Architecture
How the Joburg Contemporary Art Foundation found its home in an old substation
10 May 2020 - 00:00
When architect Pierre Swanepoel and gallerist Monna Mokoena took a dilapidated electrical substation in Forest Town off the City of Joburg's hands in 2012, they imagined turning it into offices or studios for creative-driven businesses. An art museum or private art foundation wasn't a possibility they entertained or could have imagined...
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