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Fine Art

Michaelis is staffed by some of South Africa’s leading fine artists, curators and art academics. Internationally, the school is recognised as one of South Africa’s foremost institutions for the study of fine art and new media at an advanced level.

Undergraduate, Postgraduate

Art History

Visual and Art History is a six-course major available to students in the Humanities Faculty studying towards a BA degree. The courses provide an opportunity to study both the history of the fine arts and the history of other key visual traditions and cultures, including architecture, interior and industrial design and dress.

Undergraduate, Postgraduate

Curatorship

The Honours Programme in Curatorship is offered by the Michaelis School of Fine Art and hosted by the Centre for Curating the Archive in close collaboration with Iziko Museums of Cape Town.

The programme offers courses in the theory and practice of curatorship, developing in students a sophisticated awareness of the practicalities, politics and poetics of working with collections of many kinds.

 
 
 

News

Friday, 21 September 2018
Ambrotype workshops and demonstrations at Michaelis

In early September, Janus Boshoff visited us from Johannesburg to share with us his encyclopedic knowledge of alternative photographic processes. 

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Publication Date:
Monday, September 17, 2018 - 12:15
Michaelis alumni Kirsten Eksteen wins a Merit Award at the Absa L'Atelier Art Awards

Kirsten Eksteen, a Michaelis graduate recently won a Merit Award at the Absa L'Atelier Art awards for her body of work titled "Patterns and Pattern Body". She was also selected as one of the Top 10 Finalists for 2018 for the Absa L'Atelier main award.

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Publication Date:
Monday, September 17, 2018 - 11:30
Breaking news: Internationally renowned artist Marlene Dumas kick starts Siyakhula Michaelis Fundraising Auction.

Embracing the Siyakhula (‘together we grow’) ethos embodied in the title of the upcoming Siyakhula Michaelis Auction in Cape Town, Marlene Dumas has donated 100 000 Euros (R1,8-m) towards the initiative to raise funds for promising artists from previously disadvantaged backgrounds who might otherwise not be able to attend University.

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Publication Date:
Friday, September 7, 2018 - 09:45
"There are mechanisms in place" an exhibition by Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum

"There are mechanisms in place" an exhibition by Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum is showing at the Michaelis Gallery from 23 August 2018 to 21 September 2018. The show is curated by Nkule Mabaso and Nomusa Makhubu. The exhibition opening is at 17h00 on 23 August 2018.

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Publication Date:
Wednesday, August 22, 2018 - 15:00

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Michaelis School of Fine Art
University of Cape Town
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8001 Cape Town
South Africa

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Fax: 021 424 2889

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