In line with FNB Art Joburg’s objective of maintaining a quality-focused fair, the gallery HUB pavilion presents internationally renowned galleries representing institutionally recognised artists. Designed to align the fair and its participating galleries with international discourse on contemporary African art, gallery HUB ensures global relevance that contributes toward the sustainable development of the continent’s art ecosystem.
For the 19th edition of FNB Art Joburg, gallery HUB features 11 exhibitors whose programmes reflect the breadth, complexity and ambition of contemporary artistic practice today.
Introducing the 2026 gallery HUB exhibitors
blank
Based in Cape Town, South Africa, blank was founded by Jonathan Garnham as a project space in 2005 and transitioned into a commercial gallery during 2012.
The gallery represents emerging and increasingly established artists from the region and the diaspora in a critically engaged programme with a focus on concept and abstraction in the African context.
With an exhibition programme that has a reputation for shaping the discourse around contemporary art in (Southern) Africa, and participation in prominent local and international art fairs, we seek to place our artists’ work in a wide range of private and institutional collections.
In addition, blank continues to promote the visual arts in our local community through ongoing projects that support the sector.
Eclectica Contemporary
With an increasing focus on African Art around the world, Eclectica Contemporary aims to present a carefully selected and focused collection of art from the continent that interrogates issues facing us in a globalized world. The art at Eclectica Contemporary often showcases practices and materials from art history but which push these boundaries and explore uncharted territories of representation, technique and theory.
Based in Cape Town, South Africa, Eclectica Contemporary sees itself as an African gallery with an international vision. We celebrate the diversity and depth of art making on our continent while aiming to contextualize it for a growing global market.
Our program of exhibitions shows a mix of solo shows by gallery artists alongside curated group shows. In addition, the Eclectica Contemporary exhibition space has facilities for experimental, new media and project-based works.
Everard Read
Everard Read is Africa’s oldest commercial art gallery. Established along a dusty street in the young mining town of Johannesburg, the gallery celebrated its centenary year in 2013. Since its inception, Everard Read has been associated with pre-eminent artists working in Southern Africa.
Throughout the 20th Century, a large proportion of South Africa’s most important paintings and sculpture graced the interior of the gallery in central Johannesburg that Everard Read initially called home. The gallery has also been involved in sourcing Fine Art from acclaimed international artists and continues to do so. This, over decades, profoundly stimulated the tastes and sophistication of art collectors in a country somewhat isolated during apartheid.
First Floor Gallery Harare
First Floor Gallery is Zimbabwe’s leading contemporary art space with a programme which incorporates artist development and educational and socially engaged cultural initiatives alongside gallery practice. Since opening in 2009 as an experimental artist-run initiative, First Floor Gallery Harare has launched numerous international careers of Zimbabwean artists and beyond, and transforming art purchases into investments.
Gallery MOMO
Founded in 2002 by Monna Mokoena, Gallery MOMO has since become one of the leading voices in the African contemporary scene, both locally and globally. Our commitment to advancing the work of emerging and already established artists from the continent and the diaspora has earned us notoriety for virtuosity and innovation in the field
Goodman Gallery
Founded in Johannesburg in 1966, Goodman Gallery is a leading international contemporary art gallery with exhibition locations in Cape Town, Johannesburg, London and New York.
Since 2008, under the ownership and leadership of Liza Essers, the gallery has evolved from a South African enterprise with an international outlook into a globally engaged cultural platform, working closely with artists from across Africa, the wider Global South and beyond. Today, Goodman Gallery represents more than forty artists and estates whose practices have played a decisive role in shaping world art history.
Established by Linda Givon and now one of the oldest galleries on the African continent, Goodman Gallery has been a pioneer in the global art market and is the longest running African participant at Art Basel. While rooted in the Global South, the gallery has increasingly shaped artistic discourse and institutional engagement in the Global North through the artists it represents and platforms, its rigorous curatorial programme and its sustained international collaborations. This outward looking approach culminated in the opening of Goodman Gallery London in 2019 and New York in 2023.
Stevenson
Stevenson has an international exhibition programme with a particular focus on the region. Founded in 2003, the gallery has spaces in Cape Town and Amsterdam.
It is jointly owned by 10 partners: Federica Angelucci, Marc Barben, Lerato Bereng, Joost Bosland, David Brodie, Sinazo Chiya, Jessica Honeyman, Sisipho Ngodwana, Sophie Perryer and Alexander Richards.
Stevenson participates in Art Basel, Art Basel Paris, Frieze London, Frieze New York and Paris Photo.
Suburbia Contemporary
Suburbia Contemporary is a contemporary art gallery based in Barcelona. The name originates from the idea of “suburbia” as a space outside the centre, a territory existing at the margins of dominant structures and, precisely for this reason, retaining possibilities for experimentation, flexibility and openness.
Like places that are often defined from the outside, yet ultimately shaped by the people who inhabit them, the gallery is built through the artists, works and dialogues it hosts. Suburbia Contemporary approaches the exhibition space as a permeable and constantly evolving structure, capable of accommodating different visions and practices.
The gallery is grounded in the idea that artistic dialogue does not belong exclusively to major centres, but can also emerge in peripheral spaces. Suburbia Contemporary develops a programme dedicated to contemporary artistic research and to the construction of an international context based on exchange, reflection and a plurality of voices.
This is Not a White Cube
THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBE is an international contemporary art gallery, founded in Luanda in 2016 and based in Lisbon, Portugal. Through the representation and collaboration with both national and international artists, whether established or emerging, the gallery presents a program focused on relevant narratives and debates, associated with the European context and the Global South.
With a pioneering spirit of decompartmentalization and inclusion, favoring intercultural dialogues, it is the first African gallery in Portugal to open its collaborative circle to both local artists and artistic productions from the Global South, including Brazil and non-Lusophone African countries. The gallery maintains a regular and significant presence at major international art fairs.
kumalo | turpin
Based in Johannesburg, South Africa, kumalo | turpin is a new contemporary art space dedicated to exhibiting the next generation of leading artists from the Global Majority. Founded by Zanele Kumalo and M.J. Turpin in 2025, the art space was born from a shared commitment to equity, experimentation, and socially-engaged practice.
With a focus on artists whose work challenges dominant narratives and reflects global concerns, the gallery presents a programme designed to amplify previously-excluded voices in today’s society. Through a dynamic range of exhibitions, residencies, and public programming, kumalo | turpin supports artists at pivotal moments in their careers—offering space to reflect, disrupt, and engage.
Rooted in Johannesburg’s legacy of creative resistance, kumalo | turpin fosters cross-cultural dialogue and critical inquiry. The art space works fluidly across disciplines, and between emerging and established voices, to shape a platform that is both locally grounded and globally connected.
Candice Berman
Candice Berman Gallery approaches the world with a curious eye, a perspective that informs its selection of artists. At the heart of its programme is a fascination with the cultural and personal narratives that shape artistic practice, and the ways these stories are expressed through each artist’s work. Committed to the long-term development of its artists, the gallery creates meaningful opportunities for their work to be seen, experienced and engaged with by audiences across South Africa and internationally.
Since its establishment in 2013, Candice Berman Gallery has become recognised as a leading destination in Johannesburg for fine art collectors from around the world. Representing a diverse range of media, including painting, photography, sculpture and printmaking, the gallery’s programme is primarily centred on artists whose practices engage with the traditions and concerns of Expressionism.