Opening

Opening Day: Irma Stern
A Modern Artist between Berlin and Cape Town

12. July 2025
1.00 – 5.00pm
Portrait of a young Black man in a wide-open blue shirt and red headscarf, standing in front of a large floral arrangement

Irma Stern, Zanzibar Boy, 1945, oil on canvas, Rupert Art Foundation, Rupert Museum, Stellenbosch © Irma Stern Trust / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025, photo: Courtesy of Rupert Art Foundation, Rupert Museum, Stellenbosch

We cordially invite you and your friends to the opening day of our upcoming exhibition Irma Stern. A Modern Artist between Berlin and Cape Town on Saturday, 12 July 2025, from 1 to 5 pm.

Welcome and introduction
1 pm
Lisa Marei Schmidt, Director, Brücke-Museum
Lisa Hörstmann, Co-Curator

Programme
1.15 – 2.00 pm
Umgababa – Irma Sterns erstes Reisebuch
Lecture by Irene Below, Art Historian (in German)

2.00 - 2.30 pm
Break

2.30 - 3.30 pm
South African Perspectives on Irma Stern
Panel discussion with Gcotyelwa Mashiqa (Curator, Johannesburg Art Gallery), Alastair Meredith (Senior Art Specialist, Strauss & Co Fine Art Auctioneers), and Kathy Wheeler (Curator, Irma Stern Museum) moderated by Lisa Hörstmann

3.30 - 4.30 pm
Artistic intervention by Athi-Patra Ruga

until 5 pm
Get Together in the garden

Note: The number of places is limited due to the weather. Please arrive in good time.

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