KZNSA Gallery

KZNSA Gallery Durban's leading contemporary art gallery, home to the Arts Cafe and KZNSA Shop KZNSA is Durban's leading contemporary art gallery.
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The courtyard cafe and shop offer visitors the best of KZN's climate, cultural events, art, design and craft. Check the page for the latest art classes and making workshops happening in our LAB Education Centre.

PUBLIC PROGRAMME | Isidlamlilo (The Fire Eater) | 17 October 2026 | 10h30KZNSA Gallery, in partnership with Empatheatre,...
07/10/2026

PUBLIC PROGRAMME | Isidlamlilo (The Fire Eater) | 17 October 2026 | 10h30

KZNSA Gallery, in partnership with Empatheatre, invites you to a thought-provoking public conversation on Isidlamlilo (The Fire Eater): The (Un)making of Zenzile Maseko.

Created by Empathreatre (Mpume Mthombeni and Neil Coppen), Isidlamlilo follows the story of Zenzile Maseko, an elderly woman forced to confront her past after discovering that the state has officially declared her deceased. Through her journey, the production explores themes of memory, identity, political violence, and resilience, offering a powerful reflection on the histories that continue to shape KwaZulu-Natal today.

Join the creators in conversation as they reflect on the method and staging of this acclaimed production and discuss the role of theatre as a space for storytelling, historical reflection, and social change. Co-moderated by Dr. Miranda Young-Jahangeer and Musa Hlatshwayo.


📍 Vanue: KZNSA Gallery, 166 Bulwer Road, Glenwood
Date: Saturday, 17 October 2026
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Free Entry.

Gallery exhibition opening tomorrow! ✨ Make a day of it - see Sabelo's Mlangeni's work, then shop hand - painted decorat...
01/10/2026

Gallery exhibition opening tomorrow! ✨ Make a day of it - see Sabelo's Mlangeni's work, then shop hand - painted decorative plates by Sbusiso Duma. Two spaces, one visit.

Available now at KZNSA Shop.

Open times:
Tue to Fri 9-5pm
Saturday 9-4pm
Sunday 9-3pm


August Recap | Bon Voyage, Ndel(e)lanhle | Maison&Objet 2026 Rising Talent AwardsBon Voyage, Ndel(e)lanhleWe came togeth...
11/09/2026

August Recap | Bon Voyage, Ndel(e)lanhle | Maison&Objet 2026 Rising Talent Awards

Bon Voyage, Ndel(e)lanhle

We came together to celebrate and send off Simphiwe Mlambo and Siyanda Mbhele, South African laureates of the Maison&Objet 2026 Rising Talent Awards.

As they prepare to showcase their work on the international design stage in Paris, we wish them all the best on this exciting journey.

Congratulations on this incredible achievement. Durban is proud!

Simphiwe Mlambo
PINDA

August Racap | Minenkulu Ngoyi | Our Artist of the SeasonIn August, we welcomed Minenkulu Ngoyi for an engaging conversa...
09/09/2026

August Racap | Minenkulu Ngoyi | Our Artist of the Season

In August, we welcomed Minenkulu Ngoyi for an engaging conversation on collective practice through printmaking and zinemaking, alongside insights into his personal artistic journey.

The evening encouraged participation, conversation and making, creating meaningful connections between artists and audiences.

A reminder of the value of gathering through art.

Portait by Thato Mabaso
Minenkulu Ngoyi

OPEN CALL | KZNSA GALLERY 2027 EXHIBITION PROGRAMMEWelcoming spring with an open call! 🌼KZNSA Gallery is excited to invi...
01/09/2026

OPEN CALL | KZNSA GALLERY 2027 EXHIBITION PROGRAMME

Welcoming spring with an open call! 🌼

KZNSA Gallery is excited to invite artists, curators, collectives, galleries, arts organisations and institutions to submit exhibition proposals for our 2027 Exhibition Programme.

We welcome proposals for solo and group exhibitions and look forward to receiving ideas that reflect the breadth of artistic practices, conversations and perspectives being developed across KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and beyond.

📅 Applications open: 1 September 2026
⏰ Closing date: 14 October 2026 at 23:59
📩 Outcomes communicated by: 30 November 2026

An Information Pack has been compiled to assist applicants and includes important information about the application process, gallery spaces, exhibition rates and other practical considerations. We strongly encourage you to read through it before submitting your application.

🔗 Apply here: https://forms.gle/MoV4mYM6hGiCxwRx6

For general enquiries not covered in the Information Pack, please contact [email protected].

We look forward to receiving your proposals and shaping another exciting year of exhibitions at KZNSA Gallery! 🌱

Featured image: Opening performance for Bridging Perspectives by Ayanda I Am Art Gallery

For the art you make and the futures you help imagine. ✨A 2025 Sasol Signitures National Finalist. A BASA DEBUT Fund Pro...
31/08/2026

For the art you make and the futures you help imagine. ✨

A 2025 Sasol Signitures National Finalist. A BASA DEBUT Fund Programme Top 53 Creative Entrepreneur. A member of the British Council Art Exchange Image 2026 - 27 cohort. A curating Durban panelist. An artist, researcher and teacher.

Azola, KZNSA is grateful for you.
Azola Krweqe KZNSA Gallery, Durban

Some stories are carried in cloth, thread and beads, passed from one generation to the next.Her 2025 textile work, "Isik...
31/08/2026

Some stories are carried in cloth, thread and beads, passed from one generation to the next.

Her 2025 textile work, "Isikhalo Sam", carried Azola Krweqe to the national stage as a Sasol Signiture finalist. Made using Umbhaco cloth and beadwork, the work honours the techniques she learned from paternal grandmother, celebrating the creative traditional of Black women and reflects on the unfinished promise of freedom - one by one, bead by bead.

But Azola does not keep knowledge to herself.

In the workshop featured here, she shares beadwork as a living language, learned through the hands, passed from one person to another and carried forward across generations. "Beading is a way of thinking... slow, attentive, and deeply."

Her curatorial practice carries the same spirit of listening and learning. In "Iintsimbi iyathetha", Azola works alongside umama Nokhaya Jilingisa to explore as more than adornment. It emerges as a living language and an intergenerational knowledge system carried through colour, thread, rhythm, gesture and form.

The Women Who Move KZNSA. ✨
Azola Krweqe KZNSA Gallery, Durban

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As we close Women's Month and our Women Who Create KZNSA series, we honour Azola Krweqe, Gallery Administrator at KZNSA,...
31/08/2026

As we close Women's Month and our Women Who Create KZNSA series, we honour Azola Krweqe, Gallery Administrator at KZNSA, artist - curator and teacher.

Working primarily in beadwork, Azolas' practice engages with the histories and meanings carried within materials, challenging distinctions between Craft and Fine Art while creating space for cultural knowledge, memory and storytelling to remain in motion.

The Women Who Move KZNSA.
Azola Krweqe

Open times:
Tue to Fri 9-5pm
Saturday 9-4pm
Sunday 9-3pm

Thank you the many ways you help creativity thrive, from the work that happens behind the scenes to the stories you capt...
30/08/2026

Thank you the many ways you help creativity thrive, from the work that happens behind the scenes to the stories you capture through your lens.

We are grateful for all that you bring to KZNSA and the wider creative community.

The Women Who Move KZNSA. ✨
Neliswa Ngutshane

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166 Bulwer Road
Durban
4001

Opening Hours

Tuesday 09:00 - 17:00
Wednesday 09:00 - 17:00
Thursday 09:00 - 17:00
Friday 08:00 - 17:00
Saturday 09:00 - 16:00
Sunday 10:00 - 15:00

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