Strauss & Co, Africa’s leading art auction house, is very pleased to announce details of Cape Town Auction Week, a four-day series of auctions featuring art, design, jewellery and wine that runs from 18 to 21 September 2022.
A highlight of a packed art month in June is the Hermanus FynArts Festival which takes place from 6-14 June. Strauss & Co and the Hermanus FynArts Festival have enjoyed a meaningful partnership since its inception more than a decade ago. From the first iteration in 2013, it has grown into a vibrant, multi-format festival showcasing
Luxury and collectability is a hallmark of each of the 928 lots of visual art, decorative arts, furniture, jewellery and fine wine featured in Strauss & Co’s forthcoming marquee sale, NORTH/SOUTH (8-11 November 2020). Spread over four days and composed of eight curated sessions, this dynamic hybrid auction features a number of rare and high-value lots of particular interest to collectors.
New world record set for the artist
Robust bidding for top-notch works by Lynn Chadwick, JH Pierneef, Alexis Preller and Irma Stern offered in the final session of Strauss & Co’s three-day live sale in Johannesburg culminated in strong individual sale prices as well as new world records for painter Keith Alexander and sculptor Sydney Kumalo.
JH Pierneef proved his status as the most beloved of the South African landscape artists when all 69 lots in Strauss & Co’s first-of-its-kind single-artist auction dedicated to this modernist icon found buyers.
More than R3.5-million was raised for the Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation when top-notch artworks, great wines and once-in-a-lifetime experiences went on auction through auctioneers Strauss & Co on 22 September 2021.
Caxton Reporter in North Coast Rising Sun He’s been called the ‘King of Kitsch’ and the art world’s cognoscenti scorned his artworks as ‘popular’ and commercial’. Few South African artists have been more divisive than Vladimir Tretchikoff, or ‘Tretchi’ as he’s affectionately known by his fans and collectors. The public loved him, the art establishment loved to
Celebrated globally for its strong tradition of innovation and witnessing, South African photography has enjoyed broad-based support from both institutional and private collectors internationally.
Strauss & Co’s Magnificent Jewels, Africa live auction presents a curated diamond story shaped by material value, symbolism and life’s defining milestones. The lots reflect how diamonds are chosen, gifted, and worn – marking significant moments from first commitments to enduring partnerships. The sale moves through a sequence of defined categories, a highlight being a
