Archived: Quality artworks at Johannesburg Auction Week, including show stopper Preller’s iconic human figure Adam and Eve

Preller press release November auction

By Edward Tsumele, CITYLIFE/ARTS Editor Not even the downpour that descended on Johannesburg on Thursday, November 6, 2021,  late afternoon could stop art lovers and collectors from congregating on 89 Central Street in Houghton, Johannesburg, for a preview of what will rate as one of the biggest auction sales in the past two years in

Archived: Four collections, each a statement in connoisseurship, lead Strauss & Co’s May sale

Four collections, each a statement in connoisseurship, lead Strauss & Co’s May sale

The catalogue for Strauss & Co’s forthcoming three-day live sale of fine wine and modern, post-war and contemporary art bears testimony to the role of passion, research, discernment and time in collecting. The sale commences on Sunday, 16 May with a session devoted to a single-owner collection of fine wines from Bordeaux, Burgundy, Alsace and Champagne. Over the following two days Strauss & Co will be offering paintings acquired by the late entrepreneur Toy Mostert, three sculptures from the Afrox Corporate Art Collection and two pieces formerly owned by art historian Esmé Berman.