“Living is keeping the absurd alive. Keeping it alive is above all contemplating it” – Albert Camus

The annual Free State exhibition of the Art Bank of South Africa (ArtbankSA), which showcases the best of South African contemporary art by emerging artists, was opened at 19:00 on Thursday 30 March 2023 at Oliewenhuis Art Museum. 

Exploring the meaning of life and the things we value, the exhibition features artworks selected and purchased from the 2022 submission window by the ArtbankSA.

ArtbankSA is a national programme of the Department of Sport, Arts, and Culture as part of the Mzansi Golden Economy strategy implementation and is hosted by the National Museum Bloemfontein, an agency of the department. 

Its vision is to promote, foster and stimulate a vibrant market for the collection of South African contemporary visual art through the lease and sale of artworks to South African government departments, private companies, and private individuals. 

Visit www.artbanksa.org for more information.

The exhibition can be viewed until 4 June 2023 at Oliewenhuis Art Museum.