Strauss & Co announces its diverse programme of activities for Toyota US Woordfees 2022

By CityLife Arts Writer

Art auction company Strauss &Co. has again confirmed its sponsorship for the2022 edition of Toyota US Woordfees (10-16 October) in Stellenbosch. Strauss & Co is pleased to announce its participation once again as a project sponsor of the 2022 edition of Toyota US Woordfees (10-16 October), one of South Africa’s largest multilingual arts festivals.

Held annually in the bucolic wineland settlement of Stellenbosch, this year’s event marks a welcome return to in-person programming. Strauss & Co’s contribution includes an exhibition and associated programme of lectures, walkabouts and art valuations, as well as duties running a benefit auction on Saturday, 15 October 2022.

“I am delighted that Strauss & Co will once again be participating in Toyota US Woordfees,” says Caro Wiese, Non-Executive Director, Strauss & Co. “The festival has grown from a modest literary event founded in 2000 into an important and much-loved festival of the arts, one in which the visual arts now enjoys an established role through Strauss & Co’s consistent participation.

I am especially thankful to Ton and Anet Vosloo for the loan of Morkelhuis, a peerless venue for our exhibition of historical works by, among others, Christo Coetzee, JH Pierneef, Alexis Preller, and Irma Stern.” 

Morkelhuis, a U-shaped and gabled homestead on Ryneveld Street, is one of the oldest buildings in Stellenbosch that started its long and varied life as a wine cellar in the 1690s. For the duration of Toyota US Woordfees, Strauss & Co will present an exhibition of works from its upcoming sales in this private venue.

The exhibition will include works from Strauss & Co’s forthcoming live-virtual auction in Johannesburg (6-9 November 2022), as well as excerpts from the sale of the Property of Dr Matthys J Strydom Family Collection taking place in Cape Town (22 November 2022).