The 12th edition of Investec Cape Town Art Fair, taking place from 21 to 23 February, celebrates more than a decade of being the city’s premier visual, contemporary art event. Here’s some of what we’re most excited to see.
WORDS Gina Dionisio PHOTOS Anton Scholtz
Hosted again at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2025 celebrates art, and creativity, and gives art lovers the chance to explore over 124 exhibitors, including first-time participants from Tokyo, Kampala, and Kuwait City.
This year’s over-arching theme is PLAY. “Interrogating the dynamics of experimentation, the 12th edition of Investec Cape Town Art Fair: PLAY bases its thematic framework around play as action, play your role, play as curiosity, play as the inherent human desire to create,” says fair director Laura Vincenti. “Through PLAY, Investec Cape Town Art Fair offers a space where the boundaries between creator and viewer are fluid, and where art itself becomes a living, interactive experience.”
The fair will once again extend well beyond the CTICC, where the main exhibition is held, into the city of Cape Town to include its leading galleries, museums and other cultural institutions in a region-wide week-long festival of art providing visitors with an opportunity to explore the city through its art and experience its richness as a cultural destination.
Participating Galleries
Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2025 welcomes more than 30 new exhibitors (including galleries from Europe, the US, and other African countries outside of South Africa), including 11 new South African galleries. Click on the sections below to view the full lists.
Local Galleries
- 131 A Gallery (Cape Town, South Africa)
- 16 on Lerotholi (Cape Town, South Africa)
- 50ty50ty (Cape Town, South Africa)
- 99 Loop Gallery (Cape Town, South Africa)
- Art Formes (Cape Town, South Africa)
- Artist Proof Studio (Johannesburg, South Africa)
- ArtThrob (Cape Town, South Africa)
- artHARARE (Cape Town, South Africa)
- Berman Contemporary (Johannesburg, South Africa)
- BKhz (Johannesburg, South Africa)
- blank (Cape Town, South Africa)
- Candice Berman Gallery (Johannesburg, South Africa)
- Christopher Moller Gallery (Johannesburg, South Africa)
- Dale Sargent Fine Art (Johannesburg, South Africa)
- Demo Projects (Cape Town, South Africa)
- EBONY/CURATED (Cape Town, Franschhoek, South Africa)
- Eclectica Contemporary (Cape Town, South Africa)
- Everard Read (Cape Town, Franschhoek, Johannesburg, South Africa and London, UK)
- Goodman Gallery (Johannesburg, Cape Town, South Africa, London, UK and New York, USA)
- Guns & Rain (Johannesburg, South Africa)
- THK Gallery (Cape Town, South Africa)
- WHATIFTHEWORLD (Cape Town, South Africa)
International Galleries
- 16/16 (Lagos, Nigeria)
- 50 Golborne (London, United Kingdom)
- Afriart Gallery (Kampala, Uganda)
- AMG Projects (Lagos, Nigeria)
- Anna Laudel (Bodrum and Istanbul, Turkey, Düsseldorf, Germany)
- blue wind project (Sidi Bou Saïd, Tunisia)
- Bode (Berlin, Germany)
- Cellar Contemporary (Trento, Italy)
- Dep Art Gallery (Milan, Italy)
- First Floor Gallery Harare (Harare, Zimbabwe)
- Galerie Caroline O’Breen (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- Galerie Cécile Dufay (Paris, France)
- Galerie EIGEN + ART (Leipzig, Berlin, Germany)
- Galerie Eric Dupont (Paris, France)
- Galleria Anna Marra (Rome, Italy)
- Galleria Giovanni Bonelli (Milan and Pietrasanta, Italy)
- Galleria Michela Rizzo (Venice, Italy)
- Gallery Nosco (Brussels, Belgium)
- Gregor Podnar (Vienna, Austria)
- Gypsum Gallery (Cairo, Egypt)
- Hunna Art (Kuwait City, Kuwait)
- Jahmek Contemporary Art (Luanda, Angola)
- kó (Lagos, Nigeria)
- KWADRAT Galerie (Berlin, Germany)
- LIS10 Gallery (Arezzo, Italy and Paris, France)
- Malangatana Valente Ngwenya Foundation (Maputo, Mozambique)
- OH Gallery (Dakar, Senegal)
- Öktem Aykut (Istanbul, Turkey)
- Reiners Contemporary Art (Marbella, Spain)
- Samuel Maenhoudt Gallery (Knokke-Heist, Belgium)
- Schönfeld Gallery (Brussels, Belgium)
- SOTO Gallery (Lagos, Nigeria)
- Suburbia Contemporary (Granada, Spain)
- TAM Gallery (Cairo, Egypt)
- The Art Affair (Luanda, Angola)
- The Bridge Gallery (Paris, France)
- The Over (Barcelona, Spain)
- The Project Room (Windhoek, Namibia)
- THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBE (Lisbon, Portugal)
- Windsor Gallery (Lagos, Nigeria)
What to Look Forward to at Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2025
VIP Hour
Alongside the VIP preview day, the VIP Hour provides collectors with a quieter opportunity to explore the fair and view artworks each day. The dedicated VIP Hour runs from Friday to Sunday, between 11:00 and 12:00 daily.
Curated sections and special projects
Highlights include Tomorrows/Today curated by Dr Mariella Franzoni (Barcelona, Spain), SOLO curated by Céline Seror (Amsterdam, Netherlands), and Generations curated by Heba El Kayal (London, United Kingdom). Lookout, the reimagined ALT section, is a place for discovery and will spotlight emerging galleries and innovative artistic narratives. The 2nd edition of Cabinet/Trophy, curated by Alexander Richards and Phokeng Setai of Exhibition Match, will run alongside the core sections of the fair, Main and Editions.
Unbound City
Art goes beyond the fair – Cape Town’s buzzing inner-city and surrounds will come alive with the event’s Unbound City public programme, which includes an Art Fair Hub to enjoy after hours.
Talks and Walks
The Talks Programme, supported by iTOO Artinsure, and guided Art Walks, both curated by Art School Africa, return. Check the official programme to register.
For more information on Investec Cape Town Art fair 2025, visit investeccapetownartfair.co.za. Book tickets via Quicket.
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