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Mullers Gallery Desk verified

Art Galleries · City Centre

Exhibition space upstairs from Mullers Optometrists' Art Deco shopfront on Longmarket Street, hosting regular shows by local artists and studios.

Zeitz MOCAA Desk verified

Attractions · V&A Waterfront

Independent public non-profit museum of contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora, housed in the Silo District's converted grain silo — the largest museum of its kind on the continent.

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AAFRICAA Store Desk verified

Gifts & Crafts · V&A Waterfront

Independent lifestyle emporium curating contemporary African design — fashion, jewellery, homeware and gifts from the continent's leading independent brands and designers.

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Clay Cafe Hout Bay

Art Classes · Hout Bay

Paint-your-own-ceramics studio and family restaurant on Main Road; choose a bisque piece, glaze it in-house and collect it fired.

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Hout Bay Gallery

Art Galleries · Hout Bay

Family-run contemporary gallery on Victoria Avenue, showing painting, sculpture and prints by emerging and established South African artists; under John and Marika Hargitai since 1998.

Museum of Illusions Desk verified

Museums · Gardens

Kloof Street museum of optical illusions, visual tricks and hands-on interactive displays. Tickets from R200.

The Corner Store Desk verified

Gifts & Crafts · City Centre

Design-forward Bree Street collaborative space celebrating African creativity, from considered retail and slow luxury to bread out of its own oven.

Alliance Française du Cap Desk verified

Attractions · City Centre

French cultural centre on Loop Street, hosting exhibitions by local and international artists in an intimate space, with wine and conversation attached.

Cape Film Supply Desk verified

Art Supplies & Dealers · City Centre

Harrington Street lab and shop for high-end photographic film processing, film cameras, accessories and darkroom supplies.

HUB Gallery Desk verified

Art Galleries · City Centre

Home of the Spier Arts Trust on Commercial Street, backing South African art careers with an explicit social-transformation brief.

Vela Projects Desk verified

Art Galleries · City Centre

Plein Street fine art gallery showing a boutique selection of local contemporary artists, both represented and not.

1895 Gallery Desk verified

Art Galleries · City Centre

Two-address Church Street gallery showing paintings, sculpture and fine art prints by Southern African artists.

Eclectica Contemporary Desk verified

Art Galleries · City Centre

Church Street gallery running a continental programme that puts contemporary African work against the questions of a globalised world.

CHURCH Projects Desk verified

Art Galleries · City Centre

Small Church Street project space given over to experimentation and work that would not fit a commercial gallery.

Nel Desk verified

Art Galleries · City Centre

Artist-run contemporary gallery on the corner of Long and Church Streets, at the head of the Church Street gallery strip.

Cape Institute for Architecture Desk verified

Attractions · City Centre

The Western Cape's professional body for architects, on Loop Street, running a regular public exhibition programme on architecture and urbanism.

Peffers Fine Art Desk verified

Art Galleries · City Centre

First-floor Loop Street advisory and dealership specialising in modern and contemporary African art, working largely through private placement.

Ultraviolet Gallery Desk verified

Art Galleries · City Centre

Contemporary art photography gallery on Shortmarket Street, showing bold new work and running an in-house framing service.

Gallery F Desk verified

Art Galleries · City Centre

Shortmarket Street photography gallery dealing in rare vintage prints alongside contemporary work redefining Africa's visual record.

Sisonke Gallery Desk verified

Art Galleries · City Centre

Gallery inside the Cape Heritage Hotel on Bree Street, showing local artists and building relationships between them and the people passing through.

Youngblood Africa Desk verified

Art Galleries · City Centre

Bree Street gallery founded to show artists from across the African continent, running emerging and established work in the same programme.

Black Betty Desk verified

Gifts & Crafts · City Centre

Hout Street studio making handcrafted demi-fine jewellery, with a luxury piercing service in the same room.

Museum of Gems & Jewellery Desk verified

Museums · City Centre

Loop Street museum telling the story of South Africa's diamonds and precious metals, from the ground to the finished piece.

Ebony/Curated Desk verified

Art Galleries · City Centre

Contemporary African art gallery established in 2007, with spaces on Loop Street in Cape Town and in Franschhoek, showing established names alongside emerging talent.