Upcoming at Bag.
15 years of Cassirer Welz Award
Bag Factory is pleased to present Ngiyiboneleni?, a solo exhibition by Smiso Cele as a result of the Cassirer Welz Award 2025 residency. As a continuation of an ongoing project, Ebhuqwini1 (2025), in which Cele uses the intimacies conceptualised in reference to the bedroom he shared with his siblings in his childhood as a gateway into building and acquainting himself with the histories of places he finds himself in.
Exhibition Opening: Thursday, 13th November 2025, 18:00 – 20:00
Exhibition Programming: 22nd November
Details to be confirmed
Exhibition Closing: Late January
On Going Projects
BAG FACTORY LIVING ARCHIVE PROJECT
Bag Factory Artists‘ Studios has a pioneering 33 year history of providing a supportive infrastructure for artists. By combining art making with cultural debate and exhibitions, we create a fertile international environment for experimentation, innovation, and cultural dialogue between creatives in South Africa and the rest of the world.
The Bag Factory Archive Project, in collaboration with Preempt Group, aims to preserve a rich history of past and present artists, including our co-founder Dr David Koloane, Sam Nhlengethwa, Kagiso Patrick Mautloa, Mmakgabo Helen Sebidi, Bongi Dhlomo-Mautloa, as well as Penny Siopis, Tracey Rose, Kendell Geers, Gabi Ngcobo, Lady Skollie, Blessing Ngobeni, and Bronwyn Katz.
As the Bag Factory enters an important period of transition, it is more important than ever to conserve the historic records as a living archive, allowing art historians and researchers to access them for future generations.
