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4-27 September 2025

Cape Town, South Africa
Joined August 2025
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The festival enters its third week with an inspiring programme of talks, workshops, panel discussions, live music, and special happenings across Cape Town. 🎟 Tickets & info via Quicket: qkt.io/uxdKqV
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📸 Roger Ballen at Cape Town Photo Festival 📸 Join us for an illustrated talk by one of the world’s most influential photographic artists. 🗓 Wednesday 10 Sept | 6pm 📍6 Spin Street Gallery, Cape Town 🎟 Tickets via Quicket: qkt.io/uxdKqV
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🌟 Shooting Stars Exhibition 🌟 A bold journey through five decades of music photography – from the 1950s to the early 2000s – featuring iconic images by Rafs Mayet, Jürgen Schadeberg, Guy Tillim, Nicky Newman, Dale Yudelman, Patrick de Mervelec, Ian Bruce Huntley and many more.
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📍 6 Spin Street Gallery, Cape Town 📅 4–20 Sept 2025 🕒 Mon–Fri (10am–5pm) | Sat (10am–1pm) | Closed Sun 🎉 Opening: Thurs 4 Sept, 6pm 🎟 Tickets & info via Quicket: qkt.io/uxdKqV
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📷 Festival Exhibitions Across Cape Town 📷 The city becomes a gallery this September. Global voices • Local stories • Emerging talent 4–27 Sept 2025 Info & tickets: qkt.io/uxdKqV
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✨ Workshops, Open Days & Happenings ✨ Printmaking, open studios, immersive performances & our big city-centre closing projection – don’t miss these Cape Town Photo Festival highlights: 🗓 6–27 Sept | Cape Town 🎟 Tickets: qkt.io/uxdKqV
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🎶 Music Talks at CPT Photo Fest 🎶 From marabi to jazz, vinyl revivals to sonic reflections – four unique talks explore the soundtracks of South Africa’s past and present. 🗓 6–18 Sept | 6 Spin Street Gallery 🎟 Tickets: qkt.io/uxdKqV
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🚀 Week 1 Talks are here! Join us at 6 Spin Street Gallery for inspiring sessions: 🗓 Fri 5 Sept – with Suok-Won Yoon & Boris Eldagsen 🗓 Sat 6 Sept – with Prof Peter Glendinning 🎟 Grab your tickets: qkt.io/uxdKqV
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FRAIL AND FLOWERING - Exhibition Margaret Courtney-Clarke (Namibia) Curated by Virginia MacKenny Artvark Gallery. 48 Main Road, Kalk Bay Opening: Thursday 4 September 6pm. Speech by Virginia MacKenny. Closes: 30 September Open hours: Mon to Sun (9-5pm)
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DISTRICT SIX : People Lived Here - Exhibition Jansje Wissema (Holland 1920 - 1975) Cape Institute for Architecture. 71 Hout Street. Cape Town Opening: Thursday 4 September 6pm. Speech by Lauren Robinson. Closes: 27 September Open Hours: Mon to Fri (8:30–4:30pm) #CapeTown #photo
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In 1970, the Cape Provincial Institute of Architecture commissioned Wissema, then a celebrated photographer, to document the buildings, street life, and people of District Six. This display features a selection of photographs from the Van Kalker Photo Studio Archive (1937–1978)
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UNTIL ALL BIRDS CAN SING: ON BEING QUEER IN SOUTH AFRICA - Exhibition Moena Weiss (Germany/USA) YoungBlood Africa Gallery. 70, 72 Bree Street, Cape Town Opening: Thursday 4 September 6pm. Moena Weiss will be present.
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SHIFTING SANDS - Exhibition Lindokuhle Sobekwa (South Africa) Curated by Nandi Jakuja Goodman Gallery. 37 A Somerset Road, De Waterkant Closes: 4 October Open hours: Mon – Fri (9-5pm). Sat (9 – 2am). Closed on Sunday.
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New solo exhibition by this acclaimed Johannesburg-based artist, and winner of the 2025 Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize.
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THIS WAS MY HOME: MAURITIAN HERITAGE - Exhibition Audrey Albert, Melisa Madanamootoo, David Rogers, Catherine Li, Laurent de Froberville, and Javed Jeetoo (Mauritius) Curated by Karen Pang(illustrated) and Meha Desai (Mauritius)(illustrated)
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In Mauritius, where lineages are fractured by exile, indenture, migration, and silence, heritage is not a straight line.
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Alliance Française. 155 Loop Street. Cape Town Opening: Thursday 4 September 5pm. Curators will be present. Closes: 28 September Open hours: Mon – Fri (9:15 am–5:30 pm). Saturday (9 am–1 pm). Closed on Sunday.
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Future Heritage - Exhibition Mohau Modisakeng (South Africa), Ahn Jun, (South Korea), Koo Gi Jeong (South Korea) & Boris Eldagsen (Germany). Curated by Suok-Won Yoon (South Korea)
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