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Irma Sterns Arab Priest Image And Context

Iziko Museums of Cape Town

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This document is a press/exhibition announcement by Iziko Museums of South Africa for the exhibition “Irma Stern’s ‘Arab Priest’: Image and Context.” It states that the exhibition opens to the public on Thursday, 2 May 2019 at the Iziko South African National Gallery, and runs until 24 June 2019 before travelling to the Javett Art Centre in Pretoria for an exhibition in September 2019. The document explains that the artwork is on loan for a year and that its return to South Africa is under an agreement between SAHRA and the Qatar Museums Authority, which owns the painting.

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Media images and interview requests and enquiries

Media can contact Zikhona Jafta for media images, interview requests and enquiries about the exhibition.

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Contact Zikhona Jafta on 021 481 3838 or email mediaofficer@iziko.org.za.
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Media images and interview requests and enquiries, please contact: Zikhona Jafta 021 481 3838 or email mediaofficer@iziko.org.za
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Irma Stern’s ‘Arab Priest’: Image and Context

The public can attend the exhibition at the Iziko South African National Gallery, where the Arab Priest artwork is presented in a contextual exhibition examining Orientalist subtexts and colonial representations of Arab cultures.

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members of the public
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Attend the exhibition at the Iziko South African National Gallery.
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24 June 2019
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Iziko Museums of South Africa is pleased to present Irma Stern’s ‘Arab Priest’: Image and Context , opening to the public on Thursday, 2 May 2019 , at the Iziko South African National Gallery .
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Irma Stern’s ‘Arab Priest’: Image and Context at the Javett Art Centre

After its first showing, the exhibition will travel to the Javett Art Centre in Pretoria, South Africa for an exhibition in September 2019.

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members of the public
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Attend the exhibition at the Javett Art Centre in Pretoria, South Africa.
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Irma Stern’s ‘Arab Priest’: Image and Context will run until 24 June 2019, and will then travel to the Javett Art Centre in Pretoria, South Africa for an exhibition in September 2019.

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City of Tshwane, Gauteng

Key Takeaways

  • Exhibition title: Irma Stern’s ‘Arab Priest’: Image and Context
  • Opening date: Thursday, 2 May 2019
  • Venue (first): Iziko South African National Gallery
  • Run until: 24 June 2019
  • Next venue: Javett Art Centre, Pretoria
  • Second exhibition timing: September 2019
  • Artwork return: on loan for a year
  • Agreement parties: South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) and Qatar Museums Authority (QMA)
  • QMA owns the painting; QMA purchase: Irma Stern’s Arab Priest (1945) for a planned Orientalist Museum in Doha
  • Exhibition theme: debates Orientalist subtexts and colonial representation of Arab cultures
  • Iziko Museums of South Africa
  • Iziko South African National Gallery
  • Javett Art Centre
  • South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA)
  • Qatar Museums Authority (QMA)
  • Irma Stern
  • James Eddie
  • Hadjee Izik Fatah
  • Ellen Agnew
  • Zikhona Jafta
  • Office of the CEO, Iziko Museums of South Africa