Leeuwenhof Slave Quarters Remembrance Gallery

The Leeuwenhof Slave Quarters Remembrance Gallery

Co-produced by the Provincial Government of the Western Cape

AVA is pleased to announce the opening of a new gallery on the grounds of the residence of the Premier of the Western Cape. The Leeuwenhof Slave Quarters have been reimagined and transformed into an art gallery and site of remembrance, as visitors are invited to pay tribute to the many people who once worked and lived there. The gallery will be open to the public every first Saturday of the month, from 10am - 2pm. An official opening was held on 19 February 2022.

This is the first of four planned iterations of the exhibition. BOOK NOW.

Artists showing in the first iteration: Kamyar Bineshtarigh, Jody Brand, Hannah Yason, Rory Emmet, Gary Frier, Tyra Naidoo, Haroon Gunn-Salie, Garth Erasmus, Robyn Pretorius, Tyrone Appollis, Kitso Lynn Lelliott, Suekí, Jo Rogge, Tyrrel Thaysen, and Effo Munguanzo.

Listen to AVA Director Mirjam Asmal and AVA Chairperson Cheryl Traub-Adler in conversation with John Maytham of Cape Talk about the exhibiton.

The Leeuwenhof Slave Quarters Remembrance Gallery