DACS Foundation’s online auction with Paddle8 has launched! Bids can be placed online until 9.30pm, Thursday 24 September. Proceeds will help fund DACS Foundation’s forthcoming initiatives supporting the visual arts in the UK.
How to bid
The online auction features over 50 contemporary artworks by artists including David Batchelor, Frank Bowling, Susan Hiller and Melanie Manchot (pictured).
You can view and bid on the works by visiting DACS Foundation’s auction page at Padde8.com. You will need to register for an account with Paddle8 in order to place a bid.
View the auction
The closing hours of the auction will be marked by a party at Londonewcastle Project Space in Shoreditch, London, from 6 - 10pm, Thursday 24 September. The works will also be on view in the space. If you are interested in attending, email
[email protected].
What will the proceeds support?
Over 50 artists are generously supporting
DACS Foundation by donating their work to a fundraising auction in aid of the charity this September.
The majority of works are being auctioned on Paddle8. A selection will also be auctioned by Christie’s in London on Wednesday 23 September, as part of their
FIRST OPEN/LDN section.
Browse DACS Foundation’s auction catalogue to view all artworks
The proceeds will help fund DACS Foundation’s forthcoming activities supporting artists and artists’ estates in the following areas:
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legacy planning and archive management initiatives;
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education activities aimed at helping artists to safeguard their rights and the integrity of their practice;
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and an on-going programme of debates, symposia and publications that will engage a public discourse on the value of artists to society.
Read more about the auction by
visiting DACS Foundation’s website.
DACS Foundation was set up with the support of DACS, to promote the visual arts for the public benefit by making grants, providing education and training, organising public programmes and carrying out vital research.
Image: Aeroflot, 12.36pm, 2004, Melanie Manchot © Melanie Manchot, 2015