by Marion Ellis | May 20, 2019 | Art & Design Matters, Green Matters, Heritage & History Matters, Insightful Matters
If you’re on a trip and start to ask yourself, I wonder who came up with those e-scooters? Or the idea to put TVs in seatbacks on airplanes? Or who designed that beautiful African American museum in Washington, D.C.? Those answers are here, among the few...
by Marion Ellis | Mar 8, 2019 | Art & Design Matters, Insightful Matters
Cape Town’s Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA) has just appointed independent exhibition maker and cultural producer Koyo Kouoh as executive director and chief curator. Born in Cameroon, Kouoh is the founder and artistic director of Raw...
by Marion Ellis | Sep 21, 2018 | Art & Design Matters, Insightful Matters
In case you still think art and museums are boring, Condé Nast Traveler just released their take on the Top 15 Best list they deem worthy of visiting when you’re in Cape Town. “The city’s art scene is on fire, from cultural touchstones to...
by Marion Ellis | Dec 22, 2017 | Art & Design Matters, Insightful Matters
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has revealed the buildings, including two from SA, that are in the running for the prestigious architecture award, the RIBA International Prize. The biennial award celebrates the world’s best new buildings completed in...
by Marion Ellis | Sep 22, 2017 | Art & Design Matters, Heritage & History Matters, Insightful Matters
The Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA) is the new, groundbreaking museum in Cape Town, South Africa. And first major museum in Africa dedicated to contemporary art from Africa and its Diaspora. Originally constructed in 1920, this...
