 60 artworks on show represent artists from seven provinces in South Africa. The featured artworks explore a variety of themes from everyday experiences and life patterns to the existential, from the male transculturalism to the female response to social conditioning and examination of the patriarchal cultural construct.
