Archived: Quality artworks at Johannesburg Auction Week, including show stopper Preller’s iconic human figure Adam and Eve

Preller press release November auction

By Edward Tsumele, CITYLIFE/ARTS Editor Not even the downpour that descended on Johannesburg on Thursday, November 6, 2021,  late afternoon could stop art lovers and collectors from congregating on 89 Central Street in Houghton, Johannesburg, for a preview of what will rate as one of the biggest auction sales in the past two years in

Rare works by Jean Welz from the collection of his son, Strauss & Co’s founding director Stephan Welz, poised to go under the hammer 

Strauss & Co is pleased to announce details of a single-owner auction of modern and contemporary art, Cape furniture, ceramics and a library of books assembled by the legendary South African auctioneer Stephan Welz and his wife Carmen Welz. The sale Deep Roots: Selected Works from Stephan and Carmen Welz (Wednesday, 27 May 2026) includes a large

Archived: Strauss & Co’s popular online-only auction launches company’s 2021 sales programme

Strauss & Co’s popular online-only auction launches company’s 2021 sales programme

Strauss & Co is pleased to announce details of its first sale of 2021, due to be held online from 15 to 22 February. Highlights from the art department include a remarkable 1949 drawing of Walter Battiss meeting Pablo Picasso, a delightful 2002 balloon sculpture by Jeff Koons and an early figure drawing by Nelson Makamo.

Archived: Four collections, each a statement in connoisseurship, lead Strauss & Co’s May sale

Four collections, each a statement in connoisseurship, lead Strauss & Co’s May sale

The catalogue for Strauss & Co’s forthcoming three-day live sale of fine wine and modern, post-war and contemporary art bears testimony to the role of passion, research, discernment and time in collecting. The sale commences on Sunday, 16 May with a session devoted to a single-owner collection of fine wines from Bordeaux, Burgundy, Alsace and Champagne. Over the following two days Strauss & Co will be offering paintings acquired by the late entrepreneur Toy Mostert, three sculptures from the Afrox Corporate Art Collection and two pieces formerly owned by art historian Esmé Berman.