Investec Cape Town Art Fair (ICTAF) 2026

At the forthcoming ICTAF, Southern Guild will feature across the fair’s Main, SOLO, and Generations sections. The gallery’s presentation in the Main section (Booth B1) unites established and emerging artists from the gallery’s roster, some of whom are showing at the fair for the first time. The booth features work by Kamyar Bineshtarigh, Patrick Bongoy, Madoda Fani, Jozua Gerrard, Alexandra Karakashian, Bonolo Kavula, Justine Mahoney, Zanele Muholi, Nandipha Mntambo, Mmangaliso Nzuza, Wura-Natasha Ogunji, Ayotunde Ojo, Zizipho Poswa, Lucy Robson, Usha Seejarim, Gus Monday, Dominique Zinkpè, Stanisław Trzebinski, and Chidy Wayne.

MAIN SECTION
Booth B1

The presentation brings together a diverse range of artistic positions that navigate personal narrative alongside shared histories and social inquiry. Across painting, photography, and sculpture, the works reflect diverse material languages and conceptual approaches, addressing themes of memory, identity, ritual, care, and transformation. Collectively, the booth underscores Southern Guild’s ongoing commitment to presenting artists whose practices are both formally rigorous and deeply engaged with the conditions of contemporary life.

Ojo, Nzuza, Maluleke, and Mahoney debut specially-commissioned works, while Muholi offers a large-scale photographic self-portrait from their renowned Somnyama Ngonyama (Hail the Dark Lioness) series. Shown concurrently with her fifth major solo exhibition, Imbeleko at Southern Guild Cape Town (opening Thursday, 12 February), Poswa presents a monumental ceramic and bronze sculpture from Indyebo yakwaNtu (Black Bounty) that transforms a Lobi hairpin into a powerful totem honouring African adornment, matrilineal heritage, and the spiritual resonance of beauty rituals across generations.

The fair presentation also coincides with the opening of Pareidolia by Justine Mahoney on Thursday, 12 February, at Southern Guild Cape Town, anchoring the gallery’s broader engagement across the city during Art Week.

SOLO
Booth S6

Cape Town–based multidisciplinary artist Manyaku Mashilo features in the SOLO Section, curated by independent consultant and founder of Artness, Céline Seror. In her new series, Here I Saw My Ancestors First, Mashilo employs an intuitive painting process guided by memory and sensation. Drawing on family photographs and matriarchal knowledge, the works depict figures that help the artist make sense of belonging while grounding her in storytelling and knowledge systems passed down through matriarchal lineages.

Through layered linework and washes of red ink and ochre, Mashilo weaves personal, historical, and colonial archives into powerful portraits that serve as vessels for spirituality and passage. Rooted in her upbringing and memories of Limpopo, the series reflects on womanhood, ritual, and the intergenerational transmission of knowledge through everyday acts of care.

GENERATIONS
Booth G3

For Generations, Beninese artist Dominique Zinkpè presents a curated selection of hand-carved timber sculptures. Drawing on Yoruba/Benin twin-cult traditions, his works incorporate hundreds of individually carved Ibeji figurines, exploring ritual, identity, and cultural inheritance. Through repetition, intricate variation, and assembly, the sculptures reflect relationships between the individual and the collective, while engaging with themes of birth and interconnectedness.

Beyond their technical complexity and monumental scale, Zinkpè’s forms serve as cultural witnesses, invoking ritual performance, spiritual cosmologies, gendered power, fertility, and the rhythms of everyday life. The presentation offers a concentrated and immersive encounter with Zinkpè’s sculptural and symbolic universe, highlighting both his mastery of material and his nuanced engagement with tradition and contemporary expression.


CAPE TOWN ART WEEK: ICTAF VIP PROGRAMME & GALLERY EVENTS

Southern Guild participates in Cape Town Art Week and the 2026 ICTAF VIP Programme with a series of exhibitions, talks, and curated gallery presentations, offering invited guests close engagement with the gallery’s artists and curatorial vision.

Click here for more information about our Cape Town Art Week events.