10 October 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Sci-Bono Discovery Centre is excited to announce that The Wonders of Rock Art: Lascaux Cave and Africa Exhibition’s stay has been extended until January 2019!

As communicated formerly that the Lascaux cave was closed to the public in 1963, but the Lascaux International Exhibition, which uses state of the art methods, and digital technology to create an exact replica of the cave and its treasure trove of Palaeolithic rock art has been travelling the world since 2012. Now, this interactive 800m² mobile exhibition is in Africa for the first time, giving South Africans a rare glimpse into “the Sistine Chapel of prehistory”.

In addition to the Lascaux cave exhibition is The Dawn of Art, curated by the Origins Centre, which traces the birthplace of art, design and technology back 100 000 years to the tip of Africa. Through this you are able discover your millennia-old cultural roots through the world’s oldest known artworks, including original engraved fragments.

The Lascaux Exhibition is counted among the most significant and beautiful sites of ancient human art on the planet. A life-sized replica of parts of the cave walls is still on show at the Sci-Bono Discovery Centre in Newtown, Johannesburg, until January 2019 with discounted rates.

Dr More Chakane, the CEO of the Sci-Bono Discovery Centre, urged everyone who missed the opportunity in the previous months to use this once in a lifetime chance to visit this exhibition and immerse themselves. “It is the kind of exhibition that shows that we are all connected through history and art. This is a great opportunity to see how artists told their stories through these incredible paintings. And although techniques may have changed, it is still how we tell and share our stories.”

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