Goodman Gallery

It represents both established and emerging artists who are regarded as having helped shape the landscape of contemporary art in Southern Africa.

Founded during apartheid, the gallery opened with a show of 30 artists, mostly leading European modernists.

It remained a "resolutely non-discriminatory space", protecting its artists and freedom of expression during the political tumult.

[5] In 2012, South Africa's governing party, the African National Congress, went to court to try to force Goodman Gallery to remove The Spear, a painting by Brett Murray that appeared to depict South Africa's president Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed.

[9] It also celebrated its 50th anniversary the same year with the two-part curatorial mission, In Context, co-curated by Essers and artist Hank Willis Thomas that explored notions of African identity in both the United States and Africa.