You can find past exhibitions and gallery events here.
October 2025
Lunchtime Lecture: Nadja Daehnke (WOAC) - Thu, Oct 16 2025
In Silence we feel - Wed, Oct 15 - Thu, Oct 30 2025
Solo Exhibition - Violet Dream by Mai Elshaer - Wed, Oct 15 - Thu, Oct 30 2025
September 2025
’THE LOVE LETTER’ EXHIBITION AT THE CENTRE FOR AFRICAN STUDIES GALLERY, UPPER CAMPUS - Mon, Sep 15 - Wed, Sep 24 2025
Silent Auction 2025 - Mon, Sep 8 - Wed, Sep 10 2025
100 years: 100 objects exhibition - Fri, Sep 5 - Wed, Oct 8 2025
August 2025
Lunchtime Lecture: Kurt Campbell and Premesh Lalu - Wed, Aug 20 2025
July 2025
'Holding a thought' - The puppetry of Ukwanda - Wed, Jul 23 - Wed, Aug 20 2025
May 2025
You end at the change, I will begin there - a speakeasy symposium - Thu, May 22 2025
April 2025
The Love Letter exhibition commemorates 10-year anniversary of Movie Snaps exhibition and documentary - Sun, Apr 27 2025
Lunchtime Lecture: Mitchell Gilbert Messina - Wed, Apr 23 2025
Testing: A Masters work-in-progress group show - Thu, Apr 17 2025
February 2025
Luncthime Lecture: Exhibition Match - Wed, Feb 26 2025
Destiny_02 - A solo exhibition by Johann van der Schijff - Wed, Feb 19 2025
December 2024
Michaelis Graduate Exhibition 2024 - Sat, Dec 7 2024
September 2024
Lunchtime Lecture: Professor Shelley Sacks - Wed, Sep 18 2024
Vital Signs: the environment, loss and sustainability - Tue, Sep 17 2024
August 2024
Lunchtime Lecture: Rita Duffy - Tue, Aug 13 2024
July 2024
Salon Sequins exhibition at the Michaelis Galleries - Thu, Jul 11 - Fri, Aug 23 2024
June 2024
Exhibition opening: Portfolio Development Workshop exhibition - Sat, Jun 8 2024
February 2024
'Odyssey': an exhibition by Manfred Zylla - Fri, Feb 9 2024
December 2023
Michaelis Graduate Exhibition 2023 - Thu, Dec 7 2023
August 2023
Guest lecture: Panya Routes by Kim Gurney - Thu, Aug 31 2023
December 2022
Michaelis School of Fine Art Graduate Exhibition - Wed, Dec 7 2022
February 2020
ART Open Days in 2020 - Sat, Feb 29 2020
We've come to take you home #1 - Fri, Feb 14 - Tue, Mar 24 2020
December 2019
Michaelis Graduate Exhibition 2019 - Wed, Dec 4 2019
May 2019
Michaelis Open Day 2019 - Sat, May 4 2019
UCT Open Day 2019 - Sat, May 4 2019
April 2019
Forgetting Ntaba ka Ndoda - Thu, Apr 25 - Thu, May 16 2019
Asymmetries - Thu, Apr 25 - Thu, May 16 2019
March 2019
LISTENING ROOM - Thu, Mar 28 - Thu, Apr 18 2019
Conversations - Tue, Mar 5 - Fri, Apr 12 2019
February 2019
Searching for an Electric Peanut by Jonathan Silverman - Thu, Feb 14 - Sat, Mar 2 2019
October 2018
Siyakhula Michaelis Art Auction - Wed, Oct 10 - Sat, Oct 20 2018
September 2018
Lunchtime Screening of "Johannesburg" - Wed, Sep 26 2018
August 2018
"There are mechanisms in place" an exhibition by Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum - Thu, Aug 23 - Fri, Sep 21 2018
June 2018
RE-MEMBERING: MEMORY, INTIMACY, ARCHIVE - Fri, Jun 22 - Wed, Jul 25 2018
March 2018
The Masters Showcase 2017 - Thu, Mar 22 - Fri, May 11 2018
December 2017
Michaelis Graduate Exhibition 2017 - Wed, Dec 13 - Fri, Dec 22 2017
August 2017
The Second 3rd Space Symposium - Decolonising Art Institutions - Thu, Aug 24 - Sat, Aug 26 2017
July 2017
Histories and Afrofictions - Thu, Jul 20 - Tue, Aug 8 2017
May 2017
Looking After Freedom - Tue, May 23 - Fri, Jun 16 2017
March 2017
Masters Showcase 2017 - Thu, Mar 16 - Thu, Apr 6 2017
February 2017
Michaelis Graduate Exhibition - Fri, Feb 24 - Mon, Mar 6 2017
Lunchtime Lecture: Nicola Ruffo - Wed, Feb 22 2017
September 2016
Mmakgabo Helen Sebidi – An exhibition of paintings and prints - Thu, Sep 15 2016
August 2016
LUNCHTIME LECTURE: The 1980s: Art Under the Shadows of Structural Adjustment - Wed, Aug 17 2016
Michaelis School of Fine Art will host an Open Day at the school on Saturday 13 August 2016 - Sat, Aug 13 2016
Michaelis Open Day - Sat, Aug 13 2016