Your local art gallery!
Next time you’re in a Nando’s restaurant, stop and look around… you’re in an art gallery!
Learn more about how we support emerging Southern African artists.
Art in our restaurants
Did you know we have the largest private collection of original Southern African artworks in the world, with over 21,000 pieces in Nando’s restaurants across the globe? That’s right!
We don’t just buy loads of art though; we also help up-and-coming Southern African artists by supporting their training and purchasing their artwork at a fair market price so they can focus on their art full-time. Many of these artists go on to sell and exhibit their work internationally, and in some cases, we commission them to create special artwork just for Nando’s. These incredible original artworks aren’t just displayed on restaurant walls, our menu covers are a work of art too!
Finding our artists
Spiers Trust
To source the amazing pieces of art for our restaurants, we work with the Spier Arts Trust, an art consultancy based in Cape Town, South Africa. With Spier, we also run apprenticeships for mosaic and ceramic artists and offer a creative space for local artists to work from!
Creative Block
Southern African artists who are keen to produce artworks for Nando’s have the opportunity to show us what they’re made of by creating a series of Creative Blocks. If the artwork is a hit, not only do we purchase the blocks to become a part of our art collection, but there are also opportunities for the artist to create large scale works for our restaurants around the globe!
Meet Shakes Tembani!
Shakes Tembani grew up in Crossroads Township, an impoverished region in Cape Town. With no formal art training, and against improbable odds, Tembani succeeded to gain momentum within Cape Town’s art community at the turn of the millennium.
Using a deliberate stylised technique of bold, flat colour, graphic edges and minimalistic tone, Tembani portrays human figures recognisable by their group identity rather than their individual characteristics.
The artist is drawn to female figures as pillars in his community – the hard workers, solo parents, breadwinners and churchgoers.