09 Apr Cape Town 2019

A warm and inspiring trip to Cape Town visiting wonderful family and friends and exploring the art scene.

Norval Museum

This new museum recently opened on Steenberg wine estate. The setting of the sculptural gardens with some of South Africa’s well known artists adds such beauty to the area.

On the Mines – David Goldblatt photographic exhibition a collection of his best works.

It is the last exhibition that the photographer personally helped conceptualise before his death in 2018.

Labour of Many: Ibrahim Mahama – overwhelming in its enormity.

“Covering the surfaces with hessian sacks, contrasting the humility of the materials with the monumentality of the space Mahama has created huge installations.”

We lunched on the terrace with a view of the beautiful sculptural gardens.

Our visit to Babylonstoren wine farm, lunch at the Greenhouse, rather disappointing, but nevertheless the wine farm is a definite place not to be missed when taking a day out of town.

Lyndi Sales a Cape Town artist had her detailed intricate paper cuttings housed in cabinets at the Greenhouse.

http://www.lyndisales.com

Between art visits, enjoyed delicious food at friends homes, in new restaurants that continually spring up all of the city, days on the beach and walks along the seafront. A perfect escape from the European winter.

Zeit MOCCA Museum

Housed in the monumental SILO building the Zeit MOCCA Museum is not to be missed when visiting Cape Town. Now complete with the Silo Hotel and its terrace on the top floor with a breathtaking view of Cape Town.

We were fortunate enough to meet a colleague of a friend, who curates at the museum and she offered us a tour of the on going exhibitions.

The main exhibition featured twenty-nine artists from Zimbabwe.

“Five Bhobh (pronounced “five bob”) is the average fare needed to journey locally by kombi (minibus) in Zimbabwe. As soon as you are crammed in, four in each row, the conductor will announce “Five bhobh!” or “Two pa dollar!”