14 May 2025
Strauss & Co is pleased to present two jewellery sales this May — ‘Africa Gold Edition’, a Timed Online Sale running from 16 to 26 May 2025, celebrates the enduring beauty and cultural legacy of gold. ‘The Grand Edition’, a Live Sale on 26 May, will showcase exceptional jewels, including loose diamonds. Each sale offers a distinct focus — one on lustrous gold jewellery, the other on the precious mineral world — highlighting masterful craftsmanship and the natural splendour of Earth’s rarest materials. Formed deep within the planet and shaped by cosmic forces, gold and gemstones are timeless artefacts that trace our shared human story.
5 May 2025
JOHANNESBURG – Strauss & Co, Africa’s leading auction house, is delighted to announce the inclusion of Vladimir Tretchikoff’s Lady from the Orient (estimate R5–7 million / $266,790–373,534), a global icon of twentieth-century painting, as a highlight of its flagship live sale on Tuesday, 27 May 2025, in Johannesburg.
5 May 2025
Leading Strauss & Co’s Flagship Live Sale in Johannesburg: Gerard Sekoto, Vladimir Tretchikoff, William Kentridge, Dumile Feni, George Pemba, Irma Stern and JH Pierneef
2 May 2025
Strauss & Co is honoured to present ‘Linn Ware: Celebrating the Ceramics of Olifantsfontein’, a timed online sale running from 2 May to 13 May 2025.
2 May 2025
14 Apr 2025
11 Apr 2025
1 Apr 2025
27 Mar 2025
25 Mar 2025
20 Mar 2025
14 Mar 2025
Pioneer modernists Laubser, Pierneef, Preller, Sekoto and Stern headline Strauss & Co’s Cape Town Auction Week
28 Feb 2025
26 Feb 2025
CAPE TOWN – Strauss & Co commenced its 2025 sales programme with February Sales, one live and six online auctions encompassing art, wine and design. Held during the bustling week of 12th edition of the Investec Cape Town Art Fair and 2nd edition of the Stellenbosch Triennale, the seven curated auctions netted a combined income of R18 511 384 / $1 005 681.
21 Feb 2025
Cape Town, South Africa – Norval Foundation and The Sovereign Art Foundation (SAF) are delighted to announce Modupeola Fadugba as the Grand Prize Winner for The Norval Sovereign African Art Prize 2025, sponsored by Schroders.
15 Feb 2025
CAPE TOWN — Strauss & Co’s live auction Perspectives on Africa: Modern and Contemporary Art, taking place on Monday, 17 February 2025, gathers an excellent selection of collectable modern and contemporary art from the African continent.
7 Feb 2025
3 Feb 2025
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.
31 Jan 2025
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.
21 Jan 2025
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.
12 Dec 2024
Strauss & Co is delighted to present the highly anticipated auction of The Botterblom Collection by Frances vH Mohair Studio.
2 Dec 2024
27 Nov 2024
15 Nov 2024
Strauss & Co is pleased to announce four curated sales in November — “Compelling Narratives: South African Contemporary Art”, “November Art”, “SA Jewellery Designers Edition” and “Tis The Season”.
14 Nov 2024
JOHANNESBURG — An elite group of South African artists, among them auction bellwethers William Kentridge, Esther Mahlangu, Zanele Muholi, George Pemba, J.H. Pierneef, Irma Stern, Vladimir Tretchikoff and Anton van Wouw, attracted enthusiatic bids at Strauss & Co’s vibrant summer auction programme in Johannesburg.
6 Nov 2024
1 Nov 2024
28 Oct 2024
Outstanding works by a multigenerational line-up of internationally celebrated South African modern and contemporary artists, including Igshaan Adams, David Goldblatt, William Kentridge, Esther Mahlangu, Zanele Muholi and Irma Stern, lead Strauss & Co’s four-part November sales, to be held over two days in Johannesburg (11-12 November 2024).
25 Oct 2024
Dr Conrad Strauss, a distinguished businessman, philanthropist and co-founder of Strauss & Co.
24 Oct 2024
17 Oct 2024
Strauss & Co is delighted to announce its upcoming timed online auction, Celebrating Silver: Timeless Luxury, running from 11 to 23 October 2024. This auction presents a remarkable selection of fine silverware that captures the elegance, artistry, and enduring appeal of silversmithing across centuries.
11 Oct 2024
9 Oct 2024
CAPE TOWN – Two works by Marc Chagall and Pablo Picasso lead a worldly consignment of painting, sculpture, graphics and photography in Strauss & Co’s annual International Sale, due to be held on Tuesday, 22 October 2024. This time- and geography-spanning sale also includes various works by distinguished artists like John Baldessari, Louise Bourgeois, Henry Moore, Shirin Neshat and Mimmo Paladino from the collection of legendary Johannesburg art dealer Linda Givon.
2 Oct 2024
Strauss & Co, South Africa’s leading wine and art auction house, is proud to announce the Strauss & Co Cape Fine Brandy Auction from 6-18 November 2024. The timed-online sale features a definitive selection of the most rare and exceptional, aged Cape Fine Brandies, from the depths of South Africa’s greatest distillers.
1 Oct 2024
Strauss & Co is pleased to present October ART, a timed online auction showcasing a rich array of works. The sale highlights important and interesting works through sessions including Art Club, Impression/Expression, and Re/View, alongside the impressive works by esteemed printmaker Wendy Vincent.
30 Sep 2024
London - The enduring originality, resilience and courage of African womxn artists will be showcased this autumn in London as Strauss & Co juxtaposes modernist pioneers like Irma Stern, Ruth Everard-Haden, Maggie Laubser and Gladys Mgudlandlu, with later 20th century innovators Esther Mahlangu, Judith Mason and Penny Siopis.
25 Sep 2024
Stellenbosch, 4th of October 2024 – Strauss & Co, Africa’s leading art auction house and silver sponsor of Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees is thrilled to announce its upcoming event, YGGDRASIL: The Breath of Gaia, a quirky hybrid performance of both fashion and art, featured as a not- to-be-missed highlight of this year's Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees program.
24 Sep 2024
CAPE TOWN – Strauss & Co is delighted to reaffirm its commitment to Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees (28 September – 6 October 2024) with a knockout exhibition of vividly coloured artworks by iconic modernists Marc Chagall and Pablo Picasso in the Oude Leeskamer, Stellenbosch. The exhibition forms the centrepiece of Strauss & Co’s diverse contributions to this vibrant arts festival in the Cape winelands, notably a benefit auction, music recital, fashion show and public talks.
18 Sep 2024
4 Sep 2024
CAPE TOWN – A pinnacle work by Vladimir Tretchikoff, the much-loved Russian-born Cape Town painter whose vivid portraiture and canny marketing strategies prefigured Pop art, leads Strauss & Co’s September Auction Week (16 – 18 September 2024). Painted circa 1954-56, Balinese Girl (estimate R5 - 7 million/ $278 520 - $390 000) derives from Tretchikoff’s classic period, when he originated such iconic works as Chinese Girl (1952) and Lady from Orient(1955).
3 Sep 2024
Strauss & Co is pleased to announce September ART, its monthly Timed Online Auction as a precursor to September Auction Week — which will see a series five of curated sales including modern and contemporary art, photography, furniture, design and ceramics (16 – 18 September 2024).
30 Aug 2024
CAPE TOWN – After a long and uncharacteristically wet winter, Strauss & Co is pleased to usher in the warming spring months with September Auction Week, a series of five curated sales of modern and contemporary art, photography, furniture, design and ceramics (16 – 18 September 2024). The exciting programme includes a standalone live-virtual auction of early works by renowned artist-potter Hylton Nel, as well as Strauss & Co’s first-ever stand-alone photography.
26 Aug 2024
Including The Gary Eisenberg Collection, The Linda Givon Collection, The Photographic Archival and Preservation Association and other properties
13 Aug 2024
CAPE TOWN – Strauss & Co, Africa’s leading art auction house, is delighted to announce the appointment of four respected professionals – Millard Arnold, Heba El Kayal, Liesl Fichardt and Greg Maloka – to its newly constituted Advisory Board. This important consultative body broadens Strauss & Co’s intelligence network at a time of growing interest in the diverse creative expressions and artisanal traditions of Southern Africa. Its establishment further complementsStrauss & Co’s marketing and educational initiatives in key international markets.
31 Jul 2024
The timed online auction includes works that range from unique ceramics, textiles and sculptures to expressive paintings. The sale highlights KwaZulu-Natal artists through a selection of works that celebrate the rich artistic heritage of the region with historically significant pieces by established artists as well as contemporary works by emerging artists. Key historical names include artists such as Nils Andersen, Christopher Tugwell, John Ferguson, and Kathleen Anderson.
27 Jul 2024
CAPE TOWN – Strauss & Co is pleased to announce that it will once again collaborate with art collectors and philanthropists Frank and Lizelle Kilbourn in hosting August Art Month at Welgemeend, a vibrant month-long programme of activities at Welgemeend manor house in central Cape Town. A joint initiative of the volunteer group Friends of Welgemeend and Kilbourn family, the eleventh edition of this boutique arts and culture event will run from 1–31 August 2024.
23 Jul 2024
Pangolins have been on the planet for 80 million years. They survived a mass extinction, 66 million years ago, when an asteroid collided with Earth, wiping out 75% of earth’s animals, including non-bird dinosaurs. Now, a pangolin is poached every five minutes, making them the most poached mammal on earth, threatened with extinction at the hands of man, and the title of 'the most poached mammal on the planet'.At Strauss Art Auctioneers, a curated collection of mainly pangolin-themed artworks and sculptures, aims to raise funding for the African Pangolin Working Group.
22 Jul 2024
PRETORIA – “Come inside, bidding is hot online,” said auctioneer Susie Goodman to late arrivals entering Pierneef’s Kraal Guest Lodge, the former home and studio of much-admired landscape painter J.H. Pierneef and venue for Strauss & Co’s maiden live auction in Pretoria. The two-part auction commenced with a red-hot spotlight sale devoted to South African ceramics.
12 Jul 2024
Strauss & Co is pleased to share details of its first-ever auction in Pretoria, a two-part live sale of collectable ceramics and modern and contemporary art to be held at the former home of cherished landscape painter J.H. Pierneef. Due to be held on Sunday, 21 July 2024, the two sales acknowledge the centrality of Pretoria in the story of South African art.
10 Jul 2024
Strauss & Co is pleased to announce details of an important sale of collectable ceramics to be offered at the company’s first-ever live auction in Pretoria on Sunday, 21 July 2024. Titled Sculpted Narratives: Contemporary South African Ceramics, this spotlight sale includes high-value pieces by acclaimed clay artists Astrid Dahl, Andile Dyalvane, Ian Garrett, Frances Goodman, Nesta Nala, Hylton Nel and Bonnie Ntshalintshali. The live-virtual auction will be presented at Pierneef’s Kraal Guest Lodge, the former home of landscape painter J.H. Pierneef.
29 Jun 2024
Strauss & Co is proud to unlock our first offering from a remarkable private cellar of a respected collector in our July timed online wine auction.
28 Jun 2024
Cape Town – Strauss & Co, Africa’s leading auction house, is thrilled to announce its upcoming July online-only ART auction, which includes a special focus on the Eastern Cape and its strong tradition of landscape painting. Opening for bidding on Monday, 1 July, the four-part auction presents collectors with an opportunity to acquire exceptional pieces by influential Eastern Cape painters Brian Bradshaw and Robert Brooks, as well as bid on pieces by Hylton Nel and Athi-Patra Ruga, globally renowned artists shaped by the Eastern Cape and recently celebrated by luxury brand Dior.
19 Jun 2024
Cape Town – Strauss & Co is pleased to announce Art Rooted in Nature, a two-part auction that celebrates the profound connection South African artists have with the natural world. The auction showcases a rich medley of artworks aimed to celebrate nature in all its forms. Both the online-only Day Sale and virtual-live Evening Sale auction conclude on Tuesday, 25 June 2024.
10 Jun 2024
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.
9 Jun 2024
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.
5 Jun 2024
Bag Factory Artists’ Studios, in collaboration with Strauss & Co. Education and Fine Art Auctioneers, proudly announces Tawanda Takura (Zimbabwe) as the winner of the 13th Cassirer Welz Award.
4 Jun 2024
An impressive cross-section of South African art across a variety of mediums, periods and themes makes Strauss & Co’s June ART Online Sale a great opportunity for new and seasoned collectors to diversify their collections.
3 Jun 2024
Strauss & Co is thrilled to announce its annual Sweets & Fortified Wine Auction, showcasing a collection of vintage wines that epitomise excellence. This month's auction also features an enticing array of new rarities in the Additional Finds session, promising enthusiasts an unparalleled opportunity to acquire exceptional bottles.
31 May 2024
Cape Town – Strauss & Co is delighted to announce Art Rooted in Nature, a two-part auction that celebrates the profound connection between South African artists and the natural world. Coinciding with the vibrant Hermanus Fynarts Festival 2024 and running from 7 to 25 June, the auction offers collectors a compelling selection of artworks that emphasize themes of both human and non-human elements in nature.
22 May 2024
17 May 2024
JOHANNESBURG – Irma Stern, the Cape painter who decisively modernised South African painting a century ago, forms an important part of Strauss & Co’s premier Evening Sale, which take place at 7pm on Tuesday, 28 May 2024 in Johannesburg. The 85-lot catalogue of modern and contemporary art is anchored by Stern’s important and paradisiacal 1930 portrait of a seated young woman, Cape Girl with Fruit (estimate on request).
9 May 2024
Strauss & Co unveils luxury solitaires and fine jewels in their upcoming Diamond Edition auctions online Day Sale from May 17-27, 2024 and live virtual Evening Sale on May 27, 2024
8 May 2024
Since its establishment in 2008, Strauss & Co has become the global leader in the South African art market. With head offices in Cape Town and Johannesburg, and online sales that reach audiences across the globe, Strauss & Co is now expanding its regional footprint and establishing a physical presence outside of the major metropoles. Its team of specialists, now situated in multiple regions, are able to meet clients where they are.
8 May 2024
A major Stern painting from 1930 leads Strauss & Co’s diverse catalogue of modern and contemporary art at its May sale in Johannesburg
7 May 2024
Strauss & Co is privileged to present the auction of a beautifully curated private cellar from a respected collector in our upcoming timed online wine auction.
6 May 2024
A diverse and exciting selection of Modernist and Contemporary works including a single-owner collection makes up Strauss & Co’s May ART Online Sale, taking place from Friday 3 to Monday 13 May.
26 Apr 2024
• Strong presence of modern and contemporary African artists at Venice Biennale • Successful fourth edition of African Art in Venice Forum • Strauss & Co May auction includes eight modernists in Venice Biennale • Opinion suggests this biennale is inflection point for African modernists
16 Apr 2024
Strauss & Co, Africa’s leading art auction house, is pleased to announce that they will be hosting a free valuation day in Windhoek on 29 April 2024. This event presents residents with an exclusive opportunity to have their artworks assessed and valued by experts.
8 Apr 2024
VENICE – On Tuesday, 16 April 2024, a generous abundance of African creative talent – including artists and curators directly involved in the official programme for the 60th Venice Biennale – will contribute their knowledge and insight to the African Art in Venice Forum (AAVF 2024). Established in 2017, the AAVF is a public and free discursive platform held biannually during the opening week of the Venice Biennale.
2 Apr 2024
Art has long served as a vessel for articulating myths and developing narratives around important figures in various cultures throughout history. Strauss & Co’s April online-only auction of modern and contemporary art engages with a few examples of this cultural practice, with a new themed focus on Myths, Legends, Deities.
26 Mar 2024
CAPE TOWN – Robust bidding for blue-chip paintings by Lisa Brice, Maggie Laubser, Alexis Preller, Gerard Sekoto, Irma Stern and Vladimir Tretchikoff characterised Strauss & Co’s vibrant flagship evening sale on Tuesday, 19 March. Confirming her gilt status at auction, Irma Stern’s The Smoker, a captivating depiction of a Zanzibari man painted in 1945, sold to a telephone bidder for R17 156 250 / $905 310. The 94-lot sale of modern and contemporary art earned a healthy total of R45 554 355/ $2 400 400 from 72% lots sold.
25 Mar 2024
Strauss & Co, South Africa’s leading auction house, is delighted to unveil a cornucopia of collectables and period furniture in its forthcoming March 2024 online Decorative Arts sale. The auction, which includes a selection of visiting card cases from the collection of British collector and businessman Richard J Stanes, opens on Monday, 18 March at 8am.
7 Mar 2024
• Strauss & Co offers important Zanzibar-period portrait by Irma Stern • The Smoker expected to sell for R15 – 17 million / $785 150 – 890 000 • Portrait has featured in two museum surveys of Stern’s work • Sale prefaces Stern’s triumphant return to Venice Biennale after seven decades
4 Mar 2024
CAPE TOWN – The Venice Biennale, an important recurring international art exhibition that this year celebrates its sixtieth edition, has over time become a reliable benchmark for judging artist careers. The catalogue for Strauss & Co’s flagship live auction of modern and contemporary art on Tuesday, 19 March 2024 includes work by more than a dozen artists linked to this prestigious international showcase, among them Irma Stern and Zanele Muholi.
4 Mar 2024
Africa is currently leading the art market in terms of gender parity on secondary sales as women artists accounted for 64% of the total of the top 30 artists sales in 2023 (up from 32% in 2022) Source: ArtTactic Modern & Contemporary African Art Market Report.
4 Mar 2024
Strauss & Co’s March ART online auction features a single artist session focusing exclusively on 19th-century British artist and landscape painter Thomas Bowler. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for collectors to acquire pieces directly from a collection curated by Dr. Frank Bradlow, Bowler’s biographer and a luminary in Africana collectables.
29 Feb 2024
Strauss & Co’s March Timed Online Wine auction is themed around the 2014 Vintage. One of the most important measures of great wine is that it should be age-worthy, that it should become more pleasurable and more interesting to drink with time in the bottle. Just how well do modern-era South African wines perform as they get older?
29 Feb 2024
26 Feb 2024
• Strauss & Co successfully handles five auctions in February • Top price achieved for J.H. Pierneef street scene of Tulbagh • Solid prices realised for Ablade Glover, Esther Mahlangu and Zandile Tshabalala • Exhibition for Alfred Thoba and another edition of Art Business Conference
12 Feb 2024
Africa’s leading auction house, Strauss & Co will host their first official London private sale and loan exhibition dedicated to Alexis Preller in March.
9 Feb 2024
5 Feb 2024
31 Jan 2024
• Landscape-themed auction led by 2017 Cinga Samson painting • Art experts from Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa provide curatorial input • Art Business Conference returns to focus on key issues in today’s art market • ArtTactic’s advances report on African art sales to provide market context
30 Jan 2024
30 Jan 2024
The life and work of South African Modernist Alfred Thoba (1951 - 2022) is highlighted in a new commemorative exhibition at Strauss & Co’s Johannesburg space, running from 5 February to 1 March 2024.
30 Jan 2024
Strauss & Co’s first timed online sale for 2024, open from 5 to 12 February, features a special tribute to Alan Uria and The White House Gallery, and a rare offering of international prints.
12 Dec 2023
27 Nov 2023
24 Nov 2023
• Spotlight auction of art from the African continent on 19 February 2024 • High-value works by Ankomah, Kentridge, Pierneef and Samson • International symposium
23 Nov 2023
Strauss & Co’s November timed online sale of Modern and Contemporary Art, open from 17 to 27 November, provides a unique overview of South African work using art elements in dynamic ways, and offers established and first-time collectors the opportunity to grow their collections.
15 Nov 2023
11 Nov 2023
3 Nov 2023
From the Property of a European Gentleman
2 Nov 2023
• Contemporary consignment led by early drawings and bronzes by William Kentridge • High-value works by Billie Zangewa, Athi-Patra Ruga and Robert Hodgins • Spotlight printmaking sale includes rare 1978 etching by William Kentridge • Additional timed-online auction includes Tracey Rose and Walter Oltmann
31 Oct 2023
• Three rare landscapes by Moses Tladi lead museum-quality offering of paintings by pioneer black moderns • High-value lots by Peter Clarke, Dumile Feni and Gerard Sekoto • Bronzes by Ezrom Legae and Sydney Kumalo from John and Elisabeth Bradley Collection
27 Oct 2023
• Renoir’s Fruits (Oranges et Citrons) fetches R4.575 million / $238 300 • Spotlight sale earns R8.825 million/ $462 250 after 75% lots sold • New buyers account for more than half of successful bids • Strong showing by modernist British and European artists
23 Oct 2023
• Johannesburg Auction Week presents 247 lots with combined value of R71 million-100 million • Exceptional landscapes by modernists J.H. Pierneef and Moses Tladi • High-value still lifes by Irma Stern and Alexis Preller • Rare Kentridge prints lead specialist sale focusing on South African print studios • Important contemporary art by Tracey Rose, Athi-Patra Ruga Billie Zangewa
19 Oct 2023
• Sale presents 111 works by artists from more than 20 countries • Late-period Renoir expected to sell for R2 – 3 million / $106 287 – 159 430 • High-value works by Mr Brainwash, Jeff Koons, John Piper, Edward Seago, Joža Uprka, Andy Warhol and William Wylie • Enslin du Plessis leads cohort of South African artists including Albert Adams
11 Oct 2023
9 Oct 2023
4 Oct 2023
2 Oct 2023
Strauss & Co’s October timed online sale of Modern and Contemporary Art, open from 2 to 9 October 2023, offers established collectors the opportunity to diversify their collections, and affords first-time collectors the chance to start their collections.
21 Sep 2023
• Irma Stern’s Praying Arab sells for R18.3 million/ $965 415 • Stern market remains strong amidst economic pressures • Return to form by Cecil Skotnes and Johannes Meintjes • Sold results achieved for mid-century Scandinavian furniture • French producers shine in Bordeaux-themed wine sale
21 Sep 2023
• Recently authenticated Renoir owned by South African headlines special focus auction • Auction features high-profile artists representing over 20 nations • High-value painting by French street artist Mr Brainwash • Focus on expatriate South Africans Albert Adams, Terrence McCaw and Enslin du Plessis
12 Sep 2023
7 Sep 2023
• Two curated art sales spanning over a century of art making • Irma Stern’s Praying Arab from 1945 is highest value work • Museum pedigree works by Nicholas Hlobo, William Kentridge and Berni Searle • Seven paintings owned by collector Nedra Jooste on sale • Strong modernist catalogue of Walter Battiss, Peter Clarke and Alexis Preller
4 Sep 2023
Strauss & Co, Africa’s leading art auction house, is delighted to announce its Modern and Contemporary Art timed online sale now live and open for bidding. This sale presents a diverse selection of over 400 artworks thoughtfully curated across four distinct sessions: Art Club, Impression/Expression and Re/View. The auction also features an homage to the legacy of Alice Goldin, a visionary artist whose work continues to inspire generations.
28 Aug 2023
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.
28 Aug 2023
• 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).
18 Aug 2023
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!
8 Aug 2023
18 Jul 2023
The 2023 edition of August Art Month at Welgemeend promises to deliver on its status as the premier art event in Cape Town’s winter culture calendar.
14 Jul 2023
Leading African auction house Strauss & Co. is proud to announce the opening of their online standalone jewellery sale, curated by the company's newly established jewellery department. The sale is open for view online until 2pm on 24th July and offers collectors and aficionados an eclectic selection that caters to a diverse range of tastes and budgets.
14 Jul 2023
Strauss & Co is delighted to announce details for J. H. Pierneef: Close to Home, the third edition of its annual single-artist auction devoted to J. H. Pierneef, South Africa’s preeminent landscape painter. The live-virtual auction features 57 artworks representative of the many facets of Pierneef’s prodigious career. The auction will be held on Tuesday, 25 July 2023 at Strauss & Co’s Johannesburg auction room.
3 Jul 2023
26 Jun 2023
Leading South African auction house, Strauss & Co, is delighted to present a selection of exquisite silverware in its upcoming June timed online auction.
21 Jun 2023
Strauss & Co is pleased to announce details for C.100 Sculptures, a timed-online auction of modern and contemporary South African sculpture in various media that closes on Wednesday, 5 July 2023. The auction features rare and important bronzes by artists Deborah Bell, Ezrom Legae and Haroon Gunn-Salie from The John and Elisabeth Bradley Collection.
9 Jun 2023
8 Jun 2023
7 Jun 2023
17 May 2023
New collectors interested in South African modernism are diversifying tastes and affirming new auction heroes within this vibrant category.
12 May 2023
Leading South African auction house, Strauss & Co, is excited to offer a single-owner collection sale, curated over decades by a family of art connoisseurs.
12 May 2023
An exquisite selection of highly sought-after fine and rare Italian and Spanish wine is going under the hammer in the Strauss & Co Virtual Live Auction taking place on Sunday, 14 May at 11am.
3 May 2023
Strauss & Co is excited to announce its upcoming May Timed Online auction, which features a special focus session titled Namibian Horizons.
3 May 2023
20 Apr 2023
Important works by the two celebrated modernists, Dumile Feni and Gerard Sekoto, will feature in leading African art auction house, Strauss & Co’s sale on 16 May 2023 in Johannesburg. The auction offers a stunning selection of works by important black African modernists, among them Peter Clarke, Ben Enwonwu, David Koloane and George Pemba.
6 Apr 2023
Bag Factory Artists’ Studios in association with Strauss & Co Education and Fine Art Auctioneers, are proud to announce Bulumko Mbete as the winner of the 12th Edition of the prestigious Cassirer Welz award at Strauss & Co.
5 Apr 2023
Strauss & Co, the renowned auction house in Africa, is gearing up for its third Timed Online Auction in 2023, which will open on Monday, 3 April.
29 Mar 2023
Strauss & Co confirmed its status as Africa’s leading auction house when it sold celebrated modernist painter Irma Stern’s devotional scene, Children Reading the Koran, from her 1939 artist trip to Zanzibar, for R22.3 million ($1.227 million) to a bidder in the room at its premier evening sale of modern and contemporary art last night in Cape Town.
23 Mar 2023
We have a special treat for our Strauss & Co audience.
23 Mar 2023
Cape Town Auction Week, Strauss & Co’s marquee live-virtual auction of modern and contemporary art, jewellery, silver, furniture and fine wine, culminates with an evening sale of important art on Tuesday, 28 March 2023, at 7pm, that affirms the sustained contribution of South African women artists.
13 Mar 2023
6 Mar 2023
Leading auction house Strauss & Co's current online auction, featuring modern and contemporary art, opens today Monday, 6 March, with a special session dedicated to the theme "Celebrating Colour."
2 Mar 2023
27 Feb 2023
Curatorial Voices: Modern and Contemporary Art from Africa is a dynamic collaborative project conceived by Strauss & Co to address the need for a diversified representation of artists from across the African continent in the secondary market.
27 Feb 2023
Strauss & Co, Africa’s leading auction house, is pleased to announce details of the extraordinary artworks appearing in its new auction and exhibition, Curatorial Voices: Modern and Contemporary Art from Africa.
23 Feb 2023
Looking back on 2022, it is hard to ignore the happy return to socialising and personal exchange among collectors and devotees of art, wine and decorative collectables after two years of sheltering from the pandemic. The year started nervously, but by February it was clear that the dark clouds of the 2020-21 pandemic were lifting.
16 Feb 2023
Located in the south-eastern part of France, the Rhône Valley is known for its rich history and diverse range of wine styles.
16 Feb 2023
Strauss & Co is pleased to announce its collaboration with the South African National Association for the Visual Arts (SANAVA), the oldest visual arts association in the country, on the Cité Studios Benefit Auction (13 – 21 February 2023).
14 Feb 2023
Celebrating Esias Bosch’s (1923 – 2012) centenary, Strauss & Co is proud to present a single-artist, timed online auction of his work between 13 and 20 February 2023.
6 Feb 2023
Opening on Monday, 6 February 2023, Modern and Contemporary Art, with a focus on Abstraction, Strauss & Co’s first Timed-online auction of the new trading year, introduces its new regularised programme of curated online sales for 2023.
2 Feb 2023
14 Dec 2022
Strauss & Co, the leading auction house on the African continent, announced today the opening of a new artistic office space in Cape Town in 2023 at Brickfield Canvas, the creative hub and technology campus located at 35 Brickfield Road, Woodstock, Cape Town.
30 Nov 2022
Strauss & Co is delighted to be collaborating with the Norval Foundation for the Norval Foundation Benefit Auction 2022.
25 Nov 2022
As the festive season draws near, Strauss & Co’s final auction of 2022 presents an opportunity to embelish the Christmas tree with some delightful gifts.
24 Nov 2022
The multi-session online-only sale of modern and contemporary art includes a special focussed session revealing numerous South African artists’ obsession with the Cape landscape over time, titled The Fairest Cape.
24 Nov 2022
The legendary Cape art dealer and collector Matthys Strydom (1935-2022) received an enthusiastic send-off by art lovers following a week of remembrance in Cape Town organised by Strauss & Co. Strydom’s extensive art collection, which surveyed a century of South African art, was warmly received by the public when it went on view in the historical manor house of Welgemeend in Gardens, Cape Town.
18 Nov 2022
Matthys Strydom (1935-2022), the legendary George art dealer whose survey collection of 20th-century South African painting goes on sale in Cape Town on Tuesday, 22 November 2022, was a committed storyteller.
11 Nov 2022
Museum-grade quality works by a broad range of historical and contemporary artists, the vast majority from South Africa, successfully changed hands at Johannesburg Auction Week, Strauss & Co’s major summer auction of art and wine.
11 Nov 2022
Strauss & Co is honoured to present an impressive holding of 20th century South African art from the Dr Matthys Johannes Strydom Family Collection in a timed-online auction (Day Sale) and a standalone live-virtual sale (Evening Sale).
2 Nov 2022
Strauss & Co: The Coats Family Cellar, arguably the most prestigious fine wine collection ever to come to market in South Africa will go under the hammer in a live virtual auction at Strauss & Co on Sunday 6 November 2022.
1 Nov 2022
Tastes regularly shift in the art world, but over the last half century Irma Stern has remained highly prized among collectors of South African art, outperforming all other artists at auction.
27 Oct 2022
South Africa’s impressive sculpture tradition receives its due in Strauss & Co’s forthcoming live-virtual auction season in Johannesburg (3-9 November 2022), with a dedicated sculpture session titled IN/FORM: Exploring South African Sculpture.
27 Oct 2022
As William Kentridge’s bumper year of global museum exhibitions engages new audiences, and ahead of sales of works by the artist at Strauss & Co in Johannesburg next week, a new international report identifies Strauss & Co as art market leader selling works by William Kentridge.
13 Oct 2022
Strauss & Co is pleased to announce details for Three Robs: Artist, Collaborator, Friend, the first-ever sale exclusively devoted the much-loved artist, teacher and critic Robert Hodgins.
11 Oct 2022
Strauss & Co is pleased to announce details of its major summer auction of art and wine in Johannesburg (3-9 November 2022).
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