• 688-lot sale totals R55 million • Top lot – Irma Stern’s Watussi Woman with Mountains realises R10 242 000 • 3 new world records established including Judith Mason, Neil Rodger and Walter Meyer • JH Pierneef’s early Impressionistic work Gold & Green, Rooiplaat, N.T. sells for R2 732 200, 4 times the pre-sale estimate • Decorative Arts and Jewellery combined achieve a total of R12 million
Auction heavyweights Pierneef and Hylton Nel deliver solid results at Strauss & Co’s live sales in Johannesburg
Johannesburg – Interest in the work of Hylton Nel, the renowned artist-potter whose work inspired the Dior Men’s summer 2025 campaign, saw two cat sculptures smash their pre-sale estimates at a Strauss & Co auction in Johannesburg. Presented in Contemporary South African Ceramics: New Perspectives, a live-virtual auction celebrating new perspectives in ceramic art held
Archived: Strauss & Co 2019 November sale explores South African art 2019 love affair with Paris
Strauss & Co is pleased to announce details of the theme for its forthcoming Johannesburg sale, due to be held at its Houghton offices on Monday, 11 November. The summer sale will focus collectors’ attention on the strong influence Paris has exerted on South African art throughout the twentieth century.
The highly anticipated Heat Winter Arts Festival program has been announced
Cape Town’s HEAT Winter Arts Festival returns this August with a bold, multi-genre programme focussed on Other Worldliness – this year’s theme. From August 6 to 16, audiences can look forward to over 13 exhibitions in walking distance at some of the city centre’s leading art galleries. Additionally, there is a stunning theatre and music
Archived: The Strauss Art Hub on the Keyes Art Mile
Strauss & Co is delighted to announce its participation in the form of an Art Hub at the Trumpet Building, located on the Keyes Art Mile in Johannesburg, to coincide with the FNB Joburg Art Fair (6–9 September 2018). This partnership, which is spearheaded by the Keyes Art Mile and coordinated by respected curator Lucy McGarry, includes an extensive education and hospitality programme.
The Enduring Allure of Emerald Jewellery
This past year, Strauss & Co handled a fair share of emerald jewellery. Each piece we consigned revealed the stone’s captivating beauty and depth of colour. Consider an emerald ring in your hand, one you must appraise and find a new home for. Before beginning that process, pause to contemplate the remarkable journey this stone
Archived: Strauss & Co recognised with two Business and Arts South Africa Awards nominations
Strauss & Co is proud to be among the finalists for the 21st Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) Awards, partnered by Hollard.
Strauss & Co auction series focuses on contemporary ceramics, Pierneef prints and artworks collected by soprano Mimi Coertse
JOHANNESBURG – Strauss & Co is pleased to announce details for High Note, a live-virtual auction of modern and contemporary art to be held on Tuesday, 22 July 2025 at 7pm. The sale, part of a trio planned for July, features a small consignment of eight works from the personal collection of acclaimed South African soprano Mimi Coertse, alongside notable works by William Kentridge, J.H. Pierneef and Lady Skollie.
Archived: Kwazulu-Natal School artworks and Scandinavian Jewellery, Silver and Furniture among online sale highlights
The current Strauss & Co online auction includes an impressive selection of works from the Natal School as well as an outstanding representation of Scandinavian jewellery, silver and furniture.
Welgemeend Art Month announces the title and focus on their anchor exhibition for 2025
Drawing on the extensive Kilbourn Collection of modern and contemporary South African art, the exhibition In en Om Ons/ In and Around Us explores what it means to be an artist working after the advent of photography. The exhibition – a cornerstone of Welgemeend Art Month, now in its 12th year – will feature select paintings and photographs from the Kilbourn Collection that explore ideas of subjectivity, consciousness, home, play and work.
