art museum/collection

Iziko South African Museum, art collections department

Red Marker South African National Gallery
National Museum . Research . Education . Collection
The South African National Gallery is adjacent to Parliament, in the picturesque Company Gardens in the middle of the Cape Town CBD. The collection was built on a series of bequests in the 2nd half of the nineteenth century. The current gallery building was completed in 1930, and the houses an extensive collection of South African, African, British, French, Dutch and Flemish art. Its acquisitions policy now focuses strongly on the collecting of significant contemporary art from South Africa, and “since 1990 one of the major tasks has been to establish a collection that acknowledges and celebrates the expressive cultures of the African continent, particularly its southern regions”.

A comprehensive database contains information on the artists and works in the permanent collection and over the years a series of excellent catalogues has been published. Selections from the permanent collection change regularly and temporary exhibitions of paintings, works on paper, photography, new media, sculpture, beadwork and textiles are hosted. They provide insight into the range of aesthetic production in South Africa, the African continent and further a field.

Key people:
Riason Naidoo (Director)
Contacts:
Telephone +27 (0) 21 467 4660
Fax: +27 (0) 21 467 4680
Email: info@iziko.org.za
Website: http://www.iziko.org.za/sang/index.html
 
Physical Address
Government Avenue
Company Gardens
Cape Town
 
Postal Address
South African National Gallery
PO Box 61
Cape Town
8000
 

 

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  • Western Cape
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