Craig Morris, owner of Signature Art Gallery talks about THE SECRET SIGNATURE art initiative, on the Art Round Up on FMR. Find out about an exhibition where the art is displayed anonymously and part proceeds go to CHOC, the Childhood Cancer Foundation.
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The Signature Art Gallery has just marked its 1st birthday, which it did in style a the last First Thursday. On 2 April it will officially launch THE SECRET SIGNATURE art initiative to celebrate their second year, while also supporting a good cause.
The concept of THE SECRET SIGNATURE is that both established artists that the gallery represents, and other artists chosen from the public invitation sent out, to submit works, which are all unsigned. The Signature team first discussed this concept with their artists, who approved of the idea. The only common feature is that all the works are on A4 sized stretched canvas and are unsigned. The choice of subject matter and choice of medium is for the artists to decide upon.
Signature Art Gallery will select 40 works for the exhibition in the gallery and online. You can then bid for the work, with the bidding ending at the end of April. You might be able to recognise a particular artist’s style. You might simply respond to a particular work. But you have no absolute certainty about the artist of the work you will be bidding on.
The highest bidder gets the work and only then has the identity of the artist confirmed.
And the good news is that CHOC will receive one third of the proceeds of THE SECRET SIGNATURE art auction. One third will go to each artist and one third to Signature Art Gallery. CHOC is a foundation that deals with children who have cancer. A very worthy cause!
Looking ahead into their second year, Craig Morris is delighted that they will be starting with this initiative, taking part in the Decorex Exhibition, and keeping on going and going into the future.
NEWS FLASH! New York based Cabaret artist, Adrienne Haan, will be performing at the official launch on Thursday 2 April from 6 – 8pm. Watch this space for an update!
WHAT:THE SECRET SIGNATURE art initiative
WHERE: Signature Art Gallery, 14 Long Street, Cape Town 8001
WHEN: April 2026 |Â Official Opening 2 April 2026 6-8pm
INFO: T +27 (0)83 825 9020 | E craig@signatureart.co.za | VISIT
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