Event Press Release

SFMOMA HOSTS EIGHTEENTH BIENNIAL ART AUCTION

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Release date: September 2, 2010

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SFMOMA HOSTS EIGHTEENTH BIENNIAL ART AUCTION

What

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will hold its biennial Art Auction on April 6, 2011.This renowned fundraising event hosted by the Modern Art Council (MAC) will feature more than 50 lots representing an extraordinary range of work by artists who are celebrated in the museum's community. Auction items will include photographs, paintings, and works on paper donated by local and national galleries and artists. Proceeds from Art Auction 2011 will benefit the museum's world-class collection and educational programs.

Who

Event Co-chairs: Annie Robinson Woods and Ariane Maclean Trimuschat
MAC President: Jill G. Barnett
Committee Chairs: Alka Agrawal, Joni Binder-Shwarts, Marilyn Hayes, Nathalie Delrue-McGuire, Cecilie Starin, Victoria Yeager Sawyer

When

Wednesday, April 6, 2011 • 6 p.m./Benefactor reception begins at 5 p.m.

Where

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 151 Third Street, San Francisco

Tickets

Tickets will be available at four levels:
$7,500 Grand Benefactor Table (seats 6)
$1,000 Individual Benefactor Ticket
$700 Individual Patron Ticket
$350 Individual General Ticket

More

For more information please call 415.618.3263.

Media Contacts

  • Robyn Wise, 415.357.4172,
  • Sandra Farish Sloan, 415.357.4174,

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