Archived: Strauss & Co’s 2019 fifth online-only auction of 2020 highlights the importance of charity

Strauss & Co’s forthcoming auction of modern, post-war and contemporary art, decorative arts and fine wine (27 August – 7 September) coincides with a felicitous change in mood signalled by the easing of lockdown restrictions, imminent arrival of spring and launch of the 2020 edition of the RMB Turbine Art Fair. Art highlights from this online-only auction include works by auction evergreens Walter Battiss, Peter Clarke, William Kentridge, Nelson Makamo, J.H. Pierneef and Mmakgabo Helen Sebidi.

New Pan-African Collaboration Aims to Promote East African Moderns to Wider Global Market  

JOHANNESBURG – Strauss & Co, Africa’s leading auction house, is pleased to announce a new strategic partnership with Art Auction East Africa, the Kenya-based platform devoted to creating awareness and establishing a secondary market for modern and contemporary art from East Africa.   The first sale under the new banner Art Auction East Africa | Strauss

Archived: Gladys Mgudlandlu and Maggie Laubser lead Strauss & Co 2019 diverse presentation at the 2020 RMB Turbine Art Fair

Time-honoured customs may have been upended by a global pandemic, but Strauss & Co is once again participating in the annual RMB Turbine Art Fair with a vigorous programme of contributions to this year’s virtual edition. These contributions include a talk by Strauss & Co chairperson Frank Kilbourn and two-person exhibition devoted to Gladys Mgudlandlu and Maggie Laubser.

Archived: Strauss & Co 2019 September online sale delivers solid returns for sellers

In what can only be read as an affirmation of South African art and artists, Strauss & Co posted a new record turnover for an individual online-only sale. Timed to coincide with its parallel participation in the virtual edition of the recent RMB Turbine Art Fair (27 August – 2 September), Strauss & Co’s fifth online-only auction of 2020 grossed R7 288 495.

Archived: Strauss & Co to offer the Tasso Foundation Collection of important South African art assembled by the late Giulio Bertrand of Morgenster

Strauss & Co is delighted to announce that its forthcoming North/South sale (8–11 November 2020) will include a session exclusively devoted to the holdings of the Tasso Foundation Collection of important South African art assembled by the late Giulio Bertrand. Italian-born Giulio Bertrand (1927–2018) is best known to South Africans for his transformative activities at Morgenster Estate in Somerset West.

Strauss & Co’s Bold Mix of Global Icons and Rising Stars Comes to Market This May

JOHANNESBURG – Johannesburg Auction Week by Strauss & Co is a central pillar of South Africa’s autumn art calendar, and this year encompasses 217 lots spread across two curated auctions that track more than a century of artistic innovation. The superb offering encompasses Frans Oerder’s portrait from the mid-1890s depicting four farmworkers, Leisure Hours (estimate