House Union Block
Welcome to House Union Block (HUB), where original South African art meets visionary design. Founded in 2020 as an initiative of Spier Arts Trust, HUB co-creates design spaces with art that tells local stories to inspire, and uplift.
Headquartered at the historic Union House building in Cape Town’s vibrant CBD, our mission is simple: to inspire designers and architects and facilitate unique, world-class collaborations with fine artists. Through long-established relationships with hundreds of professional artists across South Africa, we offer an extensive catalogue of contemporary art that caters to a range of tastes and budgets.
HUB is fast becoming the country’s go-to destination for collaborative design projects. Whether you're a first-time homeowner, a seasoned collector, or an interior designer or architect, we invite you to explore our catalogue and specialised commission service from master artisans.
What we do:
Art Services
- Direct sourcing from professional artists’ studios - our artworks are unique and never mass-produced.
- Explore our online catalogue for artwork images and associated information, to fit your theme, colour, texture, medium, and size preferences.
- From individual pieces to cohesive collections, we're here to help you find the perfect artwork for your space.
- Our experienced logistics team ensures safe and efficient shipping worldwide.
Design Services
- Through partnerships with organisations like Clout/SA, we ensure a diverse and vibrant supply of custom-made design objects and surface coverings in bead and mosaic mediums, depending on their interior and exterior applications.
- Our master artisans, operating under HUB Studios are dedicated to artisanal excellence and professionalism, and have been co-creating with architects, furniture designers, pattern makers and fine artists since 2011.
- Partnering with designers and architects, we bring design concepts to life through mosaic, bead and embroidery production, crafted with precision and passion.
Empowerment and Growth
- We actively promote sales and match work opportunities for professional artists and artisans, fostering market growth within South Africa and beyond.
- Our commitment to empowerment projects extends to our network of artisans and curators, who embody our values of excellence, creativity and human development.
- At House Union Block, we believe that every space has a story to tell. Let us help you write yours with art that is distinctively inspirational.
Spier Arts Trust
The Spier Arts Trust's mission is to facilitate successful art careers by enabling freedom of creative expression with the potential for social transformation.
We source art through an ecosystem of career development opportunities for fine artists, including collaborations with House Union Block, Creative Block, The Keiskamma Art Project and Qaqambile Bead Studio.
At the heart of our commission offering is the collaboration between fine artists and skilled artisans, fostering personal empowerment and contributing to equitable co-existence. By negotiating resources in a way that amplifies different voices and engages power and relational dynamics, this co-creative process has the potential to effect personal transformation and social agency.
Union House
The home of Spier Arts Trust, HUB Gallery and HUB Studios, we welcome visitors to enjoy a coffee from our in-house barista while exploring our unique heritage building: our current exhibition on the ground floor [see Exhibitions Page] or visit the mosaic and bead studios at work on the first floor.
HUB Gallery
HUB Gallery is the brick and beam manifestation of House Union Block, an artist career-development programme of Spier Arts Trust that gives professional fine artists new opportunities for success.
Our gallery is available to invited artists, curators and cultural organisations, to promote engagement between artists, artworks and audience, with works that are available for sale.
With an exhibitions programme that is scheduled a year in advance, a new show opens every two months (typically on First Thursdays).
HUB Gallery is open Monday – Friday from 9:00 – 16:00
25 Commercial St, Cape Town, 8000
Sisonke Gallery
Situated at the Cape Heritage Hotel on the lively Bree Street precinct, the Sisonke Gallery was created to promote & uplift local artists. Sisonke means "togetherness" and this is the gallery's aim - to form relationships with artists and be a platform to showcase meaningful works within our space.
90 Bree St, CBD, Cape Town, 8000
Spier Wine Farm
Visiting year-round exhibitions at the Old Wine Cellar is just one of the reasons to visit Spier Wine Farm.
R310 Stellenbosch Stellenbosch, South Africa