The UCT Works of Art Collection (WOAC) is made accessible by means of events and exhibitions held on and off campus as well as contributions from art writers invited to reflect on a particular artwork.

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VIDEO: The Fire This Time launch of live art collection

Launch of the live art collection "The Fire This Time" on 15 September 2022 at the University of Cape Town's (UCT) Sarah Baartman precinct on upper campus. UCT Works of Art Collection (WOAC) in collaboration with the Institute for Creativ
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In 2022, WOAC focused on the development of a curatorial policy and continued to ensure that artworks on campus are relevant to marginalised groups and respond to their realities; while the Irma Stern Museum hosted a range of installations,

A fire in our (he)art

The UCT Works of Art Collection (WOAC) in collaboration with the Institute for Creative Arts (ICA) launched a collection of four live works of art on 15 September 2022, turning the Sarah Baartman precinct into a gallery of performat

NEW: Kim Karabo Makin: Colour Theory (2021)

It is our pleasure to welcome Kim Karabo Makin's Colour Theory (2021) to the UCT Works of Art Collection. This recent acquisition will enrich our African Modern Art collection.

EXHIBITION: it is a gathering of the elders

25 June – 16 July 2022 | Exhibition opening: 25 June, 1 pm. An exhibition centred around 17 photographs by George Hallett that form part of the Art Collections of the University of Cape Town (UCT).

WOAC hosts touring art exhibition on womanhood

The diversity of experiences and expressions of womanhood, sexuality and feminism are themes of a touring art exhibition at the Centre for African Studies (CAS) Gallery on the University of Cape Town’s Upper Campus in May 2022.

NEW: Haneem Christian: The Memorial Ball (2020)

It is our pleasure to welcome three photographic prints by emerging artist Haneem Christian's body of work The Memorial Ball (2020) to the UCT Works of Art Collection. This recent acquisition will enrich our A

UCT Works of Art Collection celebrates new talent 

After many months of deliberation, the UCT Works of Art Committee has started a new project that will allow the university art collection to house artworks by noted and important emerging and established artists whose work is not currently represented

NEW: Gerald Machona: Survive (2018), video

It is our pleasure to welcome Gerald Machona's Survive (2018) to the UCT Works of Art Collection. This recent acquisition will enrich our African Modern Art collection.

Portrait by George Pemba joins UCT’s art collection

In an ongoing effort to remodel the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) art collection and drive inclusivity and transformation, UCT’s Works of Art Collection (WOAC) committee has added George Pemba’s Portrait of the Barman from

Redressing past injustices with art

Reshaping the University of Cape Town’s art collection and transforming it into a resource for researchers, curators and students is what Associate Professor Nomusa Makhubu aims to achieve during her tenure as the chairperson …

The opening night of We've come to take you home #1

The exhibition We’ve come to take you home #1 opened at the Michaelis Galleries on 14 February. In her opening speech, UCT Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Transformation Loretta Feris, stressed the important role that art can play .
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EXHIBITION: We've come to take you home #1

14 February – 24 March 2020. Recent acquisitions from the UCT Works of Art Collection: artists include Helen Sebidi, Lady Skollie, Nobukho Nqaba, Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum and Mashudu Nevhutalu, amongst others. At Michaelis G
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Opening of Molly Blackburn Hall

Lunchtime Thursday saw the Sarah Baartman Hall on UCT Upper Campus come alive with performances and talks. Aptly for Heritage Month, a series of performances by UCT’s young choreographers asked us to reconsider not only our history ...

Rethinking art at UCT

The Molly Blackburn Hall exhibition space was reopened yesterday, 19 September with a programme of performances and talks called “Re-thinking Art at UCT”, hosted by the University of Cape Townʼs (UCT) Works of Art Committee (WOAC).

EVENT: Rethinking art @ UCT

Coming up: 19 Sept 2019. Lunchtime Thursday 19 September will see the Sarah Baartman Hall on UCT's Upper Campus come alive with performances and talks. In a hall that is marked by the severity of its architecture, choreographe

Sarah Baartman exhibition

The Saartjie Baartman sculpture by Willie Bester will take centre stage at an exhibition, Sarah Baartman – A Call to Respond, set to run from 20 September at the Ritchie Gallery.

Re-curating art at UCT

Sarah Baartman sculpture: A public conversation with artist Willie Bester, art historian Nomusa Makhubu and others. 

EVENT: Welcome and Cleansing

Coming up: 22 March 2018. Uhlambululo: Performing the Cleansing Ritual, Resurrecting-Memory and Restoring Dignity in Identity. A performance lead by Lulamile Bongo Nikani, with Nomakrestu Xakathugaga and Babalwa Makwetu,

EVENT: Writing on the Wall – Art Collection and UCT

Coming up: 15 March 2018. What now? Whereto for the UCT Art Collection? Art Historian Nomusa Makhubu and Institute for Creative Arts Director Jay Pather discuss new visions for and new ways of engaging with the UCT Art Collec