Trove of art, design

AUCTION WEEK: CAPE TOWN'S MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY CRAFT

- Citizen reporter

Strauss & Co is pleased to share details for Cape Town Auction Week (from Monday, 31 March to Wednesday, 2 April).

There will be live specialist sales encompassing collectable modern and contemporary art, furniture, silverware, jewellery and watches.

Leading this curated programme is Strauss & Co's flagship live-virtual modern and contemporary art evening sale (on 1 April at 7pm), which will present discerning collectors with an opportunity to bid on museum-grade works by celebrated modernists JH Pierneef, Alexis Preller and Irma Stern, as well as rare pieces by black modernists Gladys Mgudlandlu, George Pemba and Gerard Sekoto.

"The first of Strauss & Co's four flagship auctions for 2025, Cape Town Auction Week will present collectors with a rich trove of art and design collectables," says Kayleen Wrigley, head of sale, Strauss & Co.

"The programme includes Strauss & Co's inaugural standalone watch sale, two-timed online sales of decorative arts and jewellery, as well as our much-anticipated Evening and Day Sales of modern and contemporary art."

The catalogue for the evening sale includes a superb consignment of paintings by pioneering modernists Maggie Laubser, JH Pierneef, Alexis Preller, Gerard Sekoto, and Irma Stern.