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.
Linn Ware: Celebrating the Ceramics of Olifantsfontein
Tag: Culture
March ART – A Tribute to South Africa-influenced Art with Special Focus on writer Melvyn Minnaar
Strauss & Co is delighted to announce its upcoming March ART auction, a timed online sale that will close on 10th March 2025 at 2pm. The sale showcases a curated selection of South Africa-influenced Art, celebrating the diversity and evolution of artmaking in the country. Notably, this sale includes a special focus on the collection
Botterblom Collection by Frances vH Mohair Studio
Strauss & Co is delighted to present the highly anticipated auction of The Botterblom Collection by Frances vH Mohair Studio.
Strauss & Co launches a BUY NOW DROP SHOP with a “Midnight-to-Midnight Sale”
For four days only, collectors are invited to participate in the exclusive Midnight-to-Midnight Sale, where they can acquire exceptional artworks from a curated selection by established and emerging artists across a variety of mediums — at a fixed price, with no competitive bidding. Enjoy a seamless and immediate buying experience from midnight on Thursday, 28th November, to 11:59pm on Monday,
Honouring the legacy of Dr Conrad Strauss
Dr Conrad Strauss, a distinguished businessman, philanthropist and co-founder of Strauss & Co.
Auction Record for Tretchikoff
CAPE TOWN – The much-loved Russian-born Cape Town painter Vladimir Tretchikoff’s Balinese Girl, an absorbing portrait of a young Indonesian woman in traditional dress, thought to be painted circa 1954-56, sold to a telephone buyer at Strauss & Co’s evening sale of modern and contemporary art for R5 718 750 / $324 842, a new SA record. Earlier
Ways of Seeing: South African and International Photography
Including The Gary Eisenberg Collection, The Linda Givon Collection, The Photographic Archival and Preservation Association and other properties
The Appointment of Strauss & Co’s Advisory Board Members
CAPE TOWN – Strauss & Co, Africa’s leading art auction house, is delighted to announce the appointment of four respected professionals – Millard Arnold, Heba El Kayal, Liesl Fichardt and Greg Maloka – to its newly constituted Advisory Board. This important consultative body broadens Strauss & Co’s intelligence network at a time of growing interest in the diverse creative expressions and artisanal traditions of Southern Africa. Its establishment further complementsStrauss & Co’s marketing and educational initiatives in key international markets.
Archived: Rare abstract and ceramic works characterise Strauss & Co’s current month-long sale ‘View/Re/View’
Strauss & Co’s current online sale View/Re/View, open from 11 December 2023 until 15 January 2024, spans a century of Southern African art. The online auction is Strauss & Co’s final sale for the year, and provides a fantastic cross-section of Southern African art from the last century, ranging from Pre-War to Contemporary. Featuring over
Archived: William Kentridge’s Cat Steals the Show at Johannesburg Auction Week
Rare works by Kentridge, Makamo, Pemba and Tladi attract collectors at Johannesburg Auction Week Johannesburg Auction Week featured a strong consignment of lots by Kentridge, including rare and collectable works on paper offered in a standalone auction titled Defining Impressions. Nine of the top-ten earners in this curated auction were by Kentridge, led by an
