Art Auction
Response to art auction appeal overwhelms school
A Cornish primary school has received more than 100 pieces of art for an anonymous auction to raise money for art materials and equipment.
Carly-Ann Clark, art teacher at St Day and Carharrack Community School, went on TikTok to raise awareness of the art auction being held on 27 February.
Mrs Clark said she had been overwhelmed by the response to her post which has been watched more than 46,000 times.
“I just thought it was a great way to connect with lots of people at once to hopefully get five or six people donating a piece of art work to the school,” she said.
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stellar lineup of works from leading contemporary artists in support of Whitechapel Gallery’s Exhibition and Participation Programmes.
Whitechapel Gallery is delighted to announce the donation of 20 exceptional artworks for auction by artists Andrew Pierre Hart (b. UK), Gideon Rubin (b.1973, Israel), Ali Kazim (b.1979, Pakistan), Daisy Dodd-Noble (b.1989, UK), Taylor Simmons (b.1990, USA), Wynnie Mynerva (b.1992, Peru), Ania Hobson (b.1990, UK), Danny Fox (b.1986, UK), Julie Curtiss (b.1982, France), Tunji Adeniyi-Jones (b.1992, UK), Michele Fletcher (b. 1963, Canada), Rose Nestler (b.1983, USA), Studio Lenca (b.1986, El Salvador), Hettie Inniss (b.1999, UK), Tiona Nekkia McClodden (b.1981, USA), Victoria Cantons (b.1969, UK), Peter Kennard (b.1949, UK), Christopher Page (b.1984, UK), Michael Armitage (b.1984, Kenya) and Sang Woo Kim (b.1994, South Korea).
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A print of Banksy’s famous Girl with Balloon artwork has fetched more than 100,000 dollars at a Los Angeles auction.
An original proof print of the mural sold for 104,000 dollars (£80,652), twice its expected asking price.
The robot artist Ai-Da, a humanoid powered by artificial intelligence, will be the first of its kind to have a painting sold at a major auction house, organizers said Wednesday.
The work, due to go under the hammer at Sotheby’s in London next month, is described as a “haunting” portrait of the English mathematician Alan Turing, considered one of the fathers of modern computing.
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