South Africa’s new contemporary art museum opens in Cape Town’s former grain silo

2017-09-16T14:46:00-04:00

The Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA), the world's largest museum of contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora, will open to the public on September 22. Zeitz MOCAA is located in a former grain silo at the V&A waterfront in Cape Town, South Africa.

Zeitz MOCAA Picture Iwan Baan

Atrium at Zeitz MOCAA. Picture Iwan Baan

Architects Mat Cash and Stepan Martinovsky are the project leaders from Heatherwick Studio. The new design transformed the existing building, creating a honeycomb shaped interior. The concrete tubes of the silo are topped with laminated glass, allowing natural sunlight to enter the building.

Atrium at Zeitz MOCAA. Picture Iwan Baan

Zeitz MOCAA is a new non-profit cultural institution with a mandate to collect, preserve, research and exhibit contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora. Established in 2013, it is the first major institution dedicated to contemporary art in Africa.

Built in 1921, 57 meters tall, the silos processed hundreds of thou...

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South Africa’s new contemporary art museum opens in Cape Town’s former grain silo