The exterior Edwardian architectural grandeur sets the scene for a vibrant interior brimming with cultural and historical artefacts from late South African artist Irma Stern’s far-flung travels. Listed on your free 2022 Arts, Crafts & Museum Map, this destination and exhibition are a must-see.
This year, the museum celebrates its 50th anniversary with a stimulating schedule of star-studded exhibitions, events and talks.
Perfectly preserved just as the flamboyant artist left it, the museum’s character-laden halls vividly evoke the past. Here you can almost imagine the late, great Irma striding into the living room, pausing, brush in hand, before her easel, which remains in her studio with her brushes and paints alongside it, as if she had only momentarily abandoned them.
After the death of this avant-garde figure in 1966, the…