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2021 Benefit Auction

Online bidding for The Drawing Center's 2021 Benefit Auction is now live!

Featuring artworks generously donated by more than sixty leading artists, the auction provides critical support for The Drawing Center's ambitious roster of exhibitions, publications, education initiatives, and public programs.

To bid online, please click the button below. Please note online bidding will close at 8pm EST on Monday, September 27.

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Celebrate with Us In Person

The Benefit Auction will conclude on Monday, September 27 with a special event at The Drawing Center, 35 Wooster Street, from 6:00 to 9:00 pm.

Over the course of the evening, attendees will have the opportunity to view and bid on all 69 artworks, installed in our main gallery, and enjoy cocktails and small plates by Honey's and Chef Elisa Da Prato outdoors on Wooster Street.

In-person and online bidding will conclude at 8pm EST.

The Drawing Center will be open on Sunday, September 26 for visitors to preview available artworks in-person.

For more information, please contact Rebecca Brickman, Director of Development at [email protected], or (212) 219 - 2166 x217.

Participating Artists:

  • Yuji Agematsu
  • Harold Ancart
  • Iván Argote
  • Darren Bader
  • Carol Bove
  • Huguette Caland
  • Javier Calleja
  • Gabriel Chaile
  • Jean Conner
  • Matt Connors
  • Jacqueline de Jong
  • Raúl de Nieves
  • Santiago de Paoli
  • Ibrahim El-Salahi
  • Mandy El-Sayegh
  • Edie Fake
  • Simone Fattal
  • Jackie Ferrara
  • Genieve Figgis
  • Natalie Frank
  • John Giorno
  • Nancy Graves
  • Skylin H.
  • Chase Hall
  • David Hammons
  • Frederick Hayes
  • Reggie Burrows Hodges
  • Joan Jonas
  • Kim Jones
  • Alex Katz
  • Corita Kent
  • Cindy Ji Hye Kim
  • Caroline Kryzecki
  • Fernanda Laguna
  • Nick Mauss
  • Allan McCollum
  • Jo Messer
  • Donald Moffett
  • Devin N. Morris
  • Monique Mouton
  • Jean Katambayi Mukendi
  • Jordan Nassar
  • Gareth Nyandoro
  • Tom of Finland
  • Sanou Oumar
  • Giuseppe Penone
  • Marco Perego
  • Raymond Pettibon
  • Lari Pittman
  • Lisa Ponti
  • Seth Price
  • Ibaahd R.
  • Gedi Sibony
  • Shahzia Sikander
  • Marina Perez Simão
  • Greg Parma Smith
  • Paul Anthony Smith
  • Dirk Stewen
  • Spencer Sweeney
  • Sarah Sze
  • Javier Téllez
  • Constance Tenvik
  • Rosemarie Trockel
  • Tatiana Trouvé
  • Raelis Vasquez
  • Ethan W.
  • Anna Weyant
  • Sue Williams

2021 Auction Host Committee:

  • Ruthie Abel
  • Katie Adams Schaeffer
  • Frances Beatty Adler and Allen Adler
  • Anthony Allen
  • Helena Anrather
  • Dita Amory
  • Aurora Davis Projects
  • Mary Billard
  • Horace Brockington
  • JK Brown and Eric Diefenbach
  • Valentina Castellani and Gianluca Violante
  • Lisa Silver and Jean-Christophe Castelli
  • Romy Cohen
  • Sarah Corona
  • Andrea Crane
  • Elizabeth Currie
  • Leo and Sandra DelZotto
  • Cora Delgado
  • Janet Dixon
  • Ellis Edwards
  • Marty and Rebecca Eisenberg
  • Daria Foner
  • Cheri and Steven Friedman
  • Kathy Fuld
  • Ilaria Fusina
  • Stacey and Rob Goergen
  • Amy Gold and Brett Gorvy
  • Priscilla Green
  • Susan Harris
  • Harry Tappan Heher and Jean-Edouard van Praet d’Amerloo
  • Sue and Beau Wrigley
  • Priscila and Alvin Hudgins III
  • Bree Jeppson and Jim Bassett
  • Haynee Johnson
  • Michèle Gerber Klein
  • Jill and Peter Kraus
  • Kathryn Kremnitzer
  • Stacey and Curtis Lane
  • Dominique Lévy
  • Andrea Lounibos
  • Merrill Falkenburg Mahan and Christopher Mahan
  • David Mann
  • Iris Z. Marden
  • Jennifer New
  • Judy Nyquist
  • Kathleen O'Grady
  • George ODell
  • Jim Panichella
  • Nancy and Fred Poses
  • Joanne Ramos
  • Victoria Reese
  • Fiona and Eric Rudin
  • Almine and Bernard Ruiz-Picasso
  • Jane Dresner Sadaka and Ned Sadaka
  • David Salle
  • Erica Samuels
  • Doug Schaller
  • Peggy and Henry Schleiff
  • Kerry Schuss
  • Angelica Semmelbauer
  • Carole Server
  • Olivia Shao
  • Joyce and Ken Siegel
  • Laura Skoler
  • Rebecca Weller and Adam Stettner
  • Isabel Stainow Wilcox
  • Galia Meiri Stawski and Axel Stawski
  • Fern and Lenard Tessler
  • Barbara Toll
  • Yulia Topchiy
  • Dorsey Waxter
  • Carol and Michael Weisman
  • Candace Worth
  • Linda Yablonsky
  • Christine Zehner

Special thanks to Topo Chico