Strauss & Co, a leading auction house in Africa, announced the opening of a new artistic office space in Cape Town in 2023 at Brickfield Canvas. The creative hub and technology campus located at 35 Brickfield Road, Woodstock, Cape Town. They will mark this achievement with an inaugural exhibition programme, unveiling two special projects this February.
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Strauss & Co are fine art auctioneers and art consultants offering a diverse annual programme of hybrid offline and online auction transactions. They are composed of passionate individuals who are both industry leaders and knowledgeable collectors. Their collective insights and experiences are integral to strategic planning and executive oversight at the company. The company prides itself in providing clear and detailed information regarding its sales activities and services to clients and media partners. Value-added services extend to collection management and confidential private treaty sales.
“We are excited to further grow our operations in Cape Town as Strauss & Co continues to welcome clients from across Africa and the world to enjoy and celebrate art, objects, wine and jewellery across many different collecting categories,” says Frank Kilbourn, Strauss and Co, Chairperson. “It is our mission to provide a convening centre for all who enjoy living with art and this fantastic location will help us further our activities both in the community, in the city, in the country and on the continent as well as providing to our global clients.”
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Two special projects will be unveiled as part of the inaugural exhibition program in February: Curatorial Voices: Modern and Contemporary Art from Africa, a public exhibition showcasing the works of art that will be sold in a new auction format, which will take place on February 28, 2023, and Scenic Ezrom Legae and Sydney Kumalo, a non-profit exhibition dedicated to these two internationally renowned South African modernist sculptors.
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Curatorial Voices: Modern and Contemporary Art from Africa, will include collectible works created by avant-garde modernist and cutting-edge contemporary artists chosen by five esteemed curators from major art centers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Kenya, Zimbabwe, and South Africa. Contemporary artworks by Pierre-Christophe Gam, Cyrus Kabiru, Zanele Muholi, Simphiwe Ndzube, Thierry Oussou, Athi-Patra Ruga, Cinga Samson, and Tafadzwa Tega.
ABOUT CURATORIAL VOICES: MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART FROM AFRICA
Determined to promote a greater pan-African collaboration, the 2023 sale will give voice not only to great South African art but also to art from various other cities in the continent. This new pan-African auction by Strauss & Co will be held in Cape Town on 28 February 2023 and will feature collectable art by pioneering modernist and trailblazing contemporary artists from Africa. In addition to work sourced in South Africa, Strauss & Co has invited five curators from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Egypt, Kenya and Zimbabwe to select work for the auction.
The curators are:
DRC: Dana Endundo Ferreira, Founder and CEO Pavilion54, a digital platform for modern and contemporary African art.
Egypt: Heba Elkayal, Independent Curator and Art Historian, based between Cairo and London specializing in modern and contemporary Middle Eastern art.
Kenya: Danda Jaroljmek, Director of Circle Art Agency, the first professional arts advisory service to collectors and art institutions in East Africa, and Ann Kariuki, Gallery Manager, Circle Art Gallery, a Nairobi-based gallery promoting contemporary art from east Africa.
Zimbabwe: Valerie Kabov, Director, First Floor Gallery Harare, a leading independent contemporary gallery based in Harare.
South Africa, Kimberley Cunningham, Founder Cunningham Contemporary, a global art advisory and curatorial agency based between Cape Town, London & New York.
