Archived: Fresh-to-market paintings by Pierneef, Preller, Sekoto and Stern to be sold during Johannesburg Auction Week

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• Johannesburg Auction Week presents 247 lots with combined value of
R71 million-100 million
• Exceptional landscapes by modernists J.H. Pierneef and Moses Tladi
• High-value still lifes by Irma Stern and Alexis Preller
• Rare Kentridge prints lead specialist sale focusing on South African print studios
• Important contemporary art by Tracey Rose, Athi-Patra Ruga Billie Zangewa

Archived: Moses Tladi and Gerard Sekoto, who opened museum doors for black artists, lead an impressive offering of black moderns at Johannesburg Auction Week

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• Three rare landscapes by Moses Tladi lead museum-quality offering of paintings by pioneer black moderns
• High-value lots by Peter Clarke, Dumile Feni and Gerard Sekoto
• Bronzes by Ezrom Legae and Sydney Kumalo from John and Elisabeth Bradley Collection

August Art Month at Welgemeend

Posted on by Brooke Shafer

CAPE TOWN – Strauss & Co is pleased to announce that it will once again collaborate with art collectors and philanthropists Frank and Lizelle Kilbourn in hosting August Art Month at Welgemeend, a vibrant month-long programme of activities at Welgemeend manor house in central Cape Town. A joint initiative of the volunteer group Friends of Welgemeend and Kilbourn family, the eleventh edition of this boutique arts and culture event will run from 1–31 August 2024.

Together for Pangolins: Charity Auction

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Pangolins have been on the planet for 80 million years. They survived a mass extinction, 66 million years ago, when an asteroid collided with Earth, wiping out 75% of earth’s animals, including non-bird dinosaurs. Now, a pangolin is poached every five minutes, making them the most poached mammal on earth, threatened with extinction at the hands of man, and the title of ‘the most poached mammal on the planet’.At Strauss Art Auctioneers, a curated collection of mainly pangolin-themed artworks and sculptures, aims to raise funding for the African Pangolin Working Group.

Pretoria auction confirms sustained collector appetite for Nico Masemola, Hylton Nel and J.H. Pierneef

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PRETORIA – “Come inside, bidding is hot online,” said auctioneer Susie Goodman to late arrivals entering Pierneef’s Kraal Guest Lodge, the former home and studio of much-admired landscape painter J.H. Pierneef and venue for Strauss & Co’s maiden live auction in Pretoria. The two-part auction commenced with a red-hot spotlight sale devoted to South African ceramics.