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, 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
Shūsaku Arakawa
Richard Artschwager
Patricia Ayres
Donald Baechler
Noah Barker
Matthew Barney
Hannelore Baron
Kevin Beasley
Paul Becker
Gabrielle Bell
Heather Benjamin
Ellen Berkenblit
Tara Booth
Joe Brainard
Kitty Brophy
Vivian Brown
Chang Yuchen
Roz Chast
Julia Chiang
Sedrick Chisom
Cora Cohen
Jean Conner
Michael Kennedy Costa
Ann Craven
Taína Cruz
Merce Cunningham
Amy Cutler
N. Dash
Rob Davis
Eliza Douglas
Omari Douglin
Marcel Dzama
Dave Eggers
Nicole Eisenman
Romany Eveleigh
Emil Ferris
Ryan Foerster
Lucy Fradkin
Jane Freilicher
Sam Gilliam
Alexander Görlitzki
R. Ray Hamilton
Harmony Hammond
Rachel Harrison
Heide Hatry
Bill Hayden
Jay Heikes
Katie Hickman
Christine Howard Sandoval
Susan Janow
Leasho Johnson
Joan Jonas
Wyatt Kahn
Nils Karsten
Karla Knight
Itsuo Kobayashi
Vivienne Koorland
Alex Kwartler
Kyung-Me
Dr. Lakra
Megan Lang
Claire Lehmann
Tony Lewis
Klara Lidén
Glenn Ligon
Li-lan
Magic Markings
Lee Mary Manning
Cameron Martin
Sarah Martin-Nuss
Taro Masushio
Linn Meyers
Dan Miller
Ian Miyamura
Jeanette Mundt
Catherine Murphy
LeRoy Neiman
Andrew Ohman
Shinro Ohtake
Helen Oji
Julian Ou
Nam June Paik
Greg Parma Smith
Derriann Pharr
Pope.L
Ken Price
Walter Price
Robert Rauschenberg
Ernesto Rivera
Leonard Rosenfeld
David Salle
Lucas Samaras
Bea Scaccia
Aurel Schmidt
Hala Schoukair
Dana Schutz
Arthur Simms
Marianna Simnett
Linda Stark
Pat Steir
Sophie Stone
John Stoney
Emily Sundblad
Gili Tal
Robert Therrien
Walasse Ting
Rirkrit Tiravanija
Pedro Troncoso
Richard Tuttle
Yuichiro Ukai
Stewart Uoo
Stan VanDerBeek
Melle van Herwaarden
Sophie von Hellermann
Melvin Way
Mary Weatherford
Franz West
Frederick Weston
Blair Whiteford
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