Washington Project for the Arts hosts its 35th annual Auction Gala to promote and benefit contemporary art.
By Aubrey Almanza
Photo Courtesy Washington Project for the Arts
This year, the auction is featuring pieces of art by over one hundred upcoming and established artists. The exhibition pieces have been carefully selected by renowned museum curators, top independent curators and the WPA Board of Directors.
Over the next week, attendees can return for curator and artist-led tours, talks and other informational events. Guests include over 700 collectors, art professionals, business leaders and artists, making the WPA Auction one of the most highly anticipated Washington, D.C. art events of the year.
Haley Josephs
A Sensation of Shyness
2015
Oil on canvas
20 x 16 in.
Photo courtesy the artist
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The Auction Gala is the WPA’s most important fundraising event, with proceeds mutually benefiting artists and the WPA’s mission to promote contemporary art in the greater Washington, D.
C. metropolitan region. The Washington Project for the Arts is a non-profit organization that stimulates public awareness and appreciation of art and culture.
The WPA also works to support artists at every stage in their careers by presenting exhibitions and projects that have reached hundreds of thousands of visitors since its founding in 1975.
Tickets for the WPA Auction Gala are available here.
Photo courtesy Washington Project for the Arts
