Fri, 15 Jun 2018 - 12:30
Haroon Gunn-Salie’s 17 crouching figures, Senzenina 2018, honouring the miners shot in the Marikana massacre of 2012 will be displayed in London’s Regent’s Park in July for Frieze Sculpture 2018.
Fri, 15 Jun 2018 - 12:30
Lungiswa Gqunta completed her MFA at Michaelis in 2017. From 17 May-30 June, she is exhibiting Qwitha, her second solo exhibition at Whatiftheworld Gallery in Cape Town, and will also participate in the European Nomadic Biennial, Manifesta 12 in Palermo.
Wed, 13 Jun 2018 - 10:30
The third solo exhibition of 2015 Michaelis graduate Simphiwe Ndzube has opened in Shanghai.
Wed, 06 Jun 2018 - 10:45
RE-MEMBERING: MEMORY, INTIMACY, ARCHIVE is a a collaborative exhibition featuring works by Sharlene Khan, Jordache A. Ellapen and Reshma Chhiba
Tue, 05 Jun 2018 - 11:45
Michaelis Alumna Mimi Cherono Ng'ok appears in the The Guardian talking about her best shot.
Thu, 24 May 2018 - 14:45
Third and fourth year photography students have just returned from their annual field trip with lecturers Jean Brundrit and Svea Josephy.
Thu, 24 May 2018 - 14:30
Michaelis alumni Lisa Brice first began working on her series of blue female nudes in 2014. “The situations are imagined,” she says, “but based on real experience.” They’ve been all-consuming at times: “I painted a group of 60 continuously day and night for a month,” she says.
Wed, 23 May 2018 - 16:30
The third year photography students were fortunate to have a workshop with high end professional lighting while on their annual field trip.
Tue, 08 May 2018 - 12:30
Johannesburg artist, Mongezi Ncaphayi, has spent the past two weeks at Michaelis as a visiting lecturer.
Fri, 13 Apr 2018 - 16:30
Visiting lecturer form Johannesburg’s Market Photo Workshops, Mack Magagane and Michaelis staff Sitaara Stodel and Svea Josephy, took the second year photography students on a walking photography tour of the city this week, looking for inspiration for Mack’s “Invisible Cities” project.
Tue, 03 Apr 2018 - 11:45
The annual Tierney Fellowship workshops were held at Michaelis in February. Our colleagues from Market Photo Workshops and WITS came to Cape Town and our invited guests were artists Pieter Hugo and Jo Ratcliffe and academics Dr Nomusa Makubu (from UCT Art History and Discourse of Art) and Prof Adam Haupt (UCT, Film and Media Studies).
Thu, 22 Mar 2018 - 10:30
The Michaelis Galleries presents an exhibition titled "The Masters Showcase 2017" with exhibited works by alumni of the 2017 Masters programme. Exhibiting artists are Kirsten Lilford, Sethembile Msezane, Janis Mulligan, Sohette Wait and Margeurite Moon.