Modern & Contemporary Art Live Auctions

June brings a significant season of live auctions to Aspire Art’s Johannesburg showroom, with two exceptional sales offering collectors rare access to some of the most compelling works in South African modern and contemporary art.

Holding Time: Collecting Home from Afar Works from the Dr Bruce Hoffman Private Collection Exhibition & Auction: 4 – 17 June 2026

Assembled over many years while living abroad, Dr Bruce Hoffman’s collection speaks to a sustained and deeply personal relationship with South Africa from a distance. Spanning modern and contemporary works by Peter Clarke, Penny Siopis, Gladys Mgudlandlu, Ephraim Ngatane, Louis Maqhubela and Vladimir Tretchikoff, among others, Holding Time offers a thoughtful overview of South African art history — grounded not in trend, but in years of careful looking and considered collecting.

Modern & Contemporary Art Day & Evening Sales Live Auction: 18 June 2026

The Day and Evening sales present an outstanding selection of works across generations of South African art. Highlights include Walter Battiss’s monumental Spirit of Africa, a lyrical painting by Maggie Laubser, a 1994 work by George Pemba drawn from the artist’s retrospective, and a striking charcoal drawing by William Kentridge. The sales are further anchored by works from Robert Hodgins, Senzeni Marasela, Kate Gottgens, Ayanda Mabulu and Simphiwe Ndzube, among others.

All sales take place at The Trumpet on Keyes, 21 Keyes Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg.