THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN PHOTOGRAPHY OF ALEXANDER LINDSAY 19th April – 5th May 2019 Private View, Thursday 18th April 2019, 6pm – 9pm The Vineyard Hotel, Colinton Road, off Protea Road, Newlands, Cape Town The Vineyard Hotel, in association with Strauss & Co, is delighted to present the inaugural exhibition of Alexander Lindsay’s Southern African photography.
Linn Ware: Celebrating the Ceramics of Olifantsfontein
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.
Archived: Strauss & Co set to establish ground-breaking fine wine auctions in South Africa
In a trailblazing initiative, South Africa’s foremost auction house, Strauss & Co, has entered a joint venture with leading online wine merchant, Wine Cellar, and top sommelier, Higgo Jacobs, to launch a Fine Wine Auction programme.
May ART with Selected Works from the Chris Tugwell and Matthys Swanepoel Collections
Strauss & Co is pleased to announce May ART, a six-session timed online auction taking place from 2 to 12 May 2025, anchored by two private collections: Selected Works from the Chris Tugwell Collection and The Collection of Matthys Swanepoel. This curated sale offers a rare opportunity to experience South African art through the discerning
Archived: Asian Decorative Arts and Jewellery Focus in Strauss & Co’s 2019 May Online Sale
Following their most successful auction to date held in Cape Town in March this year, Strauss & Co is delighted to offer the balance of pieces from the Dr JR and Mary Strong Collection of Chinese and Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art, as well as those from the Estate Late Sol Munitz Collection, both seasoned collectors.
A Celebration of Diversity in Fine Cape Wine: Three New Icon South African Producers
The April online auction brings together three of South Africa’s most distinguished and sought-after producers—Le Riche, David & Nadia and Restless River—each renowned for their dedication to terroir, craftsmanship, and producing refined, long-aging and exciting wines. Le Riche Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve is a South African benchmark, produced by Christo le Riche who took over from
Archived: Strauss & Co sale highlights how artist-teachers have shaped SA art
Strauss & Co, the world’s foremost auction house for South African art, is delighted to announce details of its forthcoming Johannesburg sale at the Wanderers Club on 20 May. Following shortly on the company’s recording-breaking R106-million sale in Cape Town, this offering includes important artworks by moderns Alexis Preller, Irma Stern and Anton van Wouw, as well as contemporaries William Kentridge, Penny Siopis and Athi-Patra Ruga.
April ART: Expressions of Labour and Form
JOHANNESBURG – Strauss & Co is pleased to present April ART, a Timed Online Auction running from 11 to 22 April 2025, with bidding open throughout the Easter weekend. The sale highlights a broad spectrum of artistic expression, including portraiture, landscape, still life, and sculpture, while also exploring the theme of work across various industries.
Archived: Strauss & Co sale casts a spotlight on pioneers of South African painting
Two triumphant still lifes by Irma Stern lead a strong selection of paintings by important post-war artists Walter Battiss, Christo Coetzee, Erik Laubscher and Alexis Preller on offer at Strauss & Co’s forthcoming Johannesburg sale on Monday, 20 May.
Gerard Sekoto’s 1947 self-portrait is the toast of the global north
In 2024, curator Adriano Pedrosa included Gerard Sekoto’s earliest known self-portrait in his exhibition Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere at the 60th Venice Biennale. Painted in October 1947, shortly after his arrival in London en route to Paris, where he remained in self-exile away from the Apartheid regime until his death in 1993. The work
