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The Arts in 2021 – a fight for survival

The Arts in 2021 – a fight for survival © Copyright (c) Daily Maverick , All Rights Reserved Art galleries are struggling. Few tourists are visiting and, at Level 3, many of us are still hesitant to get out, let alone to go to the museum. Nevertheless, across the country and on the continent, art spaces are planning exhibitions and installations for the year. Here are some that will grace the halls of some of the continent’s preeminent art spaces and galleries. (Stellenbosch, Western Cape) This renovated space – which reopened in 2019 after a short upgrade – hosts some of the most famous and exclusive pieces of South African art, accessible to the public for free.

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Could 2021 be the year of the African museum?

The Museum of Black Civilisations in Senegal © ZOHRA BENSEMR Most museums as we know them seem to exist in order to help us in some way see ourselves and the world better. At the beginning of last year, the International Council of Museums went though a public crisis when some of its members sought to expand the definition of museums to include their engagement with political and social issues. In the summer, I did a talk with Yilmaz Dziewior, the director of Museum Ludwig, and one of the audience members asked if we would still be able to enjoy the works if they were contextualised.

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