The recent opening of mega art museum Zeitz MOCCA is just another gem in the crown of this must-visit city, says Miranda Thompson.
South Africa’s coastal metropolis Cape Town has surged into the spotlight in recent months with the September opening of long-awaited art mecca, the Zeitz MOCAA.
With its Thomas Heatherwick-designed facade, industrial setting in towering former grain silos - think Tate Modern meets urban agriculture - and nine floors crammed with contemporary South African art, it’s fast become the city’s hot ticket and darling of the international art scene.
Perched at the very southwestern tip of Africa on the Western Cape, Cape Town is sandwiched by the Atlantic to the west and towering granite mountains, nature reserves and winelands to the north and east.
Full story at Standard.
By Miranda Thompson.
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