Genesis Awakening: Fine Arts

A celebration of Africa’s creative soul — where fine art, fashion, and music unite.

Step into the opening night of Genesis Awakening 2025, a four-day global cultural experience igniting Johannesburg with the spirit of creativity, innovation, and heritage. Hosted at the Johannesburg Art Gallery, Art × Fashion × Jazz marks the beginning of an extraordinary weekend blending visual art, design, music, and storytelling across borders.

This immersive evening transforms South Africa’s most iconic art institution into a living gallery — where each room breathes with colour, rhythm, and style. Wander through curated exhibitions by emerging and established African artists, experience fashion as wearable art on the runway, and feel the heartbeat of the continent through live jazz performances and DJ sets that carry you from reflection to celebration.

🎨 What to Expect:

• A gallery walk-through featuring contemporary and fine art from across Africa

• Live jazz performances woven through the exhibition experience

• Artist spotlights, short talks, and interactive storytelling moments

• A high-fashion runway show blending tradition and modernity

• A digital bidding experience (via QR codes) allowing guests to collect or support artists — locally or internationally

• Cocktail reception and networking with collectors, creatives, and cultural leaders

✨ Who It’s For: Art lovers, collectors, curators, designers, musicians, and cultural enthusiasts from around the world — anyone passionate about the rise of Africa’s creative renaissance.

Join us as we open the doors to a new cultural era. Genesis Awakening: Art × Fashion × Jazz is more than an event — it’s a movement where art meets purpose, and creativity becomes a force for transformation.