Sotheby’s is delighted to announce the full list of artists who are generously donating works to be sold at Sotheby’s this spring to benefit The Studio Museum in Harlem. The 42 artists participating in Creating Space: Artists for The Studio Museum in Harlem: An Auction to Benefit the Museum’s New Building are lending support to the campaign to construct the museum’s new home, designed by Adjaye Associates in collaboration with Cooper Robertson.
LYNETTE YIADOM-BOAKYE’S 2017 PAINTING AN ASSISTANCE OF AMBER IS AMONG THE WORKS IN THE UPCOMING “CREATING SPACE” AUCTION AT SOTHEBY’S NEW YORK.
“I’m profoundly touched by the tremendous generosity that artists and their representatives have demonstrated for this project,” says the Studio Museum’s director, Thelma Golden. Works by prominent names such as Mark Bradford, Theaster Gates, Sam Gilliam, Glenn Ligon, Julie Mehretu, Lorna Simpson and Kehinde Wiley will be offered in Sotheby’s Contemporary Art sales on 16 & 17 May in New York, and will be on public exhibition in Sotheby’s York Avenue galleries beginning 4 May.
Here is the list of participating artists:
Derrick Adams
Kevin Beasley
Sanford Biggers
McArthur Binion
Frank Bowling
Mark Bradford
Jordan Casteel
Njideka Akunyili Crosby
Stan Douglas
Leonardo Drew
Melvin Edwards
Charles Gaines
Theaster Gates
Sam Gilliam
Leslie Hewitt
Steffani Jemison
Rashid Johnson
Isaac Julien
Titus Kaphar
Glenn Ligon
Eric N. Mack
Julie Mehretu
Wardell Milan
Oscar Murillo
Wangechi Mutu
Kori Newkirk
Toyin Ojih Odutola
Chris Ofili
Adam Pendleton
Robert Pruitt
Yinka Shonibare MBE
Gary Simmons
Xaviera Simmons
Lorna Simpson
Shinique Smith
Hank Willis Thomas
William Villalongo
Nari Ward
Carrie Mae Weems
Stanley Whitney
Kehinde Wiley
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
ARTIST SAM GILLIAM HAS DONATED RED SHOES, 2017, TO BENEFIT THE STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM. PHOTOGRAPH BY LEE THOMPSON, COURTESY DAVID KORDANSKY GALLERY, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.
