LET’S MAKE MISTAKES TONIGHT AND GO FOR THERAPY TOMORROW
a solo exhibition by Janine Glanz
4 - 25 June 2026
High maintenance by Janine Glanz | Acrylic on canvas | 80cm x 80cm.
Janine Glanz is a Cape Town-based painter whose work sits at the intersection of psychological self-examination and uninhibited visual play. Working primarily with acrylics, her canvases are loose, expressive, and immediate — paintings that feel less like finished statements and more like honest conversations with herself, caught mid-thought.
Her subjects are relationships — the strange, tender, sometimes painful dynamics that unfold between people who are trying their best and falling short. A recurring cast of simplified, almost cartoonish figures populates her world: they argue, embrace, drift apart, and reach towards one another across fields of saturated colour. The humour in her work is inseparable from its vulnerability. These are paintings that laugh at themselves, and in doing so, give the viewer permission to do the same.
Glanz grew up surrounded by her father’s collection of slide photographs — thousands of images of moments both ordinary and extraordinary, accumulated over a lifetime. That early immersion in the visual world of memory and documentation left a permanent mark on how she sees. Her painting practice is, in many ways, an extension of that archive: an attempt to hold onto experience, to examine it, to find meaning in the mess of being human.
In 2025, Glanz was selected as one of ten artists for WORLDART10, WORLDART’s annual competition dedicated to discovering and showcasing exciting contemporary talent across South Africa. Let’s Make Mistakes Tonight And Go For Therapy Tomorrow is her debut solo exhibition, presented upstairs at WORLDART, and comprises a new body of paintings made specifically for this show.
About WORLDART10
WORLDART10 is an annual artist competition initiated by WORLDART in 2023. Each year, ten artists based in South Africa are selected from an open submission process and given the opportunity to gain meaningful exposure through WORLDART’s platforms, collectors, and network of supporters. Past winners include Sichumile Adam, Karen Stewart, Simone Verfaille, and Elmarie van Straten. The competition is dedicated to giving artists a platform and bringing new voices into the conversation.
About WORLDART
Founded in 2004 by art broker Charl Bezuidenhout, WORLDART is one of South Africa’s leading contemporary galleries. Located at 68 Long Street, Cape Town, the gallery has distinguished itself through its adventurous programming and its consistent commitment to significant emerging and established local artists. WORLDART is recognised for its unique emphasis on urban and contemporary African art with a global perspective, and serves as a platform for artists to address socio-political issues such as inequality, consumerism, identity, and globalisation.
Exhibition Details
Opening: Thursday, 4 June 2025
Runs until: 25 June 2025
Venue: WORLDART, 68 Long Street, Cape Town
Gallery hours: Monday – Friday: 10am – 5pm | Saturday: 10am – 2pm
Enquiries: info@worldart.co.za | +27 (0) 21 423 3075 | www.worldart.co.za