A Look At The Art From Christie's Auction That Raised Nearly $14 Million For Haiti.

A record-breaking charity art auction was held Thursday, September 22nd at the David Zwirner Gallery and organized with actor Ben Stiller's Stiller foundation. The Christie's fundraising auction featured works by such well-known contemporary artists as Jeff Koons, Jasper Johns, Ed Ruscha, James Rosenquist, Cindy Sherman, Elizabeth Peyton and Chuck Close to raise money for relief efforts in Haiti.


above: actor Ben Stiller and gallerist David Zwirner with children from Haiti

The Christie's auction raised $13.7 million (their highest ever for a charity) and set records for works by Raymond Pettibon, Glenn Ligon, Adel Abdessemed and Nate Lowman (whose pieces are all shown in this post). Many of the pieces were created for the auction, but not all.


above: Raymond Pettibon's No Title (but the sand...)

The top selling painting was Marlene Dumas’ 2010 “My mother before she became my mother” which went for $2 million:

above left: full painting; above right, detail of painting

"Deal - No Deal" by Luc Tuymans, 2011, fetched $1.15 million:

above left: full painting; above right, detail of painting

Actress Jennifer Aniston plopped down $450,000 for this painting, Glen Ligon's Stranger #44 valued at just $150,000 to $200,000- making it a generous donation and a record breaking sale for the artist:

above left: full painting; above right, detail of painting

Nate Lowman's Birthday cake painting #2 (a record-breaking sale for the artist):


Jasper Johns, Untitled, 2009:


Jeff Koons, Bikini (Desert), 2001-2011:

above top: full painting; below left: detail of painting; below right: in situ

Chuck Close, Self Portrait, 2007:

above left: full painting; above right, detail of painting

Urs Fischer, Tomorrow, 2010:

above left: full artwork; above right, detail of artwork

Ed Ruscha, Pick, Pan, Shovel #7, 1979:


Elizabeth Peyton's Jay-Z, Glastonbury, 2008:

above left: full drawing; above right, framed and in situ

Adel Abdessemed's Mappemonde-Olive, 2011:

above left: full artwork; above right, detail of artwork

James Rosenquist's The Richest Person Gazing at the Universe Through a Hubcap, 2011:


Neo Rauch, Chor, 2011:

above left: full painting; above right, detail of painting

Cindy Sherman, Untitled:

above left: full photograph; above right, detail of photograph

Rudolph Stingel, Untitled, 2008:

above left: full painting; above right, detail of painting



above: the auction catalog cover

Christie's said the sale was its highest total for a charity auction. Art dealer David Zwirner, who curated the sale, described it as "an amazing evening." He said of the result, "We are overwhelmed by the support."

Images of some of the works as displayed in the gallery:





The Artists include:
Adel Abdessemed, Francis Alÿs, Mamma Andersson, Louise Bourgeois, Cecily Brown, Chuck Close, Marlene Dumas, Urs Fischer, Dan Flavin, Jasper Johns, Martin Kippenberger, Jeff Koons, Glenn Ligon, Paul McCarthy, Chris Ofili, Raymond Pettibon, Elizabeth Peyton, Neo Rauch, James Rosenquist, Ed Ruscha, Cindy Sherman, Rudolf Stingel, Luc Tuymans, Kelley Walker,and Zhang Huan.

To see all of the pieces in the auction, visit Artists For Haiti


Artists for Haiti, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) charitable organization, joins in the much needed humanitarian effort to raise significant funds for children’s education and health programs. 100% of the proceeds from this sale will go directly to support nonprofits and NGOs that are already performing extraordinary work on the ground in Haiti, including: Architecture for Humanity, Artists for Peace and Justice, Ciné Institute, Grameen Creative Lab, J/P HRO, Partners In Health, and The Stiller Foundation, among others.

images courtesy of Christie's, Artists for Haiti and Artnet

Nike X LIVESTRONG Stages & The Art Bikes by KAWS, Fairey, Newson, Scharf, Nara & Hirst

Now updated to include Damien Hirsts's bike!



Stages is a united effort between Lance Armstrong and Nike in which they asked over 20 global artists to help raise funds for cancer awareness by using their creativity to express the LIVESTRONG message.



The "Stages" exhbition will debut in Paris on July 17th during the Tour de France at Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin and run through August 8th.


above: one of the rooms of the Stages exhibit at Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin

The exhibition will then travel to New York City for an October showing before moving to Los Angeles.


(click on the above image to enlarge)

Participating artists : Richard Prince, Ed Ruscha, Andrea Gursky, Cai GuoQiang, Yoshitomo Nara, Christopher Wool, Jules de Balincourt, Tom Sachs, Shepard Fairey, Dzine, Eric White, Geoff McFetridge, Kaws, José Parla, Raymond Pettibon, Kenny Scharf, Rosson Crow, Aaron Young, Lari Pittman, Kenny Scharf, Catherine Opie

All profits from these sales will go directly to the Lance Armstrong Foundation to further their efforts to defeat cancer through research, outreach, and legislation.



You can see images of all the art pieces in the show here.


THE ART BIKES FOR LANCE ARMSTRONG


In addition to the pieces in the art show, several of today's hottest artists decorated Trek bikes for Lance to ride in several of his 2009 races, including in several legs of the Tour de France. The bikes made especially for this occasion that Lance will actually be riding were designed (well... more like decorated) by the following artists: Kaws, Shepard Fairey, Marc Newson, Kenny Scharf, Yoshitomo Nara and Damien Hirst.

Trek Madone Bike design by KAWS:




Trek Madone Bike Design by Shepard Fairey:




And of course a matching Shepard Fairey decorated Giro helmet:

Trek Speed Concept Bike design by Marc Newson:



Trek equinox TTX Bike Design by Kenny Scharf:



Trek Speed Concept Bike design by Yoshitomo Nara:



The text on the top tube of the Nara bike reads, "Never forget your beginner's spirit!"

above photo: Zack Vestal

Trek Madone bike design by Damien Hirst




above: the Hirst design for the final day of the 2009 Tour de France.

all photos courtesy of Trek bikes and LAMJC

As an added bonus all of Lance’s 2009 art bikes will be auctioned off by SOTHEBY’S on October 2nd at the VIP gala opening reception for “Stages” at the Park Avenue Armory with all proceeds going to benefit LIVESTRONG.