Art Star

This fall, all eyes are once again on the Mother City, with the arrival of yet another sweeping cultural sensation: the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa. The Thomas Heatherwick–designed institution—whose German founder, former Puma CEO Jochen Zeitz, has contributed hundreds of works from his private collection—has been rousing global art patrons since long before its September 22 grand opening. Four years in the making, the 70,000-square-foot museum has bolstered the transformation of the once-somber V&A Waterfront, where new flagships from creative heavy hitters like art-and-design collective Southern Guild (southernguild.co.za) and couture designer Kat van Duinen have debuted. Dubbed the Silo Precinct for the museum’s location in an early-20th-century grain silo, the area around Zeitz MOCAA is also home to Cape Town’s most buzzed-about new hotel, located just upstairs from the museum and aptly named the Silo.

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The Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa

Photo: Courtesy Iwan Baan