Press Office
2011 Archive
- Nov 07. South African art records continue to be broken
- Oct 15. Gerard Sekoto at the Pinnacle of his Career
- Oct 14. Will tallest Sithole break new auction records?
- Sep 26. Strauss continues to set new South African art records
- Aug 29. Stunning Stern comes to the market
- Aug 23. Stunning Stern leads the field at Strauss & Co's Cape Town auction in September
- Jul 21. Over R718 000 raised for art bursaries at Michaelis
- Jul 05. ALUMNI AND STAFF EXHIBITION and AUCTION Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town
- May 20. Greater Strength and Variety in the Art Market
- Apr 14. Good Value in Quality Art at Strauss & Co
- Apr 13. Pieter Wenning, an underrated artist
- Apr 01. Flower name raises over half a million
- Mar 16. Art beats JSE Index
- Mar 08. An expensive cup of coffee
- Feb 03. Two Early Cape Paintings
- Jan 28. Two milestones in South African Art back under the hammer
- Jan 21. Collectors spoilt for choice at Strauss & Co's Cape Town auction in March
2010 Archive
- Dec 01. Chairman's Review 2010
- Dec 01. Voorsitters Oorsig
- Nov 12. A sparkling array
- Nov 01. Art market grabs investor's imagination and opens pockets at Strauss & Co Auction
- Oct 19. Millions for South African Paintings
- Oct 18. Strauss & Co set a new record for South African art
- Oct 11. New record for South African art
- Sep 23. Top South African Paintings at Strauss & Co's October Auction
- Aug 31. Pierneef attracts wide interest
- Aug 30. Ruth First and Lilian Ngoyi Celebrated in Artwork at Auction
- Aug 03. Jewellery Week at Strauss & Co
- Jul 23. Another Irma Stern Still Life Poised to Break Auction Records
- Jul 23. Valuation Day at The Marine, Hermanus
- Jun 26. Stanley Pinker's, The Wheel of Life, 1974, to be offered for sale in Cape Town on 11 October 2010
- Jun 25. Forthcoming Cape Town Auction
- May 30. Rhodes statue led Welz to success
- May 25. Four South African Still Lifes sell for R22 million
- May 18. Auction of Important South African, British and Continental Paintings and Sculpture
- May 10. Maud Sumner – "a sound investment"
- May 03. Important work by Deborah Bell on auction at Strauss & Co, Johannesburg, 24 May 2010
- May 02. Artists with a passion for Africa
- Mar 25. Irma Stern - Still Life with Dahlias and Fruit
- Mar 16. "Bad News" proves to be good news
- Feb 08. Anton Van Wouw - Bad News
- Feb 08. Jane Alexander - Racework
- Feb 01. Edith Dodo Estate Collection
2009 Archive
- Dec 05. The Icon Project
- Dec 02. Strauss & Co. breaks R 100 million – now South Africa's leading art auction house
- Oct 13. Blue chip art auction house at the helm of the market in its first year of operation.
- Oct 08. Millions paid for South African Art & Antiques
- Oct 01. Internationally acknowledged art expert joins South Africa's leading Fine Art Auction House
- Sep 11. South African Auction confirms strengths in the art market
- Sep 10. Powerful study of an Athleteby Fanie Eloff
- Sep 10. Arresting 18th century Cape Buffet, a welcome surprise for collectors
- Aug 15. Important British, Continental and South African Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture - Edoardo Villa
- Aug 15. Strauss & Co. presents a bigger all embracing auction of South African Art
- Mar 09. Post Sale Press Release - Inaugural Auction of Important South African Paintings Watercolours and Sculpture
- Feb 24. South Africa's best-known painting to be auctioned
Girl in sunglasses reveals herself!
January 31, 2012 - Stanley Pinkers Girl in Sunglasses, estimated at R300 000 500 000, on Strauss & Cos upcoming auction to be held at the Vineyard Hotel, Newlands, on 6 February 2012, has been revealed as Anna Starcke, prize-winning journalist, author, publisher and political risk and transformation consultant to business leaders over the past 30 years
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Chairman's Report 2011
December 1, 2011 - Strauss & Co, the worldwide market leader for South African art: We celebrate the closure of the year with
an annual total of R170 million, over 90% of the total achieved in 2010 - which was a boom year for the art market - and double the total achieved in 2009.
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Art and Glass Sparkle at Strauss & Cos Cape Town Auction in February
December 1, 2011 - A dazzling array of art and glass are offered at Strauss & Cos upcoming auction to be held at the Vineyard Hotel, Newlands, on 6 February 2012.
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