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In the spirit of things: Products on the first Cape Fine Brandy online auction being held by Strauss & Co
BOPLAAS

A brandy idiot gets hammered at auction

Strauss & Co is selling a selection of rare, aged Cape fine brandies from South Africa’s top distillers

  • Charles Leonard
4 min read
Showcase: Zanele Kumalo will take part in Design Week South Africa, which will be on in Joburg and Cape Town
ART ZANELE KUMALO

Diary: Design Week South Africa kicks off, African Women artists shine in London, look out for the inaugural Hazendal Festival

Your essential dose of art and culture

  • Lesego Chepape
2 min read
Hope: Photographs by Ilvy Njiokiktjien capture the lives of the born-free generation.
35TH BIENAL DE SAO PAULO

Diary: Generation of Hope, Balinese Girl, Choreographies of the Impossible

Your essential dose of art and culture

  • Lesego Chepape
2 min read
Just joking: Kwanda Radebe hosts the comedy and jazz series.
DAVID GOLDBLATT

Diary: Jokes & Jazz for UKZN, Strauss & Co photography auction, Locarno comes to Cape Town

Your essential dose of art and culture

  • Lesego Chepape
2 min read
Illuminating: Artist Solomon Mugutso says his work is about giving people hope and helping them to see the light inside them. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
ART

Painter pursues hope and light through his work

Solomon Mugutso takes inspiration from the lives of everyday people for his paintings

  • Kimberley Schoeman
7 min read
Irma Stern’s ‘Arum Lilies and Bananas’ (1925)
ART

Going, going, gone … for millions

South African artworks on a Strauss & Co auction are set to fetch some hefty prices

  • Kimberley Schoeman
3 min read
Visions with a Lover (1996) by Alfred Thoba Photo: Strauss & Co
ART

Cape Town braces for bidding wars

Rare art, pottery, jewellery and watches with price tags in the millions to go under the hammer for Cape Town Auction Week

  • Kimberley Schoeman
4 min read
Penny Siopsis, Act I Scene II
ADVERTORIAL SUPPLEMENT

Strauss & Co’s November sale explores South African art’s love affair with Paris

‘Paris was a beacon for countless South African artists’

  • Advertorial Supplement
6 min read
ART

When is art an investment?

Unlike other hobbies, collecting art can create a long-term asset base of great value.

  • Maya Fisher French
4 min read