2026 Benefit Auction

Exhibition on view: October 7 - 11
Bidding begins: September 29 at noon
Bidding ends: October 14 at noon
Ticketed Party: October 13, from 6:00 to 9:00 pm

This year's benefit auction and exhibition, The World Is The Work, brings together artists, curators, and art lovers from The Drawing Center's community. Each guest curator will present a selection of five or more works on paper by artists they admire.

Works will be on view at The Drawing Center from October 7 through October 11, and will be available for purchase through a silent auction benefiting The Drawing Center and participating artists. Bidding will begin on September 29 and end on October 14 at noon.

The World Is The Work will conclude with a party in our galleries on October 13, from 6:00 to 9:00 pm.

Curators:

Valentina Akerman, Cecilia Alemani, Jenny Borland, Adam Boxer, Lauren Cornell, Rebecca DiGiovanna, Gary Garrels, Rosario Güiraldes, Ebony Haynes, Laura Hoptman, Rashid Johnson, Isabella Kapur, Anna Lee, Valérie Rousseau, Olivia Shao, Ivy Shapiro, Josh Smith, Julia Trotta

Artists (list in formation):

Tunji Adeniyi-Jones
Eileen Agar
Aiza Ahmed
Kris Andrews
Stephen Antonakos
Ryoko Aoki
Arakawa
Richard Artschwager
Patricia Ayres
Donald Baechler
Noah Barker
Matthew Barney
Hannelore Baron
Alvaro Barrington
Kevin Beasley
Paul Becker
Gabrielle Bell
Heather Benjamin
Ellen Berkenblit
Remo Bianco
Tara Booth
Justin Bradshaw
Joe Brainard
Kitty Brophy
Vivian Browne
Julien Ceccaldi
Chang Yuchen
Roz Chast
Julia Chiang
Sedrick Chisom
Cora Cohen
Jean Conner
Jane Corrigan
Ann Craven
Taína H. Cruz
Merce Cunningham
Amy Cutler
N. Dash
Rob Davis
Aria Dean
Eliza Douglas
Omari Douglin
Marcel Dzama
Dave Eggers
Nicole Eisenman
Ida Ekblad
Romany Eveleigh
Emil Ferris
Ryan Foerster
Lucy Fradkin
Jane Freilicher
Sam Gilliam
Alexander Gorlizki
Magic Markings
Farid Haddad
R. Ray Hamilton
Harmony Hammond
Rachel Harrison
Heide Hatry
Bill Hayden
Jay Heikes
KT Hickman
Christine Howard Sandoval
Hanna Hur
Shirley Jaffe
Susan Janow
Leasho Johnson
Joan Jonas
Nam June Paik
Wyatt Kahn
Susumu Kamijo
Nils Karsten
Michael Kennedy Costa
Kite
Karla Knight
Itsuo Kobayashi
Vivienne Koorland
Joline Kwakkenbos
Alex Kwartler
Kyung-Me
Dr. Lakra
Li-lan
Megan Lang
Claire Lehmann
Tony Lewis
Klara Liden
Glenn Ligon
Lee Mary Manning
Cameron Martin
Chris Martin
Sarah Martin-Nuss
Taro Masushio
Linn Meyers
Dan Miller
Ian Miyamura
David Muenzer
Lee Mullican
Jeanette Mundt
Catherine Murphy
LeRoy Neiman
Andrew Ohman
Shinro Ohtake
Helen Oji
Julian Ou
Anna Park
Greg Parma Smith
Nicolas Party
Derriann Pharr
Chloe Piene
Leon Polk Smith
Pope.L
Walter Price
Ken Price
Jagdeep Raina
Robert Rauschenberg
Jessi Reaves
Ernesto Rivera
Leonard Rosenfeld
David Salle
Lucas Samaras
Bea Scaccia
Aurel Schmidt
Hala Schoukair
Dana Schutz
Gregory Simmons II
Arthur Simms
Marianna Simnett
Linda Stark
Pat Steir
Sophie Stone
John Stoney
Emily Sundblad
Gili Tal
Robert Therrien
Walasse Ting
Rirkrit Tiravanija
Fred Tomaselli
Pedro Troncoso
Richard Tuttle
Yuichiro Ukai
Stewart Uoo
Melle van Herwaarden
Stan VanDerBeek
Sophie von Hellermann
Melvin Way
Mary Weatherford
Franz West
Frederick Weston
Blair Whiteford
Anne Wilson
Charles Yuen

For more information or to make a donation in support of The Drawing Center, please contact Rebecca Brickman, Director of Development at [email protected] or 212.219.2166 x217