On
Thursday, October 8, 2009 over 400 guests attended Drawing Gifts 2009:
6th Annual Benefit Auction for The Drawing Center at X-Initiative in
New York City. The event grossed some $420 - $430,000 in the live and
silent auctions and $75,000 in ticket sales and donations for a net of
approximately $420,000. Georges Armaos, Blair Voltz Clarke, Rose Dergan,
Merrill Falkenberg, Stacey Goergen, Maureen Sarro and Candace Worth served
as event co-chairs. Eliza Osborne, Vice President, Senior Business Development,
Sotheby’s was the auctioneer.
Participating Artists included: Stephen
Antonakos • Kamrooz Aram • Uri Aran • Richard Artschwager • Andisheh
Avini • Nadia Ayari • Nina Lola Bachhuber • Donald Baechler • Matthew
Barney • Judith Bernstein • Ross Bleckner • Gustavo Bonevardi • Louise
Bourgeois • Cecily Brown • Ernesto Caivano • Vija Celmins • Jose
Manuel Ciria • Susan Collis • Will Cotton • Louise Despont • Francesca
DiMattio • Matias Duville • Jacob El Hanani • Michelle
Elzay • Inka Essenhigh • Solange Fabião • Neil
Farber • Michaela Frühwirth • Cris Gianakos • Douglas
Gordon • Joseph Grigely • Jonah Groeneboer • Mark Grotjahn • Wade
Guyton • Ann Hamilton • Adam Helms • Kathleen Henderson • Elana
Herzog • Marietta Hoferer • Jasper Johns • Jutta Koether • Anne
Lindberg • Lluis Lleó • Peter Macapia • Janine
Magelssen • Marco Maggi • Robert Mangold • Sylvia Plimack
Mangold • Eddie Martinez • Yuri Masnyj • Adam McEwen • Ryan
McGinness • Marilyn Minter • Norman Mooney • Chris Nau • Elizabeth
Neel • Graham Nickson • Carsten Nicolai • Janet Passehl • Enoc
Perez • Tom Sachs • Sean Scully • James Siena • Jane
South • Pat Steir • Philip Taaffe • Al Taylor • Mickalene
Thomas • Rirkrit Tiravanija • William Villalongo • Charline
Von Heyl • Kelley Walker • Dan Walsh • Lawrence Weiner • Garth
Weiser • Uwe Wittwer • Sarah Wood • Susan York.
