Celebrating the 2024 Earthshot Prize through the exhibition – A Reinvented Vocabulary: The Recycled in Contemporary Art 

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Strauss & Co’s new exhibition in celebration of the 2024 Earthshot Prize in Cape Town  “A Reinvented Vocabulary: The Recycled in Contemporary Art” showcases and celebrates South African artists who draw inspiration from and respond to nature within their practices, highlighting the country’s long tradition of climate activism and engagement with ecological concerns through art-making.

Archived: Four singular artists bolster Strauss & Co 2019 R80-million Johannesburg sale

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Biggest art auction to be held in Southern Africa with paintings worth over R80 million at Strauss & Co set to break records Museum quality masterwork paintings by South Africa’s leading artists set to take Strauss & Co’s sale to record breaking levels A feast of 11 Irma Sterns; 17 Pierneeefs; 9 Maggie Laubsers; 5 Alexis Prellers and a Tribute to Unsung Artists with a selection of their work on sale

Superb portraits by Gratrix, Kentridge, Muholi, Pemba and Stern lead Strauss & Co’s November Flagship Sales

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Outstanding works by a multigenerational line-up of internationally celebrated South African modern and contemporary artists, including Igshaan Adams, David Goldblatt, William Kentridge, Esther Mahlangu, Zanele Muholi and Irma Stern, lead Strauss & Co’s four-part November sales, to be held over two days in Johannesburg (11-12 November 2024).

Archived: City story: Strauss & Co sale explores how Johannesburg defined a nation & 2019 art history

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Strauss & Co is delighted to announce details of its forthcoming live sale in Johannesburg on 12 November. The sale, which has a combined pre-sale estimate of R80 million, is a celebration of Johannesburg and its many talented artists, curators and collectors. The sale commemorates the city’s important role in shaping South African art history.

Archived: Strauss & Co November sale hits a high note with bold results from their An Unsung History auction & 2013, setting new records for contemporaries Moses Tladi and JH Pierneef

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In a packed saleroom at the Wanderers Club on Monday, November 12th, an exceptional casein landscape by J.H Pierneef and an oil painting by Moses Tladi set new records at Strauss & Co’s live Summer sale, which confirmed it as the pioneering auction house on the African continent.

Bidders from 20 countries bring global enthusiasm to Strauss & Co’s International Sale

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CAPE TOWN – A stellar line-up of international artists, among them icons of the twentieth century like Francis Bacon, Louise Bourgeois, Marc Chagall, David Hockney and Pablo Picasso, attracted bidders from 20 countries to Strauss & Co’s annual International Sale. The two-part sale earned a combined revenue of R24.9 / $1.4 million, with 69 of the 97 lots in the Evening Sale selling (71% lot sell-through

Archived: Works from leading Contemporary Artists from Africa and its Diaspora in Zeitz MOCAA Benefit Auction

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Cape Town (16 November 2018) – A selection of exciting works from leading contemporary artists from Africa and its diaspora will be up for auction at Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA). Held in partnership with Strauss & Co, the much-anticipated live auction will take place at the museum on Saturday 1 December 2018.

Archived: Strauss & Co 2019 benchmark sale of contemporary art returns to the V&A Waterfront

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Strauss & Co is pleased to announce the second of its contemporary art sales, the only such sale in South Africa devoted exclusively to this exciting category. The announcement of this 107-lot sale, due to be held on 16 February during the run of the Investec Cape Town Art Fair (15 – 17 February), coincides with news that Jack Ginsberg, noted Johannesburg collector and philanthropist, has joined the board of Strauss & Co.