2018 Gala Dinner & Auction

Posted on: August 13th, 2021 by masteruser

BFAMI 2018 Gala Dinner and Auction took place at the Dorchester Hotel.

The fundraising auction featured 60 international emerging and established artists represented by leading museums and galleries around the world. Artists include: Alex Israel, Ai Weiwei, Rita Ackerman, Jenny Holzer, Keith Tyson, Barnaby Furnas, Thomas Struth, Analia Saban, DeWain Valentine, Keith Coventry, Chantal Joffe, Steven Meisel, Francesca Pasquali, Gal Weinstein, Michal Rovner and Takuro Kuwata.

View the full 2018 Auction here: https://paddle8.com/auction/bfami/

The auction was on display in the ground floor gallery at PHILLIPS auction house.

This year BFAMI honoured Alex Israel. Based in Los Angeles, Israel engages with the particular culture of the local film and media industries. His work alludes to both California cool and calculated brand creation, embracing clichés and styles that exude the hygienic optimism endemic to the local scene. Israel’s works are in the public collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New York and more. He was commissioned by the Jewish Museum, NY to take part in its ongoing Using Walls, Floors, and Ceilings project.