South Africa’s leading auction house Strauss & Co is pleased to announce highlights of its August 2022 online-only decorative arts sale.
Archived: Decorative Arts online sale offers a nostalgic glimpse into the past
Archived: Strauss & Co’s August online sale shines the spotlight on Eastern Cape artists
Strauss & Co’s August online-only auction offers buyers a selection of 19th Century, Modern and Contemporary Art.
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: Printmaking and photography under spotlight in Strauss & Co’s March sale
This March, Strauss & Co draws attention to the importance of photography as a collectable with a sale of works by internationally acclaimed proponents of the medium.
Archived: Still Life with Lilies by Irma Stern (1948)
Strauss & Co Senior Art Specialist and Head Curator Wilhelm van Rensburg discusses the beautiful oil painting by Irma Stern titled ‘Still Life with Lilies’ from the May 2021 Virtual Live Auction.
Archived: Alexis Preller: Grand Mapogga II & Mapogga Terrace
Strauss & Co Senior Art Specialist Dr Alastair Meredith discusses the Mapogga figures featured in two key works by South African artist Alexis Preller from the May 2021 Virtual Live Auction.
Archived: As global museums reappraise the legacy of Surrealism, Strauss & Co’s sale expands the debate
Strauss & Co is pleased to announce advance details of its live virtual sale in Johannesburg on 15–17 May 2022, which will include an evening session entirely devoted to Surrealism and its influence on South African art and artists.
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
Archived: Online Auction Guest Curator: Kim Kandan, KZNSA Gallery Director
Kim Kandan, gallery director of the KZNSA Gallery in Durban is the second guest curator in the ongoing series of collaborations between Strauss & Co and key players in the South African art market.
Archived: A Single-Owner Private Collection of Fine Wines from Bordeaux, Burgundy, Alsace and Champagne
Strauss & Co fine wine auctions is proud to offer one of the finest cellars ever offered in South Africa.
