Established | 3 November 1930 | (built 1914–1930)
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Location | Government Avenue, Company's Garden, Cape Town, South Africa |
Coordinates | 33°55′44.34″S 18°25′1.83″E / 33.9289833°S 18.4171750°E |
Type | Art Museum |
Director | Riason Naidoo |
Website | iziko |
Governing body | Council of Iziko Museums of South Africa |
The Iziko South African National Gallery is the national art gallery of South Africa located in Cape Town. It became part of the Iziko collection of museums – as managed by the Department of Arts and Culture – in 2001. It then became an agency of the Department of Arts and Culture. Its collection consists largely of Dutch, French and British works from the 17th to the 19th century. This includes lithographs, etchings and some early 20th-century British paintings. Contemporary art work displayed in the gallery is selected from many of South Africa's communities and the gallery houses an authoritative collection of sculpture and beadwork.