David Byrne and Cindy Sherman were among the downtown luminaries who attended Saturday night's 40th anniversary benefit auction for White Columns, the alternative exhibition space originally founded as a "socialist art system" by Jeffrey Lew and Gordon Matta-Clark. Guests bid on pieces including a drawing by Elizabeth Peyton, an oil painting by Peter Doig and a signed Richard Prince poster, and by the night's end the non-profit had raised more than $300,000 towards its programs and services for artists.
White Columns's Amie Scally and Ryan Evans
Anne Collier
Gavin Brown and Elizabeth Peyton
Phillip Seymour Hoffman (2009) by Mathew Cerletty
White Columns Director Matthew Higgs.And below, some shots from the exhibition's kickoff party in late April.
Kai Kuhne, Rita Ackermann and Aurel Schmidt
Marilyn Minter
Photos by Ryan James MacFarland.
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