Irma Stern remembered – Amanda Botha
Amanda Botha tells her memories as a school girl meeting Irma Stern. Recorded at the Irma Stern™ Museum Oral History Tea, 3rd June 2023. The Oral History Tea project invites people to share personal encounters and memories to preserve stories
Celebrating the work and legacy of the Irma Stern Museum
[via UCT News] The Irma Stern Museum celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2022. It was founded so that the collections and works of art of acclaimed South African artist Irma Stern can be shared with a diverse group of visitors
Athi-Patra Ruga exhibits at the Irma Stern Museum
[via UCT News] Renowned contemporary artist, Athi-Patra Ruga recently exhibited his new works of art at the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Irma Stern Museum. Ruga was an artist-in-residence for three months at the Irma Stern Museum, where he worked on
Athi-Patra Ruga reworks Irma Stern’s iconic art pieces
[via Design Indaba] Since 2008, Athi’s work has been in conversation with the art of Stern, reworking such iconic paintings as Stern’s Watussi Queen, Swazi Youth and Zulu Woman. Now Ruga will be working from a studio at the Irma
Sharing Madeiran Memories
On 2 November 2021, the UCT Irma Stern Museum rang with the laughter, stories, memories and emotions of Madeira. As part of the exhibition Memórias da Madeira, the museum hosted a number of Madeirans who, though born on the island, as children
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
