Holding Time: Collecting Home from Afar - Works from the Dr Bruce Hoffman Private Collection
LIVE AUCTION IN JOHANNESBURG
17 June 2026 at 7pm (SAST)
Venue: Trumpet on Keyes, 21 Keyes Avenue, Rosebank.
*Lots online soon!
Sale number: HOF26
Location: Live Auction in Johannesburg
Assembled over several years, largely while Dr Bruce Hoffman was living abroad, the collection reflects a connection to South Africa experienced at a distance. Becoming touchstones of home, the collection, shaped by an instinctive and personal approach, carries the atmosphere of remembered places. It reveals not only changing aesthetic movements, but different ways of seeing and recording the country itself, reflecting the social and political realities of their time, suggesting the role art can play in maintaining connection across distance and time.
Spanning modern and contemporary South African art, the collection brings together works that reflect the breadth and complexity of the country’s artistic history. Included are important works by Peter Clarke, Penny Siopis, Gladys Mgudlandlu, Ephraim Ngatane, Louis Maqhubela, and Vladimir Tretchikoff, among others. More than a survey of notable names, Holding Time: Collecting Home from Afar reflects years of careful looking and personal engagement with South African art.
