This Spread:
The Skotnes Restaurant
Art pieces by Cecil Skotnes were specifically
selected to be showcased in the interior. The
texture and delicate nature of the fynbos also
inspired the selection of material finishes,
upholstery and floating laser-cut timber ceiling
panels, which generates a layer of warmth
within the otherwise minimalist space.
Kumalo and Ezrom Legae, shown alongside an
exhibition of Edoardo Villa. Serge Alain Nitegeka
was commissioned to create an immersive
installation in building’s atrium, and the other
inaugural exhibitions include Spectrality,
Sorcery and the Spirit; Pulling at Threads and
US, THEM & I.
Art and Exhibitions
The Norval Foundation is the custodian of the
Edoardo Villa Estate Collection, the Alexis Preller
Archive and contemporary art collections, and
also hosts the Gerard Sekoto Foundation.
The Homestead Art Collection, housed at the
foundation, is one of the leading collections of
20th-century South African art assembled by
the Norval family over the past two decades.
The collection includes work by artists such as
Deborah Bell, Peter Clarke, Dumile Feni, Sydney
Kumalo, Maggie Laubser, Ezrom Legae, Trevor
Makhoba, John Muafangejo, George Pemba,
Alexis Preller, Gerard Sekoto, Cecil Skotnes,
Irma Stern, Edoardo Villa and Anton van Wouw.
It also incorporates Bruce Campbell Smith’s
Revisions Collection and a significant collection
of publications on South African art.
In addition to the sculpture garden, the
foundation hosted three opening exhibitions.
The first, Re/discovery and Memory features
major retrospectives of the work of both Sydney
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