Tag: South African artists

The irrepressible Irma Stern, a star of multiple editions of the Venice Biennale, leads Strauss & Co’s Johannesburg Evening Sale

Posted on by Brooke Shafer

JOHANNESBURG – Irma Stern, the Cape painter who decisively modernised South African painting a century ago, forms an important part of Strauss & Co’s premier Evening Sale, which take place at 7pm on Tuesday, 28 May 2024 in Johannesburg. The 85-lot catalogue of modern and contemporary art is anchored by Stern’s important and paradisiacal 1930 portrait of a seated young woman, Cape Girl with Fruit (estimate on request).

Art for all Seasons in Strauss & Co’s May Online Sale including a selection of works from the Cecil and Thelma Skotnes Estate

Posted on by Brooke Shafer

A diverse and exciting selection of Modernist and Contemporary works including a single-owner collection makes up Strauss & Co’s May ART Online Sale, taking place from Friday 3 to Monday 13 May.

Through an African Lens: Strauss & Co announces sponsorship and event guide to 2024 Venice Biennale

Posted on by Brooke Shafer

VENICE – On Tuesday, 16 April 2024, a generous abundance of African creative talent – including artists and curators directly involved in the official programme for the 60th Venice Biennale – will contribute their knowledge and insight to the African Art in Venice Forum (AAVF 2024). Established in 2017, the AAVF is a public and free discursive platform held biannually during the opening week of the Venice Biennale.

Brisk trade at Strauss & Co’s late-summer auction culminates in red-hot prices for works by Brice, Preller, Stern and Sekoto

Posted on by Brooke Shafer

CAPE TOWN – Robust bidding for blue-chip paintings by Lisa Brice, Maggie Laubser, Alexis Preller, Gerard Sekoto, Irma Stern and Vladimir Tretchikoff characterised Strauss & Co’s vibrant flagship evening sale on Tuesday, 19 March. Confirming her gilt status at auction, Irma Stern’s The Smoker, a captivating depiction of a Zanzibari man painted in 1945, sold to a telephone bidder for R17 156 250 / $905 310. The 94-lot sale of modern and contemporary art earned a healthy total of R45 554 355/ $2 400 400 from 72% lots sold.

A Collector’s Cornucopia: Furniture, Ceramics & Silver at Strauss & Co

Posted on by Brooke Shafer

Strauss & Co, South Africa’s leading auction house, is delighted to unveil a cornucopia of collectables and period furniture in its forthcoming March 2024 online Decorative Arts sale. The auction, which includes a selection of visiting card cases from the collection of British collector and businessman Richard J Stanes, opens on Monday, 18 March at 8am.

ART WORLD LEADERS: Marlene Dumas, Irma Stern & Lisa Brice this month at Strauss & Co

Posted on by Brooke Shafer

Africa is currently leading the art market in terms of gender parity on secondary sales as women artists accounted for 64% of the total of the top 30 artists sales in 2023 (up from 32% in 2022) Source: ArtTactic Modern & Contemporary African Art Market Report.

Archived: The 2023 Cassirer Welz Award Winner

Posted on by Carla Spies

Bag Factory Artists’ Studios in association with Strauss & Co Education and Fine Art Auctioneers, are proud to announce Bulumko Mbete as the winner of the 12th Edition of the prestigious Cassirer Welz award at Strauss & Co.