Tour of the SABC Art Collection, A Rich National Public Treasure

Location
Cnr Henley Rd and, Artillery Rd, Auckland Park

Date
9 September 2023
12pm

Event details
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) Art Collection is widely recognised as one of the most significant historical and contemporary public art collections in South Africa. The SABC has been acquiring art works for more than half a century. At first, its approach to collecting was informal. Then, following the restructuring of the SABC after the country’s first free and fair election in 1994, the SABC formalised the Collection under curator Koulla Xinisteris and allocated a budget towards the acquisition of art works on a basis representative of our new democracy. Due to the SABC’s financial constraints, a budget has not been made available for the acquisition of new works in recent years. As a public, parastatal collection, the SABC Art Collection is owned by South African taxpayers. It is a cultural asset and a vital aspect of our heritage that must be sustained, protected, and made widely accessible.