CAPE TOWN — Strauss & Co is pleased to present ‘Perspectives on Africa: Modern and Contemporary Art’. The live auction, taking place on Monday, 17 February 2025, is accompanied by a curated selection of sales, including “Prelude to Podlashuc: A Glimpse into the Creative World of Alexander Podlashuc” — an artist-focused auction — “Woven Legacies:
On Monday night a previously unseen painting by JH Pieneef, Farm Jonkershoek with Twin Peaks Beyond, Stellenbosch, will go under the hammer at Strauss & Co’s June auction at the Wanderers Club in Johannesburg.
Strauss & Co is proud to present ‘Woven Legacies: Tradition & Innovation.’ The Timed Online Sale — opening on 2 February and closing on 24 February 2025 from 2 pm — celebrates creativity and cultural heritage by showcasing the evolution of artisanal craftsmanship across the African continent.
Important South African and International Art
Strauss & Co is delighted to announce ‘February ART’, a thoughtfully curated timed online auction, closing on 10 February at 2 pm. The sale brings together a selection of works spanning multiple mediums, including works on paper, books, ceramics, photography and sculpture, by both South African and international artists.
The star of the show at Strauss & Co’s winter sale held last night at the Wanderers Club in Johannesburg was undoubtedly JH Pierneef, when a new all-time world record was set by his previously unseen painting, Farm Jonkershoek with Twin Peaks Beyond, Stellenbosch, which shattered its estimate of R6 000 000 – R8 000 000, by fetching a mammoth R20 462 400. This is the second highest price ever achieved for a painting sold at auction in South Africa.
Strauss & Co is delighted to announce the fourth installment of the annual August Art Month at Welgemeend, a month-long exhibition of South African art at one of Cape Town’s most renowned manor homes. The theme for this year’s winter exhibition is “Abstraction – South African art from the 50’s to the 70’s” and will showcase work from two important private collections, the Frank and Lizelle Kilbourn Collection and Pieter Colyn Collection.
Welgemeend and Boerneef Art Collection in collaboration with Kilbourn and Colyn Families – August Art Month Programme
Strauss & Co is proud to present a unique exhibition of the wares from the Kalahari Studio (1948 – 1973) at our Johannesburg premises, 89 Central Street, Houghton Estates from 3 to 28 February 2025. The wares are drawn from the extensive private collection of Tony Fornali. The show also celebrates the publication of the definitive book on the wares produced by the Studio. Written by Fornali, the book will be launched on Tuesday, 4 February 2025.
Art month at Welgemeend / August 2017
