Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2025 Program Highlight and List of Exhibitors

Investec Cape Town Art Fair, which takes place from 21 to 23 February 2025 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) has announced its exhibitors for the 12th edition of the fair and introduced its first highlights.

Dr Mariella Franzoni curator Tomorrows_Today, Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2025

• The Investec Cape Town Art Fair remains the largest contemporary art fair on the African continent, featuring 124 exhibitors from across the globe, including top galleries from Europe and the US specialising in contemporary art.
• For the first time, galleries from Tokyo, Kampala and Kuwait City are taking part in the fair.
• The 2025 edition of the fair will feature 30 first-time exhibitors, the largest group of new galleries in the event’s history.
• More than half of the exhibitors are returning to the fair, drawn back by the vibrant energy of Cape Town with its dynamic art scene and reputation as the key art hub of the African continent. 
• Independent consultant and curator Céline Seror will take the reins of the SOLO section, while Egyptian curator, writer and researcher Heba El Kayal from Cairo will curate the Generations section.
• A new section, Lookout, is dedicated to emerging galleries that have been operating for under five years. 
• The 2025 fair will also showcase the second iteration of its ‘Cabinet’ series: Cabinet/Trophy: Playing the Field, curated by Exhibition Match (Alexander Richards and Dr Phokeng Setai).
• The fair continues to take art beyond the confines of the fair by activating Cape Town’s buzzing inner-city and surrounds through the Unbound City public programme, including an Art Fair Hub to enjoy after hours.

Each year, Investec Cape Town Art Fair attracts more than 30,000 art collectors and enthusiasts from around the globe to a showcase of the very best contemporary art from Africa and around the world.

 The 2025 edition of Investec Cape Town Art Fair welcomes more than 30 new exhibitors (including galleries from Europe, the US and other African countries outside of South Africa), including 11 new South African galleries.  

 “Interrogating the dynamics of experimentation, the 12th edition of Investec Cape Town Art Fair: PLAY bases its thematic framework around play as action, play your role, play as curiosity, play as the inherent human desire to create,” says fair director Laura Vincenti. “Through PLAY, Investec Cape Town Art Fair offers a space where the boundaries between creator and viewer are fluid, and where art itself becomes a living, interactive experience. Rather than being a passive observation of aesthetic objects, play invites the audience to actively participate in the unfolding of ideas. This collaborative aspect of play redefines the roles of artist and viewer, transforming them into co-creators of meaning. The fair encourages engagement not only through the visual and conceptual, but also through the tactile, sensory, and emotional, allowing for a deeper connection between the work and its audience. In this context, art becomes a shared space where diverse perspectives intersect, challenge, and ultimately enrich the collective experience.” read more