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Zeitz MOCAA
SELECTIONS FROM THE COLLECTION
Ongoing exhibition featuring selections from Zeitz MOCAA's permanent collection.
04 Apr 2024 - 04 Apr 2027
cape-town
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Zeitz MOCAA
A Protea Is Not a Flower
Opening on 16 October 2025, A Protea Is Not a Flower at Zeitz MOCAA is a profound multigenerational dialogue exploring the complexities of the South African exilic experience. Curated by Khanyi Mawhayi, the exhibition features contemporary artists Lerato Shadi and Robin Rhode responding to the legacies of painter Gerard Sekoto and writers Bessie Head and Don Mattera. Through a mix of painting, film, and newly commissioned murals, the show uses the metaphor of the protea—a plant with deep roots capable of surviving harsh conditions—to examine themes of displacement, identity, and memory. By weaving together modernist history with contemporary installations, the exhibition questions what it means to belong and how art can transcend the physical and emotional borders of exile
16 Oct 2025 - 15 Nov 2026
cape-town
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Zeitz MOCAA
Afflict the Comfortable, Comfort the Afflicted
Zeitz MOCAA presents Afflict the Comfortable, Comfort the Afflicted, a major survey exhibition by Los Angeles–based artist Cauleen Smith, running from 20 November 2025 to 4 October 2026. Marking Smith’s first major presentation on the African continent, this immersive show combines short films, drawings, and colourful textile banners to explore themes of Black feminism, Afrofuturism, and the emancipatory power of the imagination. Curated by Thato Mogotsi, the exhibition invites visitors into atmospheric installations that blend jazz, spirituality, and experimental cinema, transforming the gallery into a space for creative resistance and collective care
20 Nov 2025 - 04 Oct 2026
cape-town
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Zeitz MOCAA
We Proceed in the Footsteps of the Sunlight
Zeitz MOCAA presents We Proceed in the Footsteps of the Sunlight, the first museum survey of Ghanaian-German artist Zohra Opoku, open from 11 September 2025 to 4 October 2026. Tracing a decade of "quiet revolutions" in cloth and memory, the exhibition showcases Opoku’s mastery of textiles, photography, and printmaking to explore the intersections of identity and ancestral lineage. Guided by the themes of water, breath, and ground, the survey follows the artist’s journey from East Germany to her ancestral home in Accra, Ghana. The exhibition title, inspired by ancient Egyptian funerary texts, frames Opoku’s work as a textured archive of selfhood and a profound record of cultural passage
11 Sept 2025 - 04 Oct 2026
cape-town
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Norval Foundation
Brett Murray: Wild Life
Norval Foundation presents Brett Murray: Wild Life, a major solo exhibition by one of South Africa’s most acclaimed artists. Curated by Karel Nel, the exhibition opens on 6 December 2025 and brings together more than eighty sculptures spanning four decades of Murray’s celebrated and sometimes controversial career.
06 Dec 2025 - 22 Nov 2026
cape-town
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Stokvel Gallery
Echoes of Yesterday
You are invited to the opening of Echoes of Yesterday an exhibition by Truman Roitwavholugaho Matamela in partial fulfilment of the requirements for a Master in Visual Art degree at the University of Johannesburg.
21 Nov 2025 - 26 Nov 2026
johannesburg
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Opportunities
Discover open calls, grants, residencies, and awards for artists across South Africa.
Stay up to date with current opportunities — all updated in real time.
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Call for online Publication
Lakritz The Magazine is an online platform dedicated to connecting artistic voices across borders. W...
Starts: 06 Apr 2026
Deadline: 31 Aug 2026
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Online
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Call for submission for "Art Garden"
The Art Garden is an open invitation to create an outdoor space for pause, reflection, and quiet eng...
Starts: 05 Apr 2026
Deadline: 31 Aug 2026
national
Chintsa East
Open
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Live Art Festival 2026
An open call for the 2026 biennial interdisciplinary festival. The ICA welcomes proposals for perfor...
Starts: 14 Oct 2026
Deadline: 17 Oct 2026
cape-town
Cape Town
western-cape
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