JOHANNESBURG – A remarkable late landscape by J.H. Pierneef, Approaching Storm, Sabi Sands, led Strauss & Co’s live-virtual Evening Sale of Modern and Contemporary Art in Johannesburg on 21 July 2026, confirming sustained collector demand for exceptional examples of South African modernism while reinforcing the company’s strong performance during the first half of the year.
Strauss & Co presents works from our exhibition Dreaming Impossible Things on view at the Alliance Française du Cap as part of the 2026 Heat Winter Arts Festival in Cape Town. This year’s theme, Ctrl + Z, calls us to reflect on the notion of undoing. It reminds us that while we can instantly undo
CAPE TOWN – The exhibition From Concept to Object / Wanneer Idees GestalteKry provides the organising theme for the 2026 edition of Welgemeend Art Month (1–31 August 2026), Cape Town’s much-loved winter arts festival, now in its thirteenth year. Drawing on works from the Kilbourn Collection and other private collections, the group exhibition explores how artists transform ideas into tangible form. It also includes
A house, a car or maybe a motorcycle these are the items you would mostly find priced in the hundreds of thousands rand range in Gqeberha. But for every norm there is an exception and the late Dorothy Kay’s portrait, titled The Boxer, is one such example, with the timeless painting set to fetch at least R350,000 when it goes under the hammer today.
Celebrating one of South Africa’s richest ceramics awards, the Western Cape’s premier ceramics exhibition returns for its 53rd year to the historic Castle of Good Hope after an unexpected venue change. Strauss and Co is proud to be sponsoring the 2026 Premier Award, which will be presented at Ceramics Western Cape’s Annual Members Juried Exhibition.
Kim Kandan, gallery director of the KZNSA Gallery in Durban is the second guest curator in the ongoing series of collaborations between Strauss & Co and key players in the South African art market.
Strauss & Co invites the public to view a selection of over 200 artworks, due to be sold on its forthcoming live virtual auction in Johannesburg on 16 and 17 May 2022.
Strauss & Co’s July ART online offering is a little different this winter. There is a notably considered selection of medium-specific works for collectors of all stripes to consider alongside a singular selection by the highly regarded writer and curator Sean O’Toole. Sean’s selection, titled Friends, Allies and the Odd Stranger, brings together works by artists he has a personal connection with, many of whom he met through his deep engagement with the art world as an art critic. Over
Strauss & Co’s forthcoming Live Virtual Auction, taking place on Sunday 15 May at 11am, features a lovely spread of affordable quality and collectable rarity from the cellars of two fabled private collectors. Legends in their respective industries, Peter Veldsman is one of South Africa’s most respected food writers and a beloved restaurateur. Fortified wines guru, Dirkie
Strauss & Co’s August online-only auction offers buyers a selection of 19th Century, Modern and Contemporary Art.
