The Prince Albert Gallery is in Seven Arches, the gracious Victorian building opposite the Museum. This unique gallery, was conceived some years ago by local artists who needed a venue to show their work. During a meeting held early in 2002, six people elected to create the space and run the gallery and on 10 May of that year the first exhibition was opened. Since then there have been a variety of exhibitions by artists well known both locally and country-wide, such as Alf Gundersen, David Goldblatt, Sally Arnold, Christine Thomas, Anne Kerr and her mother Erica Berry, installation artist Jo O'Connor, Richard John Forbes, and painter, Ben Coutouvidis.

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2013 future events

The Prince Albert Gallery will present

30 x 40

An exhibition of unsigned canvases
- all the same size and all starting at the same price -

Saturday 12 August 2013

For more information contact the

Prince Albert Gallery

Tel: +27 (0) 23 5411 057
Fax: 086 510 1842
Cell: +27 (0) 82 749 2128 (Brent)

Email: karoogallery@intekom.co.za

PArt Prince Albert Art Festival was held from 28 September - 1 October 2012 To mark the town’s 250th birthday celebration and the Prince Albert Gallery’s tenth anniversary, more than 30 of South Africa’s most renowned visual artists participated in the village’s first art festival. The festival interrogated the theme of The Vulnerable Landscape. Artists explored all aspects of landscape: interiors, the mind, urban renewal and destruction, the veld and closer to home, the beautiful and vast landscapes of the Karoo. In addition to the Gallery, housed in the historic Seven Arches building, other venues around the architecturally acclaimed village were in use. “We wanted to include as much of the town as possible,” said Gallery owner Brent Phillips-White. “We offered lectures and workshops as well as the exhibitions in some of these venues.” Art lovers discovered work by painters, photographers, ceramicists, print-makers, sculptors and land artists at the festival. Prince Albert Gallery co-director, Mary Anne Botha explained: “The arid Karoo is vulnerable to climate change and human intrusion. Water for food and settlement is scarce. Fossil water held in deep aquifers is irreplaceable. New work was on display by David Goldblatt, William Kentridge, Hylton Nel and Hermann Niebuhr. Other artists exhibiting included Standard Bank Artist of the Year 2012 Mikhael Subotzky, internationally celebrated Philip W. Badenhorst and land artist Strijdom van der Merwe. (A full list of the artists participating is below). An exhibition was curated featuring Karoo artists’ response to the threat of fracking. Workshops were offered by photographer Louis Botha and reduction woodblock printmaker Joshua Miles. Prominent paleontologist Judy Maguire and artist JP Meyer offered lectures in the evenings. The town’s recreational cooking school, African Relish, had a special weekend cooking course and other restaurants around the village hosted dinners with artists. CLICK HERE FOR: Prince Albert Art Festival Programme PArt Film reviews We were delighted so many outstanding artists participating. They included:
Sally Arnold Philip Badenhorst Louis Botha David Chancellor Peter Clarke Neels Coetzee George Coutouvidis Sheila Coutouvidis Richard John Forbes David Goldblatt Charmaine Haines Clive Heyne Neil Jonker William Kentridge Judy Maguire	Estelle Marais Nico Masemola Gill Maylam Di McLean Joshua Miles Hekkie Moos JP Meyer Hylton Nel Hermann Niebuhr Samantha Reinders Mikhael Subotsky Jill Trappler Christine Thomas Strydom van der Merwe Gareth Williams
The organisers of the Prince Albert Art Festival have determined that to continually refresh, expand and improve the experience of PArt, the festival will be held every other year. Therefore the next art festival will be held over the last two weeks of September 2014

Previous exhibitions at the Prince Albert Gallery

Guy du Toit

Richard John Forbes

Sarel Petrus

Paul Cooper

“Marvellous World” an exhibition of contemporary sculpture.

December 2011 - January 2012

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Sheila Coutouvidis

vases, vessels & other fancies

some new paintings

November 2010

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“RUIMTES
EN STRUKTURE”

Philip Willem Badenhorst
Christina Bryer

Lyn Smuts

An Exploration of Sound, Structure and Space
through
Paintings, Prints & Ceramics

August 2010

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“Black, White & Colour”

An Exhibition of reduction woodblock prints

Elza Botha and Joshua Miles.

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A joint exhibition of three Zulu artists

Welcome Danca, Lalelani Mbhele and Bheki Khambule

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"OIL & INK"

JOSHUA MILES

A collection of Reductionblock Woodcuts and Oil on Canvas.

Friday 10th April, 18H00, Prince Albert Gallery,

57 Church Street , Prince Albert .

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Roderick Freemantle

- An Introduction -

Prince Albert Gallery was proud to introduce a new artist to the gallery.

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"Around We Go"

an exhibition of new works by Carol Eady and Julia Beeton-Kuhlmann, which opened at the Prince Albert Gallery on Saturday 18 October 2008.

Carol paints in mixed media. Her visual stories often depict female faces within an enhanced landscape.

Julia paints with vivid colour, using her strong sense of design to explore an imaginary world.

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Niel Jonker's first solo exhibition

PAUSE

Introducing figurative elements into his well-known still life paintings, Jonker continues his distinctive pursuit now on the theme of faith and youth.

Co-inciding with the first rains in the Little Karoo, the artist returns with his first solo exhibition to the region of his birth.

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A new body of work by Johannesburg artist Toni Bico.

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An exhibition of paintings by Sheila Coutouvidis

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The Quiet Revolution

by Richard John Forbes

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" Gamkaskloof 1966-1968 "

David Goldblatt

an exceptional body of 17 framed silver-gelatin photographs

taken in "Die Hel" during the 1960's.

November 2006

We hoped the gallery could provide an opportunity for people to enjoy and appreciate a variety of art and also encourage those with creative abilities to show their work. The July 2003 exhibition `30x40?` (which describes the size of the canvas people used) achieved this aim. All works were unsigned hence the question mark in the title.

Held to commemorate our first anniversary the show was a massive success with over 40 contributors and 29 paintings that sold. Subsequent `30x40?`exhibitions have proved equally popular and more artists and patrons join the fun of the silent auction at the opening of the exhibition each year.

Of the original group of six running the gallery, one remains, Brent Phillips-White. A new member, Mary Anne Botha has joined.

The spirit and enthusiasm of the founding members, Kevin Hough, Trudy Brain, JP Meyer, Sheila Coutouvidis and Stephen Allwright remain with us and they continue to contribute their art and interest.

The gallery has space which can be booked for exhibitions

please contact us for details.

For more information

contact the

Prince Albert Gallery

Seven Arches

Church Street, Prince Albert 6930

PO Box 195

Prince Albert 6930

Tel: +27 (0) 23 5411 057
Fax: 086 510 1842
Cell: +27 (0) 82 749 2128 (Brent)

Email: karoogallery@intekom.co.za

Gallery Cafe

1^st Floor, Seven Arches, 57 Church Street , Prince Albert

Great food, Great service, Great Ambience.

We cater for all tastes using the freshest ingredients including local figs, cheese, cream, honey, lamb, game, chicken and vegetables.

Desserts include beautiful Belgian chocolate, a selection of homemade ice-creams & sorbets.

There are Daily changes to our Menu.

Starters R30 – R45

Mains R75 – R120

Reservations: phone 023 541-1197 or you can contact Henriette on 073 120 1243

or Brent at 082 749 2128.

Licensed . Visa, Mastercards & AMEX accepted.

Open 7 nights a week from 18H30

Children welcome.

karoogallery@intekom.co.za

www.princealbertgallery.co.za

For bookings contact Brent on 082 749 2128 / 023 541-1197.

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2013 future events

For more information contact the

Prince Albert Gallery

Tel: +27 (0) 23 5411 057 Fax: 086 510 1842 Cell: +27 (0) 82 749 2128 (Brent)

Email: karoogallery@intekom.co.za

Prince Albert Art Festival Programme

PArt Film reviews

Guy du Toit

Richard John Forbes

Sarel Petrus

Paul Cooper

"OIL & INK"

Roderick Freemantle

PAUSE

For more information

contact the

Prince Albert Gallery

Seven Arches

Church Street, Prince Albert 6930

PO Box 195

Prince Albert 6930

Tel: +27 (0) 23 5411 057 Fax: 086 510 1842 Cell: +27 (0) 82 749 2128 (Brent)

Email: karoogallery@intekom.co.za

Gallery Cafe

1st Floor, Seven Arches, 57 Church Street , Prince Albert

Tel: +27 (0) 23 5411 057
Fax: 086 510 1842
Cell: +27 (0) 82 749 2128 (Brent)

Tel: +27 (0) 23 5411 057
Fax: 086 510 1842
Cell: +27 (0) 82 749 2128 (Brent)

1^st Floor, Seven Arches, 57 Church Street , Prince Albert