About
Everard Read is South Africa's oldest and largest group of galleries. Established in 1913 in Johannesburg, the Everard Read galleries are specialists in contemporary art from South Africa and the diaspora.
The Everard Read galleries can be found in Johannesburg, Cape Town, London and Franschhoek.
There are two Everard Read galleries in Franschhoek. Everard Read Franschhoek on Huguenot Road was opened in 2016, bringing the finest contemporary art to the winelands. Everard Read on Franschhoek presents a year-round programme of solo and group exhibitions.
Everard Read at Leeu Estates is the Everard Read Galleries latest offering. Opened in November 2020, the space serves as a gallery and sculpture park.
The focus will be on showing monumental sculpture amongst the breath-taking fynbos and vineyards of Leeu Estates, as well as exhibiting important works by our artists in the superb purpose-built gallery on site. The Fynbosch Quarter, where the new gallery is located, was designed by DHK architects, who also designed the Norval Foundation.
The gallery complex includes a studio and cottage for the artist residency programme, which provides a tranquil retreat for artists to focus on developing new ideas and work which will generate interesting content for the gallery going forward. Blessing Ngobeni and Teresa Kutala Firmino are the first resident artists, and a collaborative showing of their resultant work is planned for early in 2021. Nelson Makamo is scheduled to be in residence from February and Nandipha Mntambo from mid-March 2021.
Visitors are encouraged to make a day or even a weekend of it to enjoy founder Analjit Singh’s inspired vison for Leeu Estates to be one of the Western Cape’s great destinations. Luxury accommodation abounds, and the gallery shares the same pavilion with La Petite Colombe, the internationally renowned restaurant, which has moved from Leeu Estate's sister hotel, Le Quartier Français. Darren Badenhorst’s Le chêne Restaurant at the Manor House is a short walk from the gallery, making Leeu Estates an extraordinary fine dining venue.
The Mullineux & Leeu Family Wines Studio (Platter’s Winery of the Year 2014, 2016, 2019 and 2020) are open for wine tasting, and a world-class day spa from Healing Earth completes the experience.
Everard Read Franschhoek is in partnership with Leeu Collection.
EVERARD READ
20 Huguenot Road
Franschhoek, 7690
South Africa
+27 21 876 2446 l fgallery@everard.co.za
Opening hours:
Monday – Sunday 10.00 - 16.00
Please contact us to make an appointment outside of these hours.
EVERARD READ AT LEEU ESTATES
Dassenberg Rd, Franschhoek, 7690
Franschhoek, 7690
South Africa
+27 21 492 5980 l erlgallery@everard.co.za
Opening hours:
Wednesday – Sunday 10.00 - 17.00
Please contact us to make an appointment outside of these hours.
