Le Riche, David & Nadia and Restless River
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9 April 2025 • Johannesburg
Exhibition Walkabout - Working Life in South Africa: Gerard Sekoto and Lena Hugo
14 May 2025 • Johannesburg
Exhibition Walkabout - Working Life in South Africa: Gerard Sekoto and Lena Hugo
Private Sales
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Auction Highlights
April ART with a focus on Working Life
Online Auction • 11 – 22 April 2025
Several works by Dr Esther Mahlangu feature on Strauss & Co’s upcoming April ART auction. Mahlangu is a multi-award-winning visual artist, and a much loved South African cultural ambassador. She was born in 1935, and has been painting since she was 10 years old. The bold Ndebele-inspired artworks for which she is globally acclaimed grace many of the world’s most respected museum, private, public, and corporate collections. Many experts believe that any important Pan African Contemporary collection cannot be considered complete without including one of her works. A public mural by Mahlangu has recently been unveiled at Serpentine Gallery’s North Garden and the artist has also been included in FEMMES’, an exhibition curated by Pharrell Williams at Galerie Perrotin in Paris.




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Featured Artist
Irma Stern

After studying in Germany in the 1910s, Irma Stern was a true pioneer of modernist Expressionism in South Africa. Initially derided for her innovative style, she gained widespread recognition after the Empire Exhibition of 1936. She travelled extensively throughout Africa, searching for exotic models to paint. Her golden period is bookended by her visits to Zanzibar (in 1939 and again in 1945). She published two travelogues, Congo (1945) and Zanzibar (1948). In the 1950s and 60s she gained international recognition, participating in numerous Venice Biennales and receiving the Guggenheim Award in 1961. Stern’s joyous use of bright, expressive colour is particularly evident in her many still-life paintings.
Recent Live Virtual Auction
Modern and Contemporary Art: Evening Sale
7:00pm → 9:07pm Tue, 1 Apr 2025
Cape Town



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Inviting consignments of fine jewellery pieces for Strauss & Co’s 2025 auction calendar.

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