Members of the public will be given the opportunity to enter the debate when top academics and cultural movers and shakers present their views on current issues relating to public art. An Art Forum which will take place at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum from 9:00 to 16h30 on 11 April 2001 and will provide a platform for discussion and debate on local, national and international public art. Chairing the Forum will be Dr Melanie Hillebrand, Art Museum Director. Starting the day's … [Read more...] about You Can Enter the Debate on Public Art
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Public Art Timeline Tour
The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum has been running a public art exhibition taking visitors on "a journey from the colonial past into the present". The exhibition, involving a "tour" of Nelson Mandela Bay, started on 12 February and is scheduled to run until 17 April 2011. The exhibition features a timeline giving locations and brief descriptions of notable public art in the Bay: monuments, memorials and commissions, from the Donkin Pyramid, built in 1820, to the Bay's newest and … [Read more...] about Public Art Timeline Tour
