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.
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Exhibition walkabout with Strauss & Co Head Curator and Senior Art Specialist, Wilhelm van Rensburg.
Two extraordinary paintings by Gerard Sekoto and Penny Siopis, celebrated artists admired for their creative engagement with social life in South Africa, lead an impressive consignment of high-value paintings in Strauss & Co’s live-virtual Evening Sale: Modern and Contemporary Art. Painted fifty years apart, at either end of the defining historical event of high apartheid
Strauss & Co is pleased to announce details of its high-quality offerings from its forthcoming virtual auction, which will be led by auctioneers in studios in Johannesburg and Cape Town and live-streamed through Invaluable.com over three consecutive days in late July. The sale commences on Sunday 26 July with a session devoted to fine wines from three esteemed Cape winemakers – Boekenhoutskloof, Klein Constantia and Kanonkop – and climaxes with the offering of two notable single-owner collections on Tuesday 28 July.
Strauss & Co is pleased to announce details for its live broadcast auction of modern, post-war and contemporary art, decorative arts and jewellery, as well as a standalone sale of sweet and fortified wines and whisky, due to be held on 11 and 12 July 2021.
Strauss & Co presents Magnificent Jewels, a live sale taking place on Tuesday, 9 June at 7pm with necklaces as the defining thread across the catalogue. The theme feels timely. Recent red-carpet appearances at the 2026 Met Gala highlighted the statement necklace as a defining jewellery category. Emily Blunt wore a Mikimoto body necklace draped with sweeping strands of pearls, while
The July 2020 Online Auction is the Decorator’s dream.
Non-selling exhibition of artworks by George Milwa Mnyaluza Pemba (1912-2001) and Robert Hodgins (1920-2010), accompanied by an illustrated printed catalogue.
Strauss & Co presents a unique opportunity to acquire wines that define Burgundy’s legacy, aged bottles direct from the ancient 15 Century cellars of Bouchard Père et Fils. These historic bottles, among the last remaining examples from the 20th and early 21st centuries, represent some of the Domaine’s most important cuvées. Fine vintages across the
