Archived: Strauss & Co’s June Timed Online Auction Features Renowned Contemporary and Early 20th Century Artists

Strauss & Co, Africa’s leading auction house is pleased to announce its upcoming June timed online auction, featuring an impressive selection of artworks by well-known contemporary painters and early 20th century masters. The auction will open on Monday, 4th June, and presents an exciting opportunity for art collectors and enthusiasts to acquire excellent pieces for

Archived: Rare collections of the world’s leading wines to be sold, together with a uniquely minted NFT, by Strauss & Co. 

 CAPE TOWN: Strauss & Co Fine Wine Auctions unveils six significant collections of the world’s greatest wines, that have also been minted as NFTs, including Penfolds Grange, Domaine de La Romanée Conti, Château Mouton Rothchild, Château d’Yquem, Screaming Eagle and Harlan Estate that will be sold online in July 2023 (Registration and Bidding now open

Archived: Strauss & Co honours sculptors past and present with a dedicated sale and exhibition

Strauss & Co is pleased to announce details for C.100 Sculptures, a timed-online auction of modern and contemporary South African sculpture in various media that closes on Wednesday, 5 July 2023. The auction features rare and important bronzes by artists Deborah Bell, Ezrom Legae and Haroon Gunn-Salie from The John and Elisabeth Bradley Collection.

The Venice Connection: Strauss & Co auction features more than a dozen artists feted at the Venice Biennale since 1950

CAPE TOWN – The Venice Biennale, an important recurring international art exhibition that this year celebrates its sixtieth edition, has over time become a reliable benchmark for judging artist careers. The catalogue for Strauss & Co’s flagship live auction of modern and contemporary art on Tuesday, 19 March 2024 includes work by more than a dozen artists linked to this prestigious international showcase, among them Irma Stern and Zanele Muholi.

Archived: Randlord’s furniture appears on market 65 years later

Items which emerged from the sale in 1942 of The Contents of Vergelegen, the property of Sir Lionel and Lady Phillips will be offered for sale at Strauss & Co, in Cape Town, on 12 October 2015. These include two 18th century aquatints of Cape Town, originally purchased for 3 guineas each (R4 000 – 6 000), and an ornate George III giltwood cartel clock (Edward Clarke, London) inscribed on the reverse ”Mrs L Phillips” (R25 000 – 30 000). Also with the same provenance is a George III style linen press which bears an inventory label for Sir Lionel Phillips Bart, Tylney Hall, his former home in England (R15 000 – 20 000).

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

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.

Important Collection of original works by 19th-Century Artist Thomas Bowler Goes Up for Auction

Strauss & Co’s March ART online auction features a single artist session focusing exclusively on 19th-century British artist and landscape painter Thomas Bowler. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for collectors to acquire pieces directly from a collection curated by Dr. Frank Bradlow, Bowler’s biographer and a luminary in Africana collectables.