Wits Art Museum

5 Chaos Reviews - 2 weeks ago

What a pleasant experience, beautiful work all around. We had an amazing time, sadly the cafe wasn't open. However we got some good pictures.

5 Stephan Paulsen - 7 months ago

Really great catalogue of art. I thoroughly enjoyed the emersion of being surrounded by such rich cultural history. I would definitely recommend visiting.

5 Azania Mosaka - 10 months ago

A major part of the Wits Art Museum (WAM) is to make it’s important collections of African art available to the public. Within its walls, the pace of life slows down while hundreds of thousands pedestrians, cars, taxis and buses pass hurriedly outside its glass walls. It’s a pleasing contrast to experience. It’s on corner Jorissen and Bertha Streets in Braamfontein.

The bright costumes at the entrance attracted me immediately. I stood at the window looking in longingly. A security guard asked me if I wanted to go inside. The doors were closed. I eagerly replied “Yes please”.

The current exhibition is titled “Seen, Heard and Valued” and it celebrates 40 years of the Standard Bank African Art collection. It is beautiful. The museum also publishes books about their major exhibitions and the collection of books about past exhibitions is on sale. There was a group of young primary school kids (they looked around 7) whose voices and curiosity made the atmosphere so joyful and light.

The staff were really welcoming, conversational and well informed.

This was an unexpected well spent morning meandering through the museum at 10:30 am on a random Tuesday. Grateful.

All COVID protocols observed.

5 Bronwyn Holtzhausen - 4 months ago

Fantastic experience at the live exhibition today. We primarily saw Christine Dixie's exhibition BluePrint for the DisOrder of Things. Loads of big spaces to meander through. The museum is well organised and we will welcomed by a friendly, bubbly lady who told us about the museum and the exhibit. Lots of "interesting" for the art loving! I parked on the street outside the museum. Wits student can access for Wits Theatre. There was also parking in the blocks around the Museum. This was Saturday afternoon. Mellow space in the city - we walked around afterwards to find coffee/hot chocolate and something yummy. See my review of JFF Rooftop Garden Farm - a coffee shop oasis around the corner. Museum + coffee shop u003d Yum yum for soul and body!

5 Phillip Dashkevich - 7 months ago

An interesting exhibition of preserved African history enclosed inside glass panels. This dated art spans across 3 stories. The basement section include a series of (student) artists self expressionism. An interesting exhibit.

5 Alice Martin - 3 weeks ago

Great space and the Gisèle Wulfsohn was beautiful and very moving.

5 Tessa Anderson - 4 weeks ago

The exhibitions here are beautifully laid out and well curated. Parking for the gallery is very limited, but once youre inside it is always worthwhile