100 YEARS : 100 OBJECTS EXHIBITION

In 2025, the Michaelis School of Fine Art will celebrate its 100th anniversary, marking a century since the Cape Town School of Art was officially incorporated into UCT on 1 October 1925. Over these years, more than 4 000 people have passed through its studios, each leaving a mark—whether in artistic invention, critical discourse, or the shared memories, both challenging and inspiring, that define the school’s legacy. Michaelis has not been without tensions and conflicts, yet it has also been a space where students and staff have reshaped the South African art landscape, fought for social justice, and generated creative possibilities and solutions in a complex social environment. This exhibition, curated by Associate Professor Fritha Langerman, will mark these 100 years of the Michaelis School of Fine Art. It presents an unofficial history told through 100 objects, images and anecdotes, many contributed by past and present staff.

Please join us at the opening of the exhibition, which an opportunity to reflect on the past while imagining the future of Michaelis, on Friday, 5 September, 16:00-19:00.