Strauss & Co’s forthcoming June sale of modern, post-war and contemporary art, decorative arts and wine includes an impressive line up of paintings from two important corporate collections, one offering a unique overview of Cape winemaking and its traditions, the other gathering an important grouping of South African women botanical artists.
Great pictures are the champagne of the auction market.
In CityLife Arts The Sphinx regards the viewer with a smirk of bemusement and defiance. It has none of the apathy and inscrutability we’ve come to associate with these mythological creatures. On the contrary, ceramic artist Hylton Nel’s Sphinx (estimate 12 000 – R16 000) is more ‘69 Summer of Love-meets-Mattel than ancient Greek mythology. This sculpture
The ceramic sculptures by Hylton Nel and his mentee, Nico Masemola, that appear on the Strauss & Co ‘Perfectly Imperfect’ Auction, attest to each artist/potter’s individual genius, and the way they are both able to achieve phenomenal results when working in what was traditionally considered a ‘lesser’ medium in the hierarchy of Western fine art
A highlight of Cape Town Auction Week (18-21 September 2022), is The Oliver Powell and Timely Investments Trust Collection.
A sustained mood of optimism among collectors drove strong results for modern and contemporary art at Strauss & Co’s flagship Johannesburg auction on 26 May 2026, with record prices achieved for important paintings by Penny Siopis and Gerard Sekoto. The highlight of a busy programme of Johannesburg sales, the Evening Sale grossed R42 648 438.
A majestic vertical landscape, a unique still life with red flowers, an arresting Cape marine landscape and an iconic bushveld scene with camel-thorn trees, all of them painted by J.H. Pierneef, form part of a trove of works by this celebrated modernist painter due to go under the hammer at Strauss & Co’s dynamic four-day virtual sale NORTH/SOUTH (8 – 11 November).
Art specialist Arisha Maharaj highlights the life and work of artist Keith Alexander. Four works feature on the upcoming May Live Virtual-Live Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art Auction.
A sealed case of the 2000 Lafite Rothschild Pauillac, the celebrated Bordeaux blend known for its elegance and purity nose and finesse, topped the opening session of Strauss & Co’s three-day live sale in Johannesburg when it sold for R147 940.
