By Nii B. Andrews
Right adjacent to Table Mountain National Park, a new, private, 10,500 sqm contemporary African art (CAA) museum will open its doors today.
The founders and initial funders of the project, named the Norval Foundation, are the Norval Family.
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Their objective is to make art widely accessible to local and international visitors, by creating a self-sustaining centre for art.
They believe that art has the power to enrich lives and that artists contribute to our communities in a profound way.
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The Norval Foundation is the custodian of the Gerard Sekoto Foundation, Edoardo Villa Estate Collection, and the Alexis Preller Archive.
Louis Norval – a property investor and family head, has been collecting CAA for the last 20 years.
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But he stated, “There is no requirement or expectation that it should show art from my collection.”
The gallery – which is set on 12 acres and includes a sculpture garden, library and upscale restaurant – is opening with a small show of works from the Norval collection focused on spirituality in South African art.
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ARTcapital Ghana offers its warmest congratulations to the Norval Family; we hope that their Foundation will grow from strength to strength to the benefit of CAA.