In August, Strauss & Co presents two timed online auctions: ‘Horizons: Selected South African Landscapes and Seascapes’ (closing 19 August at 2 pm) and ‘August ART’ (closing 18 August at 2 pm). ‘Horizons: Selected South African Landscapes and Seascapes’ traces South Africa’s rich topography through works by painters who depict the land and seas in
• 688-lot sale totals R55 million • Top lot – Irma Stern’s Watussi Woman with Mountains realises R10 242 000 • 3 new world records established including Judith Mason, Neil Rodger and Walter Meyer • JH Pierneef’s early Impressionistic work Gold & Green, Rooiplaat, N.T. sells for R2 732 200, 4 times the pre-sale estimate • Decorative Arts and Jewellery combined achieve a total of R12 million
The 2025 edition of Welgemeend Art Month (6 August – 5 September), now in its twelfth year, reaffirms its commitment to the long-term preservation of the historic Welgemeend homestead, home to Cape Town’s much-loved winter arts festival.
Strauss & Co is pleased to announce details of the theme for its forthcoming Johannesburg sale, due to be held at its Houghton offices on Monday, 11 November. The summer sale will focus collectors’ attention on the strong influence Paris has exerted on South African art throughout the twentieth century.
Strauss & Co’s ‘IMPR: Etchings and Linocuts by JH Pierneef’ achieved a white glove result, returning a 100% sell-through rate of all 29 lots offered. Pierneef was a master printmaker who produced exquisitely detailed and atmospheric etchings as well as stylised, daring and decorative linocuts. His earliest etchings were made in 1910, while he began
Strauss & Co is delighted to announce its participation in the form of an Art Hub at the Trumpet Building, located on the Keyes Art Mile in Johannesburg, to coincide with the FNB Joburg Art Fair (6–9 September 2018). This partnership, which is spearheaded by the Keyes Art Mile and coordinated by respected curator Lucy McGarry, includes an extensive education and hospitality programme.
Strauss & Co is proud to be among the finalists for the 21st Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) Awards, partnered by Hollard.
Johannesburg – Interest in the work of Hylton Nel, the renowned artist-potter whose work inspired the Dior Men’s summer 2025 campaign, saw two cat sculptures smash their pre-sale estimates at a Strauss & Co auction in Johannesburg. Presented in Contemporary South African Ceramics: New Perspectives, a live-virtual auction celebrating new perspectives in ceramic art held
The current Strauss & Co online auction includes an impressive selection of works from the Natal School as well as an outstanding representation of Scandinavian jewellery, silver and furniture.
Cape Town’s HEAT Winter Arts Festival returns this August with a bold, multi-genre programme focussed on Other Worldliness – this year’s theme. From August 6 to 16, audiences can look forward to over 13 exhibitions in walking distance at some of the city centre’s leading art galleries. Additionally, there is a stunning theatre and music
