Iziko SA National Gallery Revitalisation Project Update – and the good news is that the ISANG 150 exhibition, Breaking Down the Walls will be opening on 27th of October 2022!
Iziko Museums of South Africa took the decision to temporarily close the Iziko South African National Gallery earlier in 2022. The temporary closure provided curators, collections managers, conservators, creatives, educators, administrators and support services staff with the opportunity to pause, plan, reflect and initiate the ISANG Revitalisation Project.
- The ISANG Revitalisation Project is a strategic imperative and part of Iziko’s Reimagining Implementation Plan.
Says Dr Bongani Ndhlovu, Executive Director, Iziko Museums of South Africa: ‘ISANG 150, and the exhibition Breaking Down the Walls, gives Iziko Museums an opportunity to reflect on its collections and to initiate a healthy dialogue through our national estate. As a colonial construct, the Iziko South African National Gallery has progressively interrogated its collection practices. This exhibition spotlights key acquisitions in our collections, raises debates about specific eras in our country’s history and how artists have attempted to reflect on our colonial, apartheid and anti-apartheid pasts as well the post-1994 moment. Through this exhibition, we invite members of the public to contribute to this constructive engagement.”
The current phase of the ISANG Revitalisation Project is a catalyst towards addressing longstanding challenges with infrastructure, visitor experience and collections storage. Iziko Museums believes that this phase of the project (and beyond) will lead to significant infrastructure improvement of the Gallery to meet its re-imagining goals. Latent infrastructural challenges require an extension of the temporary closure – a consequence of the Gallery being an ageing heritage building. Iziko apologises to the public and ask for their patience as they attend to this responsibility with the level of care that it requires.
WHAT: ISANG 150 exhibition, Breaking Down the Walls
WHERE: Iziko South African National Gallery,
WHEN: opening 27 October 2022
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