In 1938, a group of architecture students at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, strongly influenced by their youthful lecturer Rex Martienssen, organised the only town planning exhibition ever to be held in South Africa. U
Michaelis Galleries and the Centre for Curating the Archive are proud to present Fantastic, an exhibition and an inter-disciplinary colloquium that seek to re-ignite critical thought about the fantastic in contemporary art
As a part of the Honours in Curatorship Programme, the Centre for Curating the Archive (CCA) presents The 1980s: Art Under the Shadows of Structural Adjustment by artist, curator and art historian Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi.
A Virtual Tour of the Promises and Lies: The ANC in exile exhibition has been created. Explore the exhibition, and Laurie Sparham’s previously unseen photographs of the ANC in exile (1989-90),
This event, hosted by the CCA’s postdoctoral fellow Alexandra Ross as well as Jess Holdengarde, is part of the Art Feminism Campaign which largely addresses the disparity in the gender gap of Wikipedia’s pages. See the first event 
Michaelis Lecture Theatre | Michaelis School of Fine Art | 31-37 Orange Street, Gardens
In this talk Chandra Frank (independent curator Framer Framed) will speak to what it might mean to adopt a decolonial curatorial approach.
For the 19th edition of the CCA Speaker Series, Same Mdluli will be providing a talk titled ‘Art and politics: Retention of visual expression in South African schools’
Returned to Harfield, an exhibition of photographs by David Brown, will open at the District Six Museum on the 28th of October at 17h00. The exhibition, which will run for a week, is curated by Siona O’Connell and Pippa Skotnes
The Drawing from the ground exhibition opens at the Bindery today. Drawing from the ground is an exhibition of drawings and pastels produced by learners from the Frank Joubert Art Centre during a workshop presented
On Wednesday the 12th of August Reza Hosseini will be joining us in leading the 16th installment of the CCA’s Speaker Series. Reza Hosseini is a research fellow and a sessional lecturer at Rhodes University, South Africa and will be spe
The stimulus for the exhibition was a collection of twentieth-century postcards of Cape Town, made by the parents of Carmel Schrire (Prof of Archaeology at Rutgers University in Prenceton, USA) who once lived in Oranjezicht in Cape Town.
On Thursday, 2 April, the CCA will be hosting an open talk by Kodwo Eshun for their 13th Speaker Series event. Kodwo Eshun, of the Otolith Group, will navigate the concept of Afrofuturism and discuss the Otolith Group’s most recent proj
CCA to host Live Streaming Event from Whitechapel Gallery, London: 16th April
We are excited to announce the CCA as a Live Streaming Partner with Whitechapel Gallery, London and Situations, Bristol.
On Thursday curator and director of the Centre for Contemporary Arts (Glasgow), Francis McKee, will be speaking at the CCA. Francis McKee is a research fellow at The Glasgow School of Art. His research interests include the exploration o
This event is part of the Art Feminism Campaign which largely addresses the disparity in the gender gap of Wikipedia’s pages.
Here are some links concerning the Art Feminism Campaign.
