Americas Society Visual Arts Endowment Benefit Auction
Americas Society Visual Arts Endowment Benefit Auction
Americas Society announces its Visual Arts Endowment Benefit Auction in conjunction with Christie’s Latin American Sale to be held on May 29 and 30.
Americas Society is pleased to announce its Visual Arts Endowment Benefit Auction in conjunction with Christie’s Latin American Sale to be held May 29 and 30, 2013. The auction will include a selection of approximately 30 works donated to Americas Society, with all proceeds to benefit the Society’s dynamic Visual Arts Department through the creation of an endowment for its programs. The two-day auction will present works by such established Latin American artists as Diego Rivera and Carlos Cruz-Diez.
Public Exhibition: May 25 to May 29, 2013
Auction: May 29 at 7:00 p.m. and May 30 at 10 a.m.
Christie’s
20 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10020
Map of Location
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Further details: Please contact Allie Fleder at afleder@as-coa.org or 1-212-277-8375.
Press Inquiries: Please contact Adriana La Rotta at alarotta@as-coa.org or 1-212-277-8384.
Americas Society is the premier organization dedicated to education, debate and dialogue in the Americas. Established by David Rockefeller in 1965, our mission is to foster an understanding of the contemporary political, social and economic issues confronting Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada, and to increase public awareness and appreciation of the diverse cultural heritage of the Americas and the importance of the inter-American relationship.
Americas Society Visual Arts program boasts the longest-standing private space in the U.S. dedicated to exhibiting and promoting art from Latin America, the Caribbean and Canada; it has achieved a unique and renowned leadership position in the field, producing both historical and contemporary exhibitions.
Image: © 2013 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / ARS, NY
