In Boksburg Advertiser | Caxton Reporter The sale features something for every taste, budget and whim – from perennial favourites like William Kentridge and JH Pierneef to impressionistic landscapes from Hugo Naudé and lyrical watercolours from Namibian Adolph Jentsch. November Online Part II includes Sessions 4 – 9:Guest Curator: Sam Nhlengethwa; The Fabulous Picture Show;
By Edward Tsumele, CITYLIFE/ARTS Editor The artist who works in textile is the first non South African to walk away with this prestigious prize for emerging artists not signed to a gallery. Colourful sculptural pieces, including that of an astronaut won Nigerian artist the Stephan Welz Cassirer Award for emerging artists last night at a
By CityLife Arts Writer African Art Galleries Association (AAGA) has announced the third edition of the Emerging Painting Invitational (EPI), the pan-African prize dedicated to supporting emerging contemporary painters and painting. The 16 finalists hail from 8 African countries, comprising of Rwanda, Tunisia, Ethiopia, Algeria, Sudan, Kenya, Angola and South Africa. All artists and artworks
In celebration of the return to in-person trading and hospitality, a welcome moment marked by the return of the 2022 Investec Cape Town Art Fair following a two-year hiatus, Strauss & Co successfully hosted an intensive programme of events.
Strauss & Co believes that the art auction houses that weathered the pandemic have a responsibility towards the greater art community.
Strauss & Co have developed a deserved reputation as South Africa’s top auction house. The Strauss & Co team are always hard at work crafting exciting new innovations for their clients and in early March, in a first for South Africa, the new Strauss & Co Shop successfully launched to much fanfare by debuting an exhilarating collaboration with gemologist and jewellery designer Taz Watson.
Strauss & Co is proud to partner with the African Art in Venice Forum (AAVF) taking place in Venice at the Hotel Monaco on 20 and 21 April during the opening week of the Venice Biennale.
The first-ever auction devoted exclusively to celebrated South African modernist artist Irma Stern confirmed her pre-eminence in Africa’s vibrant art market when all 140 works offered by leading auction house Strauss & Co found buyers.
Collectable design by an illustrious assembly of modern and contemporary designers, among them Cheick Diallo, Shiro Kuramata and René Lalique, is the focus of Strauss & Co’s Decorative Arts Live Virtual Auction (27 June 2022).
Mention Alfred Thoba’s name inside the mainstream art world – in all likelihood you’ll either receive a blank stare or a vague mention of the artist’s seminal 1976 Riots painting.
