{"id":856239,"date":"2026-08-13T05:58:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T05:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/856239\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T05:58:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T05:58:13","slug":"elvira-dyangani-ose-to-succeed-koyo-kouoh-at-zeitz-mocaa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/856239\/","title":{"rendered":"Elvira Dyangani Ose to Succeed Koyo Kouoh at Zeitz MOCAA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                <a class=\"gh-article-tag\" href=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/tag\/news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">The Spanish curator will steer the South African institution after the untimely loss of its late leader.<\/p>\n<p>                            <a href=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/author\/rhea-nayyar\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-profile-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/rhea-nayyar-d-blank-r-g-s-500.jpg\" alt=\"Rhea Nayyar\"\/><br \/>\n                            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Elvira-Dyangani-Ose.-Photo-by-Ramiie-G--courtesy-of-Zeitz-MOCAA.-1.jpg\" alt=\"Elvira Dyangani Ose to Succeed Koyo Kouoh at Zeitz MOCAA\"\/><br \/>\n            Elvira Dyangani Ose, Zeitz MOCAA&#8217;s incoming artistic director (Photo Ramiie G, courtesy Zeitz MOCAA)<\/p>\n<p>The Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (MOCAA) in Cape Town, South Africa, announced this week that Elvira Dyangani Ose has been appointed as its artistic director effective October 1. <\/p>\n<p>Concluding a 15-month search, Dyangani Ose&#8217;s appointment comes after the sudden and untimely loss of Zeitz MOCAA&#8217;s late Executive Director and Chief Curator of six years, <a href=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/koyo-kouoh-dies-at-57\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Koyo Kouoh<\/a>, who died in May 2025. Dyangani Ose was among the five women jurors that Kouoh, who was named <a href=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/venice-biennale-names-koyo-kouoh-as-its-new-curator\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">chief curator of the 61st Venice Biennale<\/a> before her death, had appointed for the Golden Lion awards. <\/p>\n<p>    Create a free account, or sign in to continue reading.<\/p>\n<p>Registered readers of Hyperallergic get access to a limited number of free articles every month, and the Hyperallergic Daily newsletter.<\/p>\n<p>      <a class=\"gh-btn\" data-portal=\"signup\" style=\"color:#00AEEE\">Subscribe now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Already have an account? <a data-portal=\"signin\">Sign in<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"News The Spanish curator will steer the South African institution after the untimely loss of its late leader.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":856240,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[76,354,355,49,48,356,75],"class_list":["post-856239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=856239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/856240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}