Pace Gallery has revealed details about the 11 artworks being auctioned by Sotheby’s at an upcoming benefit in support of the preservation project for the childhood home of Nina Simone. The artworks were co-curated by artist Adam Pendleton as well as tennis champion, entrepreneur and arts patron Venue Williams. The benefit gala at the gallery’s flagship New York location will include a live performance by H.E.R. and a ticketed dinner catered by JJ Johnson, a James Beard Foundation Award–winning chef.
“Each of the artists Adam and I have selected for the auction has a unique, powerful voice, and we’ve been moved by their generosity and enthusiasm for this important cause,” Williams previously said in a statement. “It’s been a privilege to collaborate with Adam in curating the auction.”
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The artists who have donated work to the benefit auction include Cecily Brown, whose solo exhibition is currently taking place at the Metropolitan Museum of Art util December 3, and Sarah Sze, whose solo show is at the Guggenheim Museum until September 10.
“I’m donating to this important cause my large-scale charcoal drawing Untitled (Nina), which not only references the Black Panther Party but also represents the power of an endangered yet resilient spirit,” artist Robert Longo said in a statement.
Source: artnews.com