By A new home for African creativity: A cultural platform by Thebe Magugu dedicated to fashion, art and creative exchange
Mount Nelson, A Belmond Hotel, Cape Town, in collaboration with visionary South African designer Thebe Magugu, has officially opened MAGUGU HOUSE CAPE TOWN, a dynamic concept store and cultural hub conceived as a platform for fashion, art and creative exchange. The space launches with its inaugural exhibition, “By Our Own Hands”, presented in partnership with Southern Guild and co-curated by Thebe Magugu alongside Contemporary African Art Specialist JuliaBuchanan. Bringing together the works of Zanele Muholi and Zizipho Poswa with Magugu’s exploration of fashion as ritual practice, the exhibition reflects on making as a form of authorship, healing and resistance. Each artist approaches material and adornment as carriers of lineage, spirit and self-sovereignty
EXHIBITION DETAILS
WHEN: Now until the end of April, Tuesday to Saturday, 10h00 – 18h00. No reservations required
WHERE: Mount Nelson, A Belmond Hotel – 76 Orange St, Gardens, Cape Town, South Africa
MAGUGU HOUSE CAPE TOWN forms part of a landmark collaboration marking the ten-year anniversary of Magugu’s fashion house, alongside the unveiling of the private THEBE MAGUGU SUITE, a two-storey Afro-modernist sanctuary on Palm Avenue. Within the suite, specially commissioned artworks, including A Reverence Like No Other (2025) by Mmangaliso Nzuza, extend Magugu’s universe into space and atmosphere.