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Through An African Lens

Strauss & Co announces sponsorship and event guide to 2024 Venice Biennale.

Brisk Trade At Strauss & Co’s Late-Summer Auction Culminates In Red-Hot Prices For Works By Brice, Preller, Stern And Sekoto

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.

Strauss & Co To Offer A Highly Important Zanzibar Portrait By Irma Stern With Excellent Museum Credentials

The pioneering South African modernist painter Irma Stern journeyed to the East African archipelago of Zanzibar twice, in 1939 and 1945, where she produced portraits revered by generations of collectors for their mastery of form and subject.

Strauss & Co Is A Vital Contributor To Cape Town’s Pulsating Month Of Summer Art Activities

February is traditionally a busy month at Strauss & Co, marking the start of its annual programme of auctions and complimentary educational initiatives.

But Is It Surrealist?

London audiences will finally get to see and debate Alexis Preller’s audacious symbolist paintings.

Take An Enriching Journey Around Africa By Visiting The Curatorial Voices Preview Exhibition

Strauss & Co, Africa’s leading art auction house, invites collectors to explore South Africa and beyond through Curatorial Voices: African Landscapes, Past and Present, our landscape-themed auction of collectable art from across the African continent.

Rhône-Themed Auction Kicks Off First Strauss & Co Wine Auctions For The Year

The Rhône theme, which has rapidly become one of the most sought-after selections at Strauss & Co and is set to take centre stage for the first timed online wine auction of 2024 from Monday 5 February until it closes at one minute intervals from 18h00 on Monday 12 February.

Turning It Up To 11: Even More You Can’t Miss At The 11th Investec Cape Town Art Fair

Beyond being the biggest and best showcase of contemporary art from Africa and the world on the continent, this year Investec Cape Town Art Fair (Investec Cape Town Art Fair), which runs from 16 – 18 February 2024 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), offers visitors an especially rich array of special features, highlights and extras.

Javett-UP Presents Bokamoso Holiday Art Programme- Festive Edition

This festive season, The Javett Art Centre at the University of Pretoria is excited to present the Bokamoso Holiday Art Programme which is set to run from 11 to 15 December.

Strauss & Co Unveils Exclusive Online Sale Of Chinese Decorative Arts Masterpieces From The Property Of A European Gentleman

SPONSORED: South Africa’s leading auction house is delighted to announce its upcoming sale of Chinese masterpieces that boast a remarkable breadth of historical significance.

Oscar Murillo, Madala Kunene, Iphupho L’ka Biko, CAFCA Headline Frequencies Festival At The Javett Art Centre At UP

SPONSORED: Taking place on Saturday, 28 October 2023, the festival coincides with the Javett-UP’s four-year anniversary, and will also inaugurate the centre’s refurbished façade, which dons a newly constructed gathering area with a performance platform that will host exciting offerings going forward.

Unseen Renoir From South African Collection, Recently Authenticated In Paris, Headlines Strauss & Co’s Globe-Spanning Auction

A blissful late-career still life by pioneer French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir will lead Transcending Boundaries, Strauss & Co’s spotlight auction of art from the Americas, Asia Pacific, British Isles, Europe and South Africa on 25 October 2023.

The Javett Art Centre Honors Bongi Dhlomo (OIS)

To wrap up women’s month, the Javett Art Centre at the University of Pretoria (Javett-UP) hosted a celebration to honor artist and curator Bongi Dhlomo on her recent receipt of the prestigious National Order of Ikhamanga Silver (OIS) and the 2023 NIHSS Award for the publication Mihloti Ya Ntsako: Journeys with The Bongi Dhlomo Collection written by Dr Pfundzo Sidogi.

Leading/Inspirational Businesswomen, Khetiwe McClain And Jo-Ann Strauss, Join Strauss & Co

Strauss & Co announces the appointment of Khetiwe McClain and Jo-Ann Strauss to the company’s board of directors.

Highly Important Zanzibar Portrait By Irma Stern Of Praying Man Poised To Go Under The Hammer At Strauss & Co

On 19 September 2023, Strauss & Co, Africa’s leading art auction house, will present Irma Stern’s highly important portrait, Praying Arab (estimate R16 – 18 million/ $839 375 – 944 300).

Cassirer Welz Award

10 Year Retrospective.

Strauss & Co: High-Quality Upcoming Virtual Auction

Strauss & Co is pleased to announce details of its high-quality offerings from its forthcoming virtual auction.

‘Sangoma’ Bone Sculptures Test Digital And Art Realms

Pitika Ntuli’s exhibition debuts at virtual National Arts Festival.

The Show Goes On(line)

The interactive virtual tour of Catherine Ocholla’s The Space Between opened 29 April.

Strauss & Co Online-Only Action

Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Asian Arts, Jewellery and Win!