Cape Town What's on
South African artists posting on #21DaysOfArtSA
The Instagram postings on #21DaysOfArtSA by South African artists are coming in fast.
They cover a large range of media and themes, as well as comments by the artists themselves; still lifes,...
Cape Town What's on
Keeping the arts going in South Africa
South Africa is in lockdown from 26 March to 16 April. To keep the arts going the First Thursdays Cape Town and Johannesburg initiative is offering suggestions of what to do at and from home, ins...
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16-21 Feb. Exhibitions, architectural projects and public performances.
There are exhibitions at various galleries around the city as well as art walks and workshops but one of the highlights this...
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Maboneng Township Arts Experience
Houses and public spaces in the Gugulethu township are converted into galleries, stages and performance areas in the annual arts project which first started in Johannesburg in 2000.
The home galler...
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Open studies, exhibitions and talks. There are over 100 artists participating in 20 Open Studios that are open on 28-29 Nov.
The public can buy directly from the studios. Work by the Standard Bank...
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A new drama by writer/director Lara Foot.
The play is set “somewhere in Africa” and explores aspects of hope in a fishing village, probably on the shores of Lake Victoria.
The play&r...
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The Cape Town art fair is back after a successful launch in 2013. This year 34 galleries are participating with a range of visual arts from the traditional to the contemporary.
There are also works...
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Cape Town contemporary art fair
Cape Town's first contemporary art fair, Art for Me, is organised in conjunction with Fiera Milano, which opened a company in South Africa last year.
About 40 galleries will show work by 150 South...
Cape Town What's on
Maboneng Township Arts Experience
Art in private homes and public spaces in Gugulethu township. The two-day cultural event includes films, visual arts, dance, theatre and music. This year it coincides with the first Cape Town Arts Fai...
Cape Town What's on
Photographs by Lidio Cipriani in Cape Town
15 August 2011-30 April 2012. This exhibition, organized in collaboration with the Italian Institute of Culture, displays a series of photographs by the controversial Italian anthropologist, Lidio Cip...
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9 November 2011-10 April 2012. This exhibition pays homage to the renowned contemporary British conceptual and land artist, Richard Long. On display are a series of photographs, taken in Southern...
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For Future Generations - Hugh Tracey and the International Library of African Music
19 November 2011-31 March 2012. The Iziko Good Hope Gallery hosts this travelling exhibition, entitled For Future Generations - Hugh Tracey and the International Library of African Music, which pays h...
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Sterling Eq Live at Baxter Theatre
24 March 2012. The acclaimed instrumental pop group Sterling Eq will perform life their eclectic mix of instrumental pieces and melodies at Baxter Theatre.
This female quartet is well known around...
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16 March-8 July 2012. This exhibition, entitled Iqholo le Afrika (Her African Pride), pays tribute to the South African artist and author Barbara Tyrell on occasion of the centenary from her birth. T...
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Sounds and Silences from a San Archive
18 August 2011-15 May 2012. This exhibition, entitled Sound and Silences from a San Archive, displays a series of artefacts, rare wax cylinder sound recordings, ethnographic texts, drawings and other...
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African Songbook: A Musical Tribute to the Life of Nelson Mandela
17, 19 June 2010. On the occasion of the FIFA 2010 World Cup, Cape Town Opera presents African Songbook, a new three-act musical written and directed by Michael Williams that pays homage to South Afri...
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29 May-31 Dec 2010. This exhibition on African dinosaurs was displayed at Iziko for the first time two years ago and now becomes permanent. The focus is on the evolution of dinosaurs on the African co...
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25 April 2010. Sweeter Than Roses is performed by three singers, including multi-award winning baritone John Hardie, and a pianist. The show features a semi-staged programme of classic and contemporar...
