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About the BAMart Silent Auction

BAM is pleased to announce the fifth annual BAMart Silent Auction, featuring works from both internationally renowned and emerging local artists. This 13-day event begins April 29, and a cocktail reception will take place on May 9 from 5--7pm. Works for auction will be on public display in the Peter Jay Sharp Building lobby at 30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, from April 29--May 11 (Noon to 11pm). Art can also be viewed online at BAM.org/auction. Bidding will be done online, enabling interested parties to participate from any location, 24 hours a day. Proceeds from the auction will benefit BAM and its programs.
This year Kehinde Wylie serves as BAMart Silent Auction Honorary Artist Chair, overseeing more than 60 leading gallerists, curators and art world figures to procure works both by young, cutting-edge artists--such as Kamrooz Aram, Michael Scoggins, Alyson Shotz, Beth Campbell, Andy Coolquitt and Jacob Dyrenforth--and by established artists of international acclaim. Highlights include an oil on paper from his newest series "The World Stage: Brazil" by chair Kehinde Wiley, as well a new work by Will Cotton and works by Louise Bourgeois, Terry Winters, Tom Wesselman, Donald Baechler William Wegman and Alex Katz. Also featured will be artists usually seen on BAM's mainstage--including Meredith Monk and Laurie Anderson. Another new addition this year is a Design section, overseen by Madeline Weinrib, which includes furniture and textiles. The BAMart Silent Auction is an excellent opportunity for collectors to obtain quality works and support BAM in the process. The Auction also underscores BAMart's commitment to the growing community of visual artists based in Brooklyn while cultivating a new group of BAM supporters.

The 2009 BAMart Silent Auction features:

● A lobby installation of more than 155 new works from a diverse group of artists
● 24-hour online bidding via an art auction website (BAM.org/auction)
● A May 9 cocktail reception from 5--7 pm with special guests Andrew Andrew. Participating artists are scheduled to attend.

About BAMart
BAM and the contemporary visual arts have a long-standing connection. From its inception in 1983, the Next Wave Festival has commissioned posters and cover art by renowned visual artists such as Roy Lichtenstein, Susan Rothenberg, and Willem de Kooning. Today, in conjunction with BAM's celebrated Next Wave Festival each fall, BAMart presents Next Wave Art--curated exhibitions of work by emerging and Brooklyn-based artists on view throughout the BAM facilities and presented free of charge.

Currently BAM invites one or two artists per season to provide cover art for the BAMbill, the house program distributed to each audience member. These works are also displayed in the lobbies of the Peter Jay Sharp Building and/or the BAM Harvey Theater for the enjoyment of all who come to BAM, and are often sold to a BAM patron at the end of a season, with proceeds benefiting BAM. Recent cover artists have included William Wegman, Alex Katz, Roy Kortik, Cecily Brown, Yoshitomo Nara, Clifford Ross, Mary Heilmann, The Clayton Brothers, McDermott & McGough, and Julie Heffernan.

Over the years, BAM has accrued a sizable and noteworthy collection of artworks, and has commissioned projects such as BAMart's Print Portfolios, Photography Portfolios, and other special collections. BAM's collection includes works in many different media and from different decades, including prints by Louise Bourgeois and Jim Dine, photography by Thomas Struth and Vanessa Beecroft, and paintings by Francesco Clemente, among others. When a special exhibition is not taking place, BAM's Diker Gallery and Natman Room become showcases for works from BAM's collection, ensuring that BAM has year-round exhibitions of visual arts.

For press inquiries, please contact Phaedra Athanasiou at 718.636.4129 or pathanasiou@bam.org

If you have questions regarding the Brooklyn Academy of Music, items in the auction, bidding, email communications, events or other general information, please contact bamart@BAM.org.

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Brooklyn Academy of Music
Peter Jay Sharp Building
30 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Phone: 718.636.4101

Website - http://www.BAM.org/BAMart