Highlights

Current Exhibitions

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2011

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2011

  • Date: Dec 07, 2011 to Mar 13, 2012
  • Location: South African Museum

 

Iziko is once again able to host this world-class exhibition that showcases the very best natural history photography. The competition is owned by two UK institutions that pride themselves on revealing and...

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Windows on War - Russian posters from World War II

Windows on War - Russian posters from World War II

  • Date: Nov 24, 2011 to Apr 01, 2012
  • Location: South African National Gallery

This exhibition of TASS WINDOWS posters provides a vivid picture of the course of the Second World War from the perspective of the Soviet Union. It shows in graphic detail the early years of resistance and survival, the...

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For Future Generations – Hugh Tracey and the International Library of African Music

For Future Generations – Hugh Tracey and the International Library of African Music

  • Date: Nov 19, 2011 to Mar 31, 2012
  • Location: William Fehr Collection at the Castle of Good Hope

Pioneer and researcher of African music, and founder of the International Library of African Music (ILAM), Hugh Tracey, conducted field trips into east, central and southern Africa from as early as 1929. During these...

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Richard Long

Richard Long

  • Date: Nov 09, 2011 to Apr 10, 2012
  • Location: South African National Gallery

Renowned British conceptual and land artist, Richard Long, presents a solo exhibition of works made in southern Africa over the last 50 years. Long’s fascination with land and walking translates, in this exhibition, into...

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The World’s Oldest Chemistry Set? New Discoveries from Blombos Cave

The World’s Oldest Chemistry Set? New Discoveries from Blombos Cave

  • Date: Oct 13, 2011 to Oct 13, 2014
  • Location: South African Museum

Rock Art Gallery  Ongoing

“What makes us human?” This topical question receives some answer in the form of two unique 100 000-year-old ochre preparing kits from Blombos Cave, South Africa. This remarkable...

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Neither Man Nor Stone

Neither Man Nor Stone

  • Date: Sep 01, 2011 to Feb 29, 2012
  • Location: South African National Gallery

Neither Man Nor Stone is a curated exhibition of works from the Iziko South African National Gallery’s Permanent Collection, plus a small number of loaned works. The exhibition explores the relationship between humans and...

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Sounds and Silences from a San Archive

Sounds and Silences from a San Archive

  • Date: Aug 18, 2011 to May 15, 2012
  • Location: Bertram House

Sound and Silences from a San Archive is an exhibition of Iziko Social History’s archive of /Xam and other San ethnography, artefacts, rare wax cylinder sound recordings, drawings, and memories collected by Wilhelm Bleek,...

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Siliva Zulu

Siliva Zulu

  • Date: Aug 15, 2011 to Apr 30, 2012
  • Location: Slave Lodge

This exhibition, undertaken in collaboration with the Italian Institute of Culture, showcases photographs taken in 1927 by the controversial Italian anthropologist, Lidio Cipriani (1892–1962), during the shooting of the...

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The Sky Tonight

The Sky Tonight

  • Date: Jan 01, 2011 to Jan 27, 2013
  • Location: Planetarium

An interesting live lecture on the current night sky is presented every Saturday and Sunday. You will receive a star map and be shown where to find the constellations and planets that are visible this month.

Saturday -...

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