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The Strauss Art Hub on the Keyes Art Mile

10 Aug 2018

Two senior Strauss & Co specialists, Alastair Meredith and Wilhelm van Rensburg, are scheduled to present talks at the Strauss Art Hub in the Trumpet Building (21 Keyes Ave, Rosebank).

Visitors to the Strauss Art Hub will also be able to view a selection of works consigned for Strauss & Co’s upcoming sales in October (Cape Town) and November (Johannesburg). The exhibition will also include highlights from Strauss & Co’s second standalone Contemporary Art Auction, scheduled to take place in February 2019 in Cape Town.

Dr Meredith, who recently completed his doctoral project on painter Jan Juta, will provide a unique insight into the world of auctions, focusing on the intricacies of consigning, selling and buying on the secondary market. Van Rensburg, a seasoned curator, academic and senior art specialist at Strauss & Co, will discuss his upcoming retrospective exhibition on Christo Coetzee, due to be held at the Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, in October.

“This partnership and our participation in the Strauss Art Hub, form part of our company’s commitment to the growth of the contemporary art market, education and developing new collectors,” says Susie Goodman, an executive director of Strauss & Co, Johannesburg. Strauss & Co is South Africa’s leading auction house and the global leader in the market for South African art. www.straussart.co.za

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Lectures:

Friday 7 September

10:00am          How an Auction Works
presented by Dr Alastair Meredith

11:30am          The Life and Times of Christo Coetzee
presented by Wilhelm van Rensburg