Current Press Releases
January
December
- 19 Dec 2025 2025 Chairperson’s Report
November
- 4 Nov 2025 Strauss & Co unearths rare Single Cask Brandies in an exclusive Cape Fine Brandy Auction
- 4 Nov 2025 The Starcke Collection of African Art to Go Under the Hammer at Strauss & Co
- 4 Nov 2025 Strauss & Co November Flagship Sales offer landmark museum-exhibited South African modern art including Pemba, Laubser and Preller
- 7 Nov 2025 Tanzanian modernists shine in the inaugural Art Auction East Africa
- 11 Nov 2025 Suite of Rare Early Wildlife Drawings by William Kentridge from the Engen Collection poised to go under the hammer at Strauss & Co
- 14 Nov 2025 November Auction Week | Johannesburg, 17-19 November 2025
- 18 Nov 2025 Strauss & Co Achieves Exceptional Results for Rare Early William Kentridge Wildlife Drawings from Engen Collection
- 27 Nov 2025 Strauss & Co offers accessible works in year-end auctions
October
- 7 Oct 2025 Q3 Update and Announcement by Frank Kilbourn
- 7 Oct 2025 Reservoir curates 2025 Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees Benefit Auction with Strauss & Co
- 9 Oct 2025 Stern portrait and Picasso seascape highlight Strauss & Co’s third International Sale
- 15 Oct 2025 Strauss & Co partners with Art Auction East Africa to bolster secondary market for East African art
- 24 Oct 2025 Celebrating Silver - including The Mary Eleanor Hibbert Collection Part II
- 27 Oct 2025 Foschini and RICH MNISI celebrate 100 x 10, turning fashion into philanthropy
- 27 Oct 2025 Gary Player Signature BMW 7 Series up for Auction
- 29 Oct 2025 Strauss & Co establishes a new benchmark price for Stern portraits of female sitters
September
- 4 Sep 2025 Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne, the Rhône Valley, Iberia and additional finds from around the world
- 4 Sep 2025 Mid-Century Modern Furniture & Design: A Journey Through Design History
- 9 Sep 2025 Tretchikoff: New Discoveries of Exceptional Beauty
- 18 Sep 2025 September ART and Embodied: A Selection of Works Exploring the Figure
- 18 Sep 2025 Strauss & Co Fine Wine Auction: Engen Cellar Collection
- 22 Sep 2025 The Luxury Edit: Designer Handbags and Accessories
- 25 Sep 2025 Strauss & Co announces programme for 2025 Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees
- 26 Sep 2025 The Fine Jewellery Sale
August
- 1 Aug 2025 August Online Auctions - Horizons: Selected South African Landscapes and Seascapes and August ART
- 19 Aug 2025 15 Years of the Cassirer Welz Award and announcement of the 2025 Award Winner
- 20 Aug 2025 Strauss & Co Fine Wine Auctions Redefines the Market
- 25 Aug 2025 Rare works by celebrated Durban painter Andrew Verster to be offered in September sale
- 29 Aug 2025 Two Cape icons, Stern and Tretchikoff, highlights of Strauss & Co’s flagship Cape Town auction series, including single-artist sale for Verster
July
- 3 Jul 2025 Landmark Exhibition: Irma Stern: A Modern Artist between Berlin and Cape Town
- 3 Jul 2025 Eastern Cape Echoes: Selected Works from Tsitsikamma to Lusikisiki, July ART, Johannesburg spotlight sale & more
- 4 Jul 2025 Welgemeend Art Month announces the title and focus on their anchor exhibition for 2025
- 9 Jul 2025 Strauss & Co auction series focuses on contemporary ceramics, Pierneef prints and artworks collected by soprano Mimi Coertse
- 16 Jul 2025 The Enduring Allure of Emerald Jewellery
- 16 Jul 2025 The highly anticipated Heat Winter Arts Festival program has been announced
- 24 Jul 2025 Auction heavyweights Pierneef and Hylton Nel deliver solid results at Strauss & Co’s live sales in Johannesburg
- 29 Jul 2025 Auction Results – IMPR: Etchings and Linocuts by JH Pierneef
- 30 Jul 2025 Welgemeend Art Month returns with major exhibition and bold new pledge fund
June
- 4 Jun 2025 The Engen Collection: Mapping South African Art Through Corporate Patronage
- 8 Jun 2025 June ART: Modern and Contemporary Art
- 9 Jun 2025 Making Impressions: Deborah Bell & David Krut, Collaboration in Print
- 12 Jun 2025 High-value works by Warhol, Stern and Kentridge anchor Strauss & Co’s exciting winter auction
- 12 Jun 2025 What the Fook? A landmark single-artist auction from Strauss & Co celebrates the inspired life of Walter Battiss
- 19 Jun 2025 Mary Eleanor Hibbert Cape Silver Collection': A One-of-a-Kind Cape Silver Collection
- 25 Jun 2025 South African Design: Past & Present - A Journey Through Materials and Memory
- 25 Jun 2025 Abstract Visions Realised: Engen Collection achieves R1.7 million at Strauss & Co
May
- 2 May 2025 May ART with Selected Works from the Chris Tugwell and Matthys Swanepoel Collections
- 2 May 2025 Linn Ware: Celebrating the Ceramics of Olifantsfontein
- 5 May 2025 Leading Icons of South African Modernism
- 5 May 2025 Tretchikoff’s Lady from the Orient (1955) leads Strauss & Co’s flagship sale
- 14 May 2025 Honouring The Golden Legacy of Jewellery and Its Grandeur
- 22 May 2025 Strauss & Co’s Bold Mix of Global Icons and Rising Stars Comes to Market This May
- 28 May 2025 Vladimir Tretchikoff Painting Smashes World Auction Record at Strauss & Co Sale in Johannesburg
- 30 May 2025 New Pan-African Collaboration Aims to Promote East African Moderns to Wider Global Market
April
- 1 Apr 2025 Gerard Sekoto’s 1947 self-portrait is the toast of the global north
- 11 Apr 2025 April ART: Expressions of Labour and Form
- 14 Apr 2025 A Celebration of Diversity in Fine Cape Wine: Three New Icon South African Producers
March
- 14 Mar 2025 Return of the Big Five - Pioneer modernists headline Cape Town Auction Week
- 20 Mar 2025 March Interiors: A Timed Online Sale Featuring Exceptional Antiques
- 25 Mar 2025 A Timeless Selection of Heirlooms and Historical Treasures
- 27 Mar 2025 Paris Calling: Strauss & Co’s Five-sale Cape Town Auction Week Celebrates French Influence on South African Art
February
- 3 Feb 2025 Woven Legacies: Tradition & Innovation
- 7 Feb 2025 Strauss & Co’s Perspectives on Africa is a Journey Through Modern and Contemporary Art
- 15 Feb 2025 Strauss & Co’s marquee live auction Perspectives on Africa features top modern and contemporary art
- 21 Feb 2025 The Norval Sovereign African Art Prize 2025
- 26 Feb 2025 Strauss & Co’s February Sales record strong collector interest in Modernist Painting and Contemporary Mohair Tapestry
- 28 Feb 2025 March ART - A Tribute to South Africa-influenced Art with Special Focus on writer Melvyn Minnaar
January
- 21 Jan 2025 Kalahari Studio: Honouring the Past, Shaping Legacies
- 31 Jan 2025 February ART — An Array of Mediums and Rare Archival Works
December
- 2 Dec 2024 Celebrate the Festive Season with a Unique Christmas-themed auction, “Twelve Days of Christmas”
- 12 Dec 2024 Botterblom Collection by Frances vH Mohair Studio
November
- 1 Nov 2024 Celebrating the 2024 Earthshot Prize through the exhibition – A Reinvented Vocabulary: The Recycled in Contemporary Art
- 6 Nov 2024 The Everard Group Phenomenon
- 14 Nov 2024 Irma Stern portrait of an elite Rwandan woman tops Strauss & Co’s Johannesburg Flagship Auction
- 15 Nov 2024 Four Curated Online Sales in November
- 27 Nov 2024 Strauss & Co launches a BUY NOW DROP SHOP with a "Midnight-to-Midnight Sale"
October
- 1 Oct 2024 October ART - a feast of art, sculpture, lithography and books
- 2 Oct 2024 Strauss & Co unearths rare Single Cask Brandies in a new and exclusive Cape Fine Brandy Auction
- 9 Oct 2024 Strauss & Co’s annual International Sale returns with bold works by modernist icons Chagall and Picasso
- 11 Oct 2024 Strauss & Co Announces an Exceptional Spring Auction Highlighting Stunning Gems
- 17 Oct 2024 Strauss & Co Unveils Celebrating Silver: Timeless Luxury Auction
- 24 Oct 2024 Bidders from 20 countries bring global enthusiasm to Strauss & Co’s International Sale
- 25 Oct 2024 Honouring the legacy of Dr Conrad Strauss
- 28 Oct 2024 Superb portraits by Gratrix, Kentridge, Muholi, Pemba and Stern lead Strauss & Co’s November Flagship Sales
September
- 3 Sep 2024 September ART
- 4 Sep 2024 A peak-period Tretchikoff painting, suffused with beauty and glamour, leads Strauss & Co’s September Auction Week
- 18 Sep 2024 Auction Record for Tretchikoff
- 24 Sep 2024 Works by Chagall and Picasso headed for Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees, courtesy of Strauss & Co
- 25 Sep 2024 Strauss & Co hosts “YGGDRASIL” at Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees 2024
- 30 Sep 2024 LIGHTING UP LONDON THIS OCTOBER: LOOKING TOWARDS FREEDOM – Womxn Artists from Africa
August
- 13 Aug 2024 The Appointment of Strauss & Co's Advisory Board Members
- 26 Aug 2024 Ways of Seeing: South African and International Photography
- 30 Aug 2024 From ceramics to tapestry, painting to photography, furniture to glass, Strauss & Co announces its rich spring auction programme
July
- 10 Jul 2024 Sculpted Narratives: Exploring the malleable qualities of ceramic art
- 12 Jul 2024 Debut Pretoria Auction at Pierneef’s Former Home & Studio
- 22 Jul 2024 Pretoria auction confirms sustained collector appetite for Nico Masemola, Hylton Nel and J.H. Pierneef
- 23 Jul 2024 Together for Pangolins: Charity Auction
- 27 Jul 2024 August Art Month at Welgemeend
- 31 Jul 2024 August ART, with a focus on art from KwaZulu-Natal
June
- 3 Jun 2024 Sweets & Fortified Wine Auction: a rich offering of vintage wines that have stood the test of time
- 4 Jun 2024 Revisiting the work of South African painter Lettie Gardiner in Strauss & Co’s diverse June online ART sale
- 5 Jun 2024 Announcing the 2024 Cassirer Welz Award Recipient
- 9 Jun 2024 Strauss & Co Presents: South African Design, Past & Present - A Celebration of Artisanal Excellence
- 10 Jun 2024 The people have voted: SA artists at the 2024 Venice Biennale come up tops at Strauss & Co’s Johannesburg auction
- 19 Jun 2024 Art Rooted in Nature: A Celebration of South African Art inspired by the Natural World
- 28 Jun 2024 Strauss & Co auction celebrates the heritage and global impact of Eastern Cape artists
- 29 Jun 2024 Single-Owner Private Collection of Fine Wines from Bordeaux, Rhône Valley, South Africa, Italy and more going under the hammer.
May
- 6 May 2024 Art for all Seasons in Strauss & Co’s May Online Sale including a selection of works from the Cecil and Thelma Skotnes Estate
- 7 May 2024 Single-Owner Private Collection of Fine Wines from Burgundy, Bordeaux, Rhône Valley, and More to Be Auctioned by Strauss & Co
- 8 May 2024 A major Stern painting from 1930 leads Strauss & Co’s diverse catalogue of modern and contemporary art at its May sale in Johannesburg
- 8 May 2024 Strauss & Co expands its regional presence, offering valuations, sales & talks across the country
- 9 May 2024 The Diamond Edition Day & Evening Sale
- 17 May 2024 The irrepressible Irma Stern, a star of multiple editions of the Venice Biennale, leads Strauss & Co’s Johannesburg Evening Sale
- 22 May 2024 Two important drawings by William Kentridge, an artist revered globally, at Strauss & Co auction in Johannesburg
- 31 May 2024 Strauss & Co Announces Nature-Inspired Art Auction to Coincide with Hermanus Fynarts Festival 2024
April
- 2 Apr 2024 Myths, Legends, Deities: Strauss & Co explores historical and cultural narratives through art
- 8 Apr 2024 Through an African Lens: Strauss & Co announces sponsorship and event guide to 2024 Venice Biennale
- 16 Apr 2024 Do you know the value of your art? Strauss & Co to host valuation day in Windhoek
- 26 Apr 2024 Reflections on how the 2024 Venice Biennale is an inflection point for change - Frank Kilbourn, Executive Chairperson, Strauss & Co
March
- 4 Mar 2024 Important Collection of original works by 19th-Century Artist Thomas Bowler Goes Up for Auction
- 4 Mar 2024 ART WORLD LEADERS: Marlene Dumas, Irma Stern & Lisa Brice this month at Strauss & Co
- 4 Mar 2024 The Venice Connection: Strauss & Co auction features more than a dozen artists feted at the Venice Biennale since 1950
- 7 Mar 2024 Strauss & Co to offer a highly important Zanzibar portrait by Irma Stern with excellent museum credentials
- 25 Mar 2024 A Collector’s Cornucopia: Furniture, Ceramics & Silver at Strauss & Co
- 26 Mar 2024 Brisk trade at Strauss & Co’s late-summer auction culminates in red-hot prices for works by Brice, Preller, Stern and Sekoto
February
- 5 Feb 2024 Rhône-Themed Auction kicks off first Strauss & Co wine auctions for the year
- 9 Feb 2024 Woven Legacies – Celebrating the evolution of artisanal craftsmanship
- 12 Feb 2024 Strauss & Co Opens in London
- 26 Feb 2024 Strauss & Co is a vital contributor to Cape Town’s pulsating month of summer art activities
- 29 Feb 2024 But is it Surrealist? London audiences will finally get to see and debate Alexis Preller’s audacious symbolist paintings
- 29 Feb 2024 The 2014 Vintage plays the starring role in the Strauss & Co March wine auction
January
- 30 Jan 2024 A special focus on The White House Gallery in Strauss & Co’s online sale showcases rare international prints
- 30 Jan 2024 A new exhibition by Strauss & Co and Kalashnikovv Gallery celebrates the legacy of South African Modernist Alfred Thoba
- 30 Jan 2024 Chairperson's Report
- 31 Jan 2024 Important Cinga Samson painting leads 2024 edition of Strauss & Co’s collaborative African art auction
