Johannesburg Art Gallery

Johannesburg Art Gallery
Entrance of Johannesburg Art Gallery
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Established1910
LocationKlein and King George streets, Joubert Park, Johannesburg
Coordinates26°11′49″S 28°02′50″E / 26.197039°S 28.047104°E / -26.197039; 28.047104
TypeArt Museum
CuratorKhwezi Gule
Websitefriendsofjag.org

The Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG) is an art gallery in Joubert Park in the city centre of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is the largest gallery on the continent with a collection that is larger than that of the Iziko South African National Gallery in Cape Town.[1]

The building, which was completed in 1915, was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, with Robert Howden working as supervising architect, and consists of 15 exhibition halls and sculpture gardens. It houses collections of 17th-century Dutch paintings, 18th- and 19th-century British and European art, 19th-century South African works, a large contemporary collection of 20th-century local and international art, and a print cabinet containing works from the 15th century to the present.

  1. ^ "An artistic treasure house in the middle of Joburg". City of Johannesburg. Archived from the original on 11 May 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2016.