Zeitz MOCAA
Overview
From its inception, the aim was to become a place that draws people from around the world and to have the cultural, environmental and social relevance of a prestigious international art museum in an African context.
Moreover, the museum was founded around the desire to provide access to a core collection of art to the public; and to create an institution that advances the knowledge, appreciation and preservation of art, personal liberties, equality, freedom of speech, and democracy.
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What to expect
Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA) is a public, not-for-profit institution that exhibits, collects, preserves and researches contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora; conceives and hosts international exhibitions; develops supporting educational, discursive and enrichment progammes; encourages intercultural understanding; and strives for access for all.
The museum’s galleries feature rotating, temporary exhibitions with a dedicated space for the permanent collection. The institution also includes the Centre for Art Education, the Centre for the Moving Image, and a project space for emerging artists.
Additional information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Most travelers can participate
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
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Firstly DO NOT BRING your children to this exhibition! As it’s rather crude with a lot of male and female genitalia exhibited in very strange ways! I am a very opened minded person and enjoy all art in all forms however this exhibit, I felt was an angry expression of a few artists! We came away ...
Firstly DO NOT BRING your children to this exhibition! As it’s rather crude with a lot of male and female genitalia exhibited in very strange ways! I am a very opened minded person and enjoy all art in all forms however this exhibit, I felt was an angry expression of a few artists! We came away feeling rather depressed! We had visited in 2017 and there had been some great ART. I wandered why after it was very quiet and not the usual crowd!What an amazing transformation from a cluster of grain siloes to an art museum! As many other reviewers have stated, it would be worth the visit just to see the building. Don't forget to go to the 6th floor and walk out on the terrace. You can look down through circles of glass to see the recepti...
What an amazing transformation from a cluster of grain siloes to an art museum! As many other reviewers have stated, it would be worth the visit just to see the building. Don't forget to go to the 6th floor and walk out on the terrace. You can look down through circles of glass to see the reception area six floors below. The entrance fee is not cheap but it is worthwhile. There is an audio tour that you can use with their free wireless but I found it hard to follow and to find the segment that matched up with a given gallery so didn't use it. There are excellent narratives in each gallery that explain what you are looking at. One of the most striking exhibitions was the one by a photojournalist about the Rwandan Genocide. The curation of the exhibit is like none I have either seen. You enter by walking by a series of weekly Newsweek covers from the start of the genocide until the point when the international community actually took place. The world was obsessed with the OJ Simpson trial and the suicide of Kurt Cobain. It is striking how long it took for the world to pay attention to Rwanda - and how many hundreds of thousands of lives that were lost as a result. There is an entire room filled with a heap of slides of more or less one photo - the eyes of a young boy - a traumatized survivor. The most striking gallery is one of 15 boxes - all with graphic photographs taken after the genocide unfolded. However, the photojournalist sealed the photos inside the boxes which people in the gallery are unable to open. All you can do is read the vivid descriptions of the photos written on the boxes. You are forced to picture decomposing bodies in a church where people had sought solace from the violence. It is an experience I will never forget.I super like this museum. Its South Africa’s most contempary modern museum, and touches on all aspects of contempary human life, like BLM movement/black beauty ideals, LGTBQI culture and a lot of colourful art. Its relativity expensive though to get in, but If you around the area you should defi...
I super like this museum. Its South Africa’s most contempary modern museum, and touches on all aspects of contempary human life, like BLM movement/black beauty ideals, LGTBQI culture and a lot of colourful art. Its relativity expensive though to get in, but If you around the area you should definitely go! The building on itself is already an artwork, feels like the modern centre pompideo centre Paris with a lot of viewpoints and staircases. You clearly see this is South African’s rise museum!We visited on Saturday 23 January. The running exhibition was "Home Is Where The Art Is" encompassing works by children, emerging and established artists, hobbyists, crafters, photographers, and masterworks from private collections. The exhibition was very interesting, but of mixed quality, as ...
We visited on Saturday 23 January. The running exhibition was "Home Is Where The Art Is" encompassing works by children, emerging and established artists, hobbyists, crafters, photographers, and masterworks from private collections. The exhibition was very interesting, but of mixed quality, as was to be expected for an exhibition of this nature. Because of the amazing architecture, the visit was more than worth it, despite a heavy price tag for the average South African.Very impressive architecture. Because of the limited time managed only to run fast through the exhibition with the works of William Kentridge. Wanted have a closer look after couple of days but unfortunately the museum was closed.
Very impressive architecture. Because of the limited time managed only to run fast through the exhibition with the works of William Kentridge. Wanted have a closer look after couple of days but unfortunately the museum was closed.We visited Cape Town two years ago and spotted the museum but never had chance to pop in. However this time we made a bee line for it. Glad we did. Excellently presented and easily one of the best museums i have visted. The art was presented in many forms all well discibed. All staff were polite ...
We visited Cape Town two years ago and spotted the museum but never had chance to pop in. However this time we made a bee line for it. Glad we did. Excellently presented and easily one of the best museums i have visted. The art was presented in many forms all well discibed. All staff were polite and directed us through the floors. Only complaint is the fact we needed ID for audio sets.(photo ID) Surely a deposit may work better! We had to decline due to my partner not taking her purse out. Which as a tourist we are encouraged to do.