Wood sculptures of Right Mukore and Mthobeli Aaron Bakana at the Museum
From mid-September 2021, the UCT Irma Stern Museum will host works by sculptor Right Mukore and crafter Mthobeli Aaron Bakana. This project is realised in collaboration with the Montebello Design Centre in Cape Town. Right and Aaron will be showing
Celebrating Jonathan Fritz
Jonathan Fritz has tended to the Secret Garden at the museum for close to forty years. Warmly referred to by the team as “Uncle Jonathan, he is retiring this year. To celebrate and thank him, the team of the UCT
Exhibition Archive: Irma Stern Nudes, 1916–1965
Curated by Prof. Michael Godby. May–July 2021. We have compiled videos of the opening event with Prof. Lize van Robbroeck of Stellenbosch University's Visual Arts Department, and the exhibition, a chapter from the exhibition catalogue (and where to purchase it) and
Removing signs and opening doors
Talking about the possibilities of museums, an interview with Yentl Kohler, the new curator and educator of the UCT Irma Stern Museum Curator and Educator Yentl Kohler recently joined the UCT Irma Stern Museum staff. Director Nadja Daehnke had a conversation
