Alliance Française du Cap Desk verified

Alliance Française du Cap runs the French cultural programme in Cape Town from its Loop Street building, and a substantial part of that is an exhibition schedule mixing local and international artists. The space is small enough that shows feel like an evening rather than a museum visit. Language teaching pays for the building; the culture is what the building is for. Openings come with wine and the expectation that people will talk to each other, which is a specific and increasingly rare format. Loop Street puts it walking distance from most of the CBD galleries. Alliance Française opens for First Thursdays, the CBD's late-opening evening on the first Thursday of every month.