October always brings a flurry of benefit photo auctions that offer collectors unusual opportunities to expand their horizons while contributing to the programs of the wonderful not-for-profit educational/cultural organizations that feed our souls. This year is no exception, with three events just around the corner, in date order:

On Tuesday, October 23, Aperture Foundation celebrates its 60^th Anniversary with a Gala Dinner & Photography Auction. Starting at 6pm, with cocktails and a silent auction, the event will continue with dinner, the live auction—with Daile Kaplan of Swann Galleries at the gavel—and honorifics. Festive attire is in order to pay tribute to Henry Buhl, Sondra Gilman & Celso Gonzalas Falla, John Gutfreund, Lynne & Harold Honickman, Mark Levine, Frederick Smith, and to the many great photographers and writers whose work has shaped the Aperture legacy. Works by Nan Goldin, Elliot Erwitt, Sally Mann, Martin Parr, and David Levinthal, among others, are being offered, with online bidding currently available. Tonight, a preview exhibition opens at Aperture Gallery and Bookstore, 547 West 27^th Street, 4^th Floor, NY, NY, with a reception from 6 to 8 pm. The Gala takes place at Gotham Hall, 1356 Broadway, at 36^th Street, NY, NY. Information.

A page from Aperture’s Benefit Auction promotion.

Thursday, October 25^th, marks the final day of The Louise Blouin Foundation annual online benefit auction to raise awareness and funds for its ART + HOPE initiative. This program is grounded on the Foundation’s core ethos that art and culture are powerful tools for enacting social change and cultural dialogue. ART + HOPE activates global support from artists, philanthropists, collectors, celebrities, corporations, sponsors and organizations that share the commitment of bringing art and cultural programming to children in war-torn nations. Among the items being offered this year are photographs by Ralph Gibson and Jock Sturges; paintings by Alex Katz and Enoc Perez; and exciting events including a power lunch and studio tour with CNN Anchor/Chief Business Correspondent Ali Velshi; a weekend getaway for two to the Summer 2013 Salzburg Music Festival; and a studio tour with artists Ilyaand Emilia Kabakov at their Mattituck, Long Island studio. Information.

 

Amy Stevens, Confections (adorned) #26, 2012. Available at the CCNY benefit auction.

Tuesday, October 30^th marks the date for Camera Club of New York’s annual benefit auction, featuring works by emerging and established artists including Doug DuBois, Larry Fink, Fryd Frydendahl, Heny Horowitz, David Levinthal, and many more. Online bidding is available through October 30^th at noon; register. Tickets for the live auction are $25 in advance or $35 at the door; register. The live auction takes place at 25CPW, 25 Central Park West, at 62^nd Street, NY, NY. The auction benefits CCNY’s programs and will help maintain the Club’s long tradition of providing photographers with a nurturing environment and an innovative program of classes, lectures and workshops to exchange ideas and develop their craft. Information.

Richard Avedon, The staff of radio station WBAI, l. to r. Franklin Millspaugh, Bob Fass, Dale Minor, Larry Josephson, Steve Post, New York City, August 7, 1969. 

November 7, 2010: The WBAI Auction will go live at Steven Kasher Gallery, at 7:30 pm. This is an auction for Everyone: $15 gets you in (or two for $25), but you can contribute as much as your pockets allow. The photography section includes offerings by Richard Avedon, Alfredo Jaar, Allen Ginsberg, and more. Among the notables in the art section are Kiki Smith, Tom Otterness, and Faith Ringgold among others; both sections were curated by Jim Wintner. Online bidding is open and continues through November 6^th. Preview. Steven Kasher Gallery, 521 West 23^rd Street, NY, NY.

As more events of this kind come up, they will be featured in DART.