Homage to Pretoria at Javett-UP's Bridge Gallery space features works by leading 19th- and 20th-century South African artists including JH Pierneef and Frans Oerder alongside present-day contemporaries like Lucky Sibiya and Elizabeth Rampa. The long-term exhibition surfaces the nuanced histories of Pretoria woven into the fabric of the entire country, honouring the landscape and its people while questioning the city's legacy as a symbol of state control.

As the exhibition text reads, "[Homage to Pretoria] aims to be a visual and artistic commentary on the thirty years of democracy, exploring how the city has changed over history and each artwork reflects the City (and South Africa) as an eclectic and complex social, cultural, and heritage landscape. Other works reflect the de facto Capital of South Africa, as both the administrative and diplomatic heart of the country and how artists have interrogated and resisted their relationship with the State. Many of the works are historically significant and depict an iconic ‘Pretoriana’ landscape and how the people, events and moments have shaped the City (and South Africa) in ways that we are still trying to make sense of in the present." 

The selected artworks are unique, educational, and research-based, emanating from the University of Pretoria Museum Collection.