Johannesburg Art Gallery
The Johannesburg Art Gallery is an art museum located in Johannesburg , South Africa . It is located on the southern edge of Joubert Park in the city center, the urban region F.
history
The museum's original collection, owned by Sir Hugh Lane , was shown in London in 1910 before being shipped to South Africa. The wife of the mine owner Lionel Phillips , Lady Florence Phillips , contributed to an expansion of the collection with her husband's funds and donated her own collection of lace . She was also able to persuade her husband to donate seven oil paintings and a sculpture by Auguste Rodin to the gallery.
Lady Phillips was able to commit the city of Johannesburg to provide the costs for the construction of the gallery. The plans for the building were drawn up by Sir Edwin Lutyens ; part of the construction costs were borne by the Jewish financier Otto Beit , who came from Hamburg . The new building was inaugurated in 1915 because of the First World War without ceremonies.
building
The gallery building was not built exactly according to Lutyen's plans. The main entrance faces south, i.e. facing away from the sun. An eastern and a western wing were added to the main building in the 1940s. The north facade and the exhibition rooms there were built in 1986 and 1987, so that a total of 15 exhibition rooms are available today. Outside there is a sculpture garden that has been the victim of damage and theft several times over the past two decades.
Museum holdings
The gallery owns paintings by the 17th century Dutch as well as artwork from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and 19th and 20th century Europe . South African and international artists from the past 100 years are represented and there is a cabinet with prints from the 15th century. Works from the South African and African art scene of the 21st century are shown, constantly changing, temporary exhibitions of modern art are part of the gallery's program.
Exhibitions
- 2014/2015: William Kentridge . The Refusal of Time .
Joubert Park Project
The gallery is one of the partners of the Joubert Park Project, which tries to connect the residents of the inner city area with artists, architects, filmmakers etc. through events of various kinds.
literature
- Jillian Carman: Uplifting the Colonial Philistine: Florence Phillips and the making of the Johannesburg Art Gallery. Witwatersrand University Press, Johannesburg 2006, ISBN 1-86814-436-4 .
Web links
- City of Johannesburg : About Joburg Art Gallery . on www.joburgculture.co.za (English), description of the Art Gallery on the website of the city of Johannesburg
Coordinates: 26 ° 11 ′ 49 ″ S , 28 ° 2 ′ 49 ″ E