This in from Penn Design: LIVE NUDE ART BENEFIT AUCTION, UPENN
And this in from the Print Center: WARNING: Graphic Content
A contact high (have you walked down the street in Philadelphia, lately?) must have inspired two rather conservative organizations to play with titillating come-ons for their auctions. Not that sex and art is anything new. It’s just the surprise of who’s doing IT that made me take notice.
Here’s the info on each:
UPENN LIVE NUDE ART AUCTION
Friday, November 30th 6-9 p.m.
Meyerson Hall, 210 South 34th Street, University of Pennsylvania
Auction preview: Nov. 28 and 29, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Bid on scantily priced works of art by internationally recognized artists, faculty, students, and alumni. Featuring works by: Terry Adkins, Jane Irish, Gabriel Martinez, Sarah McEneaney, Joshua Mosley, John Moore, Eileen Neff, Demetrius Oliver, Robert Pruitt, Zoe Strauss and more. Did that say Robert Pruitt!!!???
Alasdair Nichol, V.P. of Freeman Fine Arts, the oldest auction house in America, will conduct the live auction. Nichol has also been a featured appraiser on PBS’s Antique Road Show.
FREE Admission for all clothed guests, Food, Drink, PLUS the musical stylings of West Philadelphia’s DJ PHSH
For more information:
http://www.design.upenn.edu/new/finar/eventsdetail.php?eid=556
http://www.penndesignmfa.blogspot.com/
WARNING: Graphic Content – The Print Center Annual Auction
Saturday, Dec. 1, 2007 from 6 -8 p.m.
Silent Auction Features Affordable Art and Great Party!
Online bidding starts Nov. 19
Exclusive Champagne Preview: Saturday, Dec. 1 at 5 p.m.
The Print Center has set the goal to raise $35,000 with this year’s auction to support its exhibitions and educational programs.Uninhibited bidding is welcome!
The Print Center Auction includes work by Carl Fudge, Guerrilla Girls, David Graham, Ann Hamilton, Daniel Heyman, Jane Irish, Roy Lichtenstein, Virgil Marti, Bruce Pollock, Stuart Rome, Shelley Spector, Amanda Tinker, Richard Torchia–and many more.
Silent auction items include tickets, gift certificates and products from local favorites.
Tickets are $25 by Nov. 30, $30 on the day of the event, Dec. 1. The Exclusive Champagne Preview begins at 5 p.m. and tickets are $100. Online bidding will begin November 19 at www.printcenter.org. For more information or tickets, call Ashley Peel Pinkham, at 215.735.6090 x2.
