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

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