Strauss & Co is delighted to announce the first exhibition at its new Houghton space, a presentation of historical bronzes by sculptor Peter Haden. Organised by Gavin Watkins, in association with Strauss & Co, and composed of various figurative and abstract pieces, the exhibition Peter Haden: Almost Forgotten offers a penetrating insight into this little-known modernist sculptor.
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Archived: Strauss & Co creates a meeting of great minds at the RMB Turbine Art Fair
Strauss & Co is pleased to announce its participation in the seventh annual RMB Turbine Art Fair (RMB TAF), with a curated exhibition devoted to influential painters Louis Khehla Maqhubela and Douglas Portway. The exhibition, which is titled A Meeting of Minds, is the cornerstone of Strauss & Co’s contribution to the 2019 RMB TAF at its new location at 10 Fricker Road, Illovo.
Stern portrait and Picasso seascape highlight Strauss & Co’s third International Sale
Strauss & Co will present the third edition of its cross-category art auction The International Sale on Tuesday, 28 October 2025. The two-part auction brings together collectable artworks spanning five centuries, with a distinguished selection of paintings, prints, photography and sculpture by international artists drawn from private South African collections. Headlining The International Sale is
Archived: A warming current of satire and irony energises Art Month at Welgemeend
Ever since 2014, when collectors Lizelle and Frank Kilbourn initiated Art Month at Welgemeend, this month-long celebration of art has been a highlight of Cape Town’s winter art calendar. This year’s programme once again promises to delight and please, and is guided by the feature exhibition, Satire and Irony, which features a selection of paintings by Robert Hodgins, Stanley Pinker and Alexander Podlashuc and sculptures by Peter Haden, an almost-forgotten artist.
Q3 Update and Announcement by Frank Kilbourn
Archived: Summary overview of Strauss & Co’s bumper half-year in 2019
Strauss & Co, South Africa’s leading auction house, achieved R195.9 million (R195 936 848) in the period January through June from eight sales.
Reservoir curates 2025 Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees Benefit Auction with Strauss & Co
Stellenbosch: Strauss & Co, proudly presents 2025 Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees Benefit Auction, curated by RESERVOIR. The auction will be available for public viewing at Stellenbosch City Hall from 11 – 19 October 2025, with the online auction closing on 20 October 2025. True to RESERVOIR’s commitment to championing contemporary art, the auction brings together works
Archived: Strauss & Co’s 2019 decorative arts sale features two impressive single-owner collections
Strauss & Co is pleased to announce details of its forthcoming decorative arts sale in Cape Town, due to be held at the Vineyard Hotel on Monday, 7 October. Presented twice annually in Cape Town, this specialist sale is well known for featuring important single-owner collections. The catalogue for the upcoming spring sale includes art and objets from China, England and Japan drawn from two notable collections: the Andrew Newall Collection and the Estate late Mrs Sonia Lapin.
The Fine Jewellery Sale
Strauss & Co is pleased to present ‘The Fine Jewellery Sale’, launching online on our website on Friday, 26th September 2025, with a live Evening Sale on Monday, 27th October 2025, in Cape Town. The auction features an exceptional selection of jewellery pieces from luxury jewellery houses, including South Africa’s own Browns and famed international
Archived: Two centuries of artistic innovation compiled in Strauss & Co’s 2019 spring sale
A stirring Irma Stern portrait of a Watussi woman, painted on Stern’s second trip to the Belgian Congo in 1946, leads Strauss & Co’s impressive offering of historical paintings at its forthcoming spring sale in Cape Town. The widely exhibited painting, which is valued at R9 – 12 million, will go on sale at the Vineyard Hotel, Newlands, on 7 October, along with three portraits by Maggie Laubser and a diverse selection of works by J.H. Pierneef, among them five joyous paintings from a single-owner collection.
