With a focus on contemporary painters from Africa, Europe and the UK, Barnard Gallery has, since 2010, presented over 120 exhibitions, including both solo and curated group shows at its prestigious purpose built space in Cape Town. During this time the work of artists associated with the gallery, has been presented in curated group exhibitions at significant institutions and museums in South Africa, Europe and North America.

Barnard has been a regular participant at various international art fairs in a number of cultural capitals including London, New York, Basel and Paris while locally the gallery has continued to support the INVESTEC Cape Town Art Fair, arguably Africa’s premier arts event, since its inception in 2013. Over the past decade Barnard’s activities have also included a bespoke publishing programme. To date selected titles have been added to the library collections of, amongst others, the University of Cape Town; WITS Art Museum, Johannesburg; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Pratt Institute, New York and the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), New York.