Liza Essers Explained

Liza Essers is the owner and director of the Goodman Gallery in South Africa, established in 1966.[1]

Prior to acquiring the gallery in 2008, she was an independent art advisor and curator, and the co-executive producer of the South African film, Tsotsi (2005) which won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Picture in 2006.[2] The gallery is now seen as an important player in the international contemporary art world following a tradition in the 1960s as being, according to Essers, "The only space where black artists could show their work."[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Through Apartheid And Zuma, South Africa's Goodman Gallery Endures 50 Years On. Ann. Binlot. Forbes. 23 March 2017.
  2. Web site: In conversation on the southern tip of the African continent Contemporary And. www.contemporaryand.com. Aïcha. Diallo. 2017-03-27.
  3. Web site: How Liza Essers took South Africa’s Goodman Gallery from storied pioneering space to contemporary global player . 2024-01-17 . Art Basel . en.
  4. Web site: How Liza Essers took South Africa’s Goodman Gallery from storied pioneering space to contemporary global player . 2024-01-20 . Art Basel . en.

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