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The people have voted: SA artists at the 2024 Venice Biennale come up tops at Strauss & Co’s Johannesburg auction 

Posted on by Brooke Shafer

Johannesburg – George Pemba and Gerard Sekoto, major historical painters who this year are posthumous debutantes at the 2024 Venice Biennale, were among the top-performing artists in Strauss & Co’s recent Evening Sale of Collectable Art, concluded on Tuesday, 28 May 2024. The virtual-live auction, the culminating event of a four-part auction season in Johannesburg, saw strong results achieved for works by William Kentridge and Irma Stern, respectively stars of the Venice Biennale in the 1950s and post-2000s. 

Archived: Highly important Zanzibar portrait by Irma Stern of praying man poised to go under the hammer at Strauss & Co

Posted on by Carla Spies

• Praying Arab expected to fetch R16 – 18 million/ $839 375 – 944 300.
• Composition dates from pivotal Zanzibar period and features original frame.
• Stern market remains incredibly buoyant after 2023 African record.
• Strauss & Co is offering Irma Stern’s, Praying Arab (1945) and Red Dahlias (1955).

Archived: Leading/Inspirational businesswomen, Khetiwe McClain and Jo-Ann Strauss, join Strauss & Co

Posted on by Carla Spies

Strauss & Co announces the appointment of Khetiwe McClain and Jo-Ann Strauss to the company’s board of directors. Their appointment is effective immediately. Khetiwe McClain, a mining entrepreneur with an international background in art, joins the company as Client Advisory Executive. Jo-Ann Strauss, a media entrepreneur and international speaker, will serve as a Non-Executive Director.

Strauss & Co Presents: South African Design, Past & Present – A Celebration of Artisanal Excellence

Posted on by Brooke Shafer

Strauss & Co is delighted to announce South African Design, Past & Present an exquisite showcase featuring a curated selection of furniture, metalware and ceramic art that bridges historical and contemporary design practices. The items selected for this sale offer a taste of design that reflects the diverse influences, materials, and forms shaping creative expression in South Africa. This selection also provides tangible evidence of the innovation and diversity of artisanal excellence, deeply rooted in a knowledge of social, cultural, and environmental influences.

Archived: Strauss & Co’s August online sale covers half a century of South African ceramic art

Posted on by Carla Spies

Strauss & Co’s August online auction comprising 250 lots in three sessions with a dedicated South African ceramics focus, is now open for bidding. The timed online auction opens with the  latest iteration of Strauss & Co’s Art Club and  Impression/Expression sessions. CERAMICS The dedicated ceramic session opens with two special Linn Ware bowls, (c.1930s

Archived: Rare collections of the World’s leading wines to be sold as single bottles

Posted on by Carla Spies

Strauss & Co Fine Wine Auctions, part of Africa’s Leading Auction House, proudly offers significant collections of the world’s greatest wines, now available as single bottles. The 579 bottles, half bottles and large formats from Penfolds Grange, Domaine de La Romanée Conti, Château Mouton Rothchild and Château d’Yquem stretch back to 1892!