If Girlawhirl had the bank account, all of her Super Pals could expect an extreme Valentine tomorrow. That's because some of the most influential modern artists are putting their best red feet forward today and donating art to be auctioned off to support Product RED...
(RED) creator Bono and artist Damien Hirst have teamed up with Sotheby?s and Gagosian Gallery to put together what is being called “the most significant charity auction of Contemporary Art ever.� Featuring the works of contemporary artists like Jasper Johns, Takashi Murakami, Jeff Koons, Cecily Brown, and Hirst himself - among others - tomorrow's The (RED) Auction will raise money for the United Nations Foundation to support HIV/AIDS relief programs in Africa.
The red-themed works of art will be auctioned off at Sotheby's tomorrow and should raise substantial funds for the United Nation's Foundation. The contribution of Hirst's seven works alone should garner more than $9 million. That's just a little out of Girlawhirl's Valentine budget, but with so many other retailers - from The Gap to Apple - participating in the Project (RED) campaign, she certainly knows how to make a contribution.
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Red Flower Ball (3-D), 2007 |
All You Need Is Love, 2006 | ||
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Butterflies and household gloss paint on canvas | ||
| Photograph: Rob McKeever. Courtesy Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd |
Photography by Prudence Cuming Associates |
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| © 2007 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. | © Damien Hirst |
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| Marc Quinn - Stratospheric Ozone, 2007 |
Thomas Demand - KFC, 2007 |
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| oil on canvas |
Chromogenic print with diasec face |
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Photo: Stephen White. All images are © the artist. |
© Thomas Demand and Monika Spruth Philomen Magers, Cologne Munich London |
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Courtesy Jay Jopling/ White Cube (London) |
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Damien Hirst - HIV Aids, Drugs Combination, 2006 |
Andreas Gursky - Pyongyang IV, 2007 |
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oil on canvas |
C-Print | ||
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Photography by Prudence Cuming Associates |
Courtesy: Monika Spr?Philomene Magers, Cologne Munich London | ||
| © Damien Hirst | © Andreas Gursky / VG Bild-Kunst |
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Jeff Koons - Balloon Rabbit Wall Relief (Red), 2008 |
Bernar Venet- 226.5? Arc x 4, 2001 |
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| Silkscreen on stainless steel | Rolled steel | ||
| © Jeff Koons | Image courtesy of the artist | ||
