VAEA’s Annual Benefit Gala Auction features the work of international contemporary artists to benefit our mission of strengthening the ties of friendship between USA and Venezuela through bi-national cultural and social programs.
In honor of our 2015 Páez Medal of Art Recipient, Annie Leibovitz, we have curated a special selection of works on Photography. This year we have once again partnered with Paddle8 Online Auction to help our friends access the extraordinary! We are delighted to share an ultimate destination where collectors gather to indulge their desires and share their knowledge in one of the 21st century most special art form: Photography. VAEA’s Benefit Auction will be live from Nov 17th, until Dicember 1st 2015 and was curated by Anabela Mendoza.
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Estudio de Luz. No. 1152, by Cristina Matos-Albers
Artists:
Lara Alcantara, Romulo Avendaño, Muu Blanco, Deborah Castillo, Malika Cosme, Diana Gomez, Matthew Hars, Joseph Imhauser, Oliver Krisch, Alejandra Loreto, Cristina Matos-Albers, Jean Nouel, Maria Octavio, Tomas Opitz, Elena Pastor, Rolando Peña, Arsenio Reyes, Luigi Rodriguez, Neil Slavin, Ani Villanueva, Efrain Vivas & Antonieta Zerré.
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