Contemporary makeover causes Cape Town gallery controversy

Riason Naidoo, who has sparked controversy with the new exhibition Photograph: Iziko Museums of Cape Town Mary Sibande's Conversation with Madame CJ Walker (2009). Courtesy Gallery MOMO Photograph: Carina Beyer/Iziko Museums of Cape Town Helmut Starcke's Clio, the Muse of History (2001, acrylic) Photograph: Iziko South African National Gallery Abraham Cooper's The Day Family (1838), part of the gallery's Sir Abe Bailey bequest Photograph: Pam Warne and Cecil Kortjie/Iziko Museums of Cape Town Wayne Barker's Blue Colonies (1995, oil on canvas) hangs behind statues Photograph: Carina Beyer/Iziko Museums of Cape Town Photograph: Carina Beyer/ziko Museums of Cape Town Durant Sihlali's Peace Wall (1993) Photograph: Courtesy BHP Billiton Derek Bauer's Steve Biko - In Memoriam, 1987 Photograph: Iziko South African National Gallery Anton Momberg's Gandhi maquette, set against Pierneef's 1938 Union Buildings painting Photograph: Carina Beyer/Iziko Museums of Cape Town Charles Towne's A Dark Bay Hunter and Dog, which has been removed to make way for a contmporary exhibit Photograph: Pam Warne and Cecil Kortjie/Iziko Museums of Cape Town Zanele Muholi's Katlego Moshiloane and Nosipho Lavuta, ext 2, Lakeside, Johannesburg, 2007 (Lamda Print) Photograph: Courtesy Michael Stevenson Gallery Examples of Ndebele beadwork set against Anna Matshiye's painting (acrylic on canvas, 1994), Douglas Portway's (oil on canvas, 1971) and Georgina Gatrix's Les Demoiselles d' Avignon (acrylic on canvas, 2008) Photograph: Carina Beyer/Iziko Museums of Cape Town Photograph: Carina Beyer /Iziko Museums of Cape Town