The Sanlam Art Collection, established in 1965, is one of South Africa's finest collections of South African Art.  With holdings of more than 2000 items by some of South Africa's most valued and emerging artists the collection provides a representative overview of South African art dating from the late nineteenth century to the present.  Sanlam continues to acquire works by South African artists to broaden the representative character of the collection.

For more information on the Sanlam Art Collection a series of illustrated articles by Amanda Botha are being published at www.litnet.co.za under Sanlam / Litnet Ons Kunserfenis or contact the curator.

Curator: Stefan Hundt
Tel:        021 947 3359 / 083 457 2699
Email:     sanlamart@sanlam.co.za

Sanlam Art Gallery

A selection from the collection is on exhibition in the Sanlam Art Gallery located in the Sanlam Head Office in Bellville.  With only 2% of the collection on display at any time the exhibition is changed on a bimonthly basis.  The Sanlam Art Collection regularly organises exhibitions that travel to Arts Festivals and public art galleries throughout South Africa.

Gallery hours:  Monday – Friday   09:00 – 16:30 Tel:                 021 947 3359 / 021 947 3165 Entry is free Currently on Exhibition Decade: Highlights from 10 years of collecting for the Sanlam Art Collection, showcases a selection of 83 works out 544 that were acquired for the collection over the past ten years.  The exhibition will be on view in Bloemfontein, Durban and Port Elizabeth through 2009.
Currently on Tour at the Oliewenhuis Art Museum Johann Louw a Mid-career Retrospective Johann Louw has become a celebrated yet unrecognised painter.  His unique approach to the figure and landscape rendered in thick impasto oils over the last twenty years exposes the psychological dilemmas of South African existence and history. Oliewenhuis Art Museum, Bloemfontein 19 September to 28 October 2008. Tel:                  051 447 9609 Museum hours: Monday to Friday 08:00 – 17:00,                        Saturdays 10:00 0- 17:00,                            Sundays 13:00 – 17:00 Entry is free