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Guests attend the opening of "Modernism and its Discontents: South African Art from the Permanent Collection of the Iziko South African National Gallery, 1925-2025". The exhibition brings a century of South African art into conversation with Irma Stern's celebrated 1945 masterpiece, "The Arab Priest". Museum representatives attending include curator Andrew Lamprecht, Acting CEO Dr Bongani Ndhlovu and Director of Research and Exhibitions Dr Wayne Florence.
ART EXHIBITIONS

Cape Town’s art scene is pulling out all the stops this Heritage weekend

From Beezy Bailey and Kemang Wa Lehulere to Alexandra Karakashian and Simphiwe Buthelezi, these Cape Town exhibitions offer compelling ways to spend Heritage Month.

  • Unathi Kondile
8 min read
A recent survey shows that South Africans are united less by grand national symbols and more by shared everyday experiences, including food markets, braaiing, comedy, music, common worries and hope.
SOUTH AFRICA

Survey reveals the quiet everyday reality uniting South Africa

Beyond political rhetoric, new BrandMapp data reveals how shared lifestyle interests, crime concerns, and braai culture bind 14 million middle-class South Africans.

  • Alyssia Birjalal
4 min read
"Cape Rhythm: Goema, Klopse & Memory" not simply an exhibition, but an invitation to think about how culture survives, how memory is carried, and whose cultural histories are recognised and preserved.
PHOTOGRAPHY

Filmmaker Melany Ismail captures the beauty of the coloured experience through her lens

A new outdoor exhibition at Cape Town’s Company’s Garden draws on Melany Ismail’s photographs to explore Goema, the Kaapse Klopse and memories of coloured communities.

  • Theolin Tembo
6 min read