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SITE SANTA FE
TO HOLD ITS FIRST-EVER
BENEFIT ART AUCTION: AUCTION SITE
JULY 12, 2003
Santa Fe, NM -- On July 12, 2003, SITE Santa Fe will hold AUCTION SITE:
The 2003 Summer Benefit Auction, its first-ever art auction. Thirty-five
internationally recognized, contemporary artists are participating in the
event, which will have both live and silent auction components. Artists include
Josef Albers, Linda Besemer, Sarah Charlesworth, Gregory Crewdson, Karin Davie,
Thomas Demand, Teresita Fernández, Pia Fries, Andy Goldsworthy, Ann
Hamilton, Mona Hatoum, Jim Hodges, Jenny Holzer, Ellsworth Kelly, Agnes Martin,
Tracey Moffatt, Shirin Neshat, Ernesto Neto, Nic Nicosia, Roxy Paine, Jack
Pierson, Alan Rath, David Reed, Pipilotti Rist, Ed Ruscha, Tom Sachs, Paul
Sarkisian, Peter Sarkisian, Gary Simmons, Valeska Soares, Robert Therrien,
Fred Tomaselli & Rick Moody, Spencer Tunick, and Kara Walker.
Sotheby's has taken a leadership role as Auction Sponsor for the event, and
Jamie Niven will serve as auctioneer. Proceeds from the event will help support
SITE Santa Fe's 2003 programs and exhibitions, and will contribute to the
ongoing campaign to match the prestigious Ford Foundation Challenge Grant,
the funds from which will grow SITE Santa Fe's endowment.
The weekend will kick off on Friday, July 11 with a public preview from 10
am to 4 pm. A private preview for benefit auction ticket holders will be held
from 5 to 6:30 pm. On Saturday, July 12, ticket holders will have the chance
to view the works at a second private preview from 10 am to 12 noon. The main
event will begin at 5 pm with a Champagne and Caviar Preview Reception during
which ticket holders will be able to bid on works in the silent auction and
preview art in the live auction. The live auction will begin at 7 pm, and
will include approximately 19 works by leading contemporary artists. Afterward,
a dinner will be held at a private home for successful bidders, participating
artists, and Sponsor Ticket holders.
The weekend promises to be a highlight of the lively Santa Fe summer social
season, and the auction is expected to draw many important contemporary art
collectors, a large number of whom own homes in Santa Fe. The date coincides
with both the summer vacation season in Santa Fe and the biannual Santa Fe
Art Fair--which will also draw major international collectors to town.
Tickets are $500 and $250. For more information or tickets, please contact
SITE Santa Fe at 505-989-1199 or purchase
online. Click here to see
the online catalogue.
Emily Fisher Landau and Nancy
Magoon are Honorary Chairmen; Linda Alexander, Eliza Lovett Randall, and Dede
Schuhmacher are Benefit Chairmen; and Marlene Nathan Meyerson heads the Art
Collectors' Committee. A complete list of the Benefit Committee and Participating
Artists follows. The Benefit Sponsor is Allene LaPides Gallery, and Benefit
Underwriters are ART Santa Fe, EVO Gallery, Glorious Food, Charlotte Jackson
Fine Art, Los Alamos National Bank, Gerald Peters Gallery, Karan Ruhlen Gallery,
and Wells Fargo Bank.
SITE Santa Fe is a private not-for-profit contemporary arts organization committed
to enriching the cultural atmosphere in Santa Fe, New Mexico, by providing
an ongoing venue for regional, national, and international exhibitions and
interdisciplinary programs.
Since 1995, SITE Santa Fe has organized more than 50 exhibitions, including
four highly acclaimed international biennial exhibitions. SITE Santa Fe's
Fifth International Biennial Exhibition, scheduled to open in the summer of
2004, will be curated by Robert Storr. Storr was recently appointed the Rosalie
Solow Professor of Modern Art at The Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.
Prior to this appointment, Storr was Senior Curator in the Department of Painting
and Sculpture, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, a position he held for
12 years.
AUCTION SITE
SITE Santa Fe's 2003 Summer Benefit Auction Saturday, July 12, 2003
Auction Sponsor
Sotheby's
Benefit Sponsor
Allene LaPides Gallery
Honorary Chairmen
Emily Fisher Landau
Nancy Magoon
Auction Chairmen
Louis Grachos
Jim Kelly
Benefit Chairmen
Linda Alexander
Eliza Lovett Randall
Dede Schuhmacher
Art Collectors' Committee
Marlene Nathan Meyerson, CHAIRMAN
Brooke Aldridge
Cornelia Breyer
Frances Dittmer
Bobbie Foshay-Miller
Elizabeth Glassman
Megan Fox Kelly
Jeanne and Mickey Klein
Helen Kornblum
Ken Kuchin
Lara and Phillip Ladin
Betty Leonard
Nancy Magoon
Balene McCormick
Carol Neuberger
Jill Platt
Carol Prins
Cindy and Howard Rachofsky
Catherine Rose
Diane Rudy
Barbara Sahlman
Will Sahlman
Alice C. Simkins
Shari and Garen Staglin
A. Thomas Torres
Pat Whitman
Champagne and Caviar Committee
Eliza Lovett Randall, CHAIRMAN
Marlene Nathan Meyerson
Design Committee
Peter Vitale, CHAIRMAN
Mary Kehoe
Sana Morrow
Trish Witcher
Hospitality Committee
Madelin Coit
Betsy Levy Ehrenberg
Barbara Meyer
Invitation Committee
Madelin Coit
Underwriters' Committee
Chase Ault & Tori Warner Shepard, CO-CHAIRMEN
Joan Brooks Baker
Suki Shepard
Benefit Underwriters
ART Santa Fe
EVO Gallery
Glorious Food
Charlotte Jackson Fine Art
Los Alamos National Bank
Gerald Peters Gallery
Karan Ruhlen Gallery
Wells Fargo Bank
Participating Artists
Josef Albers
Linda Besemer
Sarah Charlesworth
Gregory Crewdson
Karin Davie
Thomas Demand
Teresita Fernández
Pia Fries
Andy Goldsworthy
Ann Hamilton
Mona Hatoum
Jim Hodges
Jenny Holzer
Ellsworth Kelly
Agnes Martin
Tracey Moffatt
Shirin Neshat
Ernesto Neto
Nic Nicosia
Roxy Paine
Jack Pierson
Alan Rath
David Reed
Pipilotti Rist
Ed Ruscha
Tom Sachs
Paul Sarkisian
Peter Sarkisian
Gary Simmons
Valeska Soares
Robert Therrien
Fred Tomaselli & Rick Moody
Spencer Tunick
Kara Walker
Contact: Press Office
Tel: 505.989.1199
Fax:505.989.1188
email: press@sitesantafe.org
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Thomas Demand (b. 1964)
Bullion, 2003
Lambda print on Diasec, edition 1/6
17 1Ú4 x 22 1Ú2 inches
Courtesy of the artist and
303 Gallery, New York
Jim Hodges (b. 1957)
Starting Here, 2003
Lightbulbs with ceramic sockets mounted on aluminum and wood panel
29 x 30 inches
Courtesy of the artist and
CRG Gallery, New York
Photography credit: Zindman/Fremont |
