San Diego, CA— The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego will host its seventh Benefit Art Auction at the La Jolla location (700 Prospect Street) on Wednesday, April 21, 2010 at 6:30 pm. The benefit auction, one of MCASD’s most popular and exciting events, features a live and silent auction of artworks by both internationally recognized artists and emerging contemporary artists. August O. Uribe, Senior Vice President of Sotheby’s New York, will preside as auctioneer. Funds raised will help support MCASD’s art acquisitions and future exhibitions.
Important contemporary artists whose works will be available for purchase include David Adey, John Baldessari, Mely Barragán, Adam Belt, Tim Bessell, Kelsey Brookes, Raúl Cárdenas, Christo, Lael Corbin, Teddy Cruz, Stephen Curry, Einar and Jamex de la Torre, Roman de Salvo, Jacci Den Hartog, Lewis deSoto, Brian Dick, Dr. Lakra, Sean Duffy, Manny Farber, Richard Gluckman, Joe Goode, Raúl Guerrero, Ann Hamilton, Jane Hammond, Stephen Hannock, Robert Irwin, Jay Johnson, Nina Katchadourian, Jean Lowe, Jennifer Luce, Kevin Lynch, Nathan Mabry, Kim MacConnel, Thom Mayne, Ryan McGinness, Joshua Mosley, Robert Motherwell, Cornelia Parker, Ken Price, Iana Quesnell, Marcos Ramírez ERRE, Javier Ramírez Limón, Marisol Rendón, Philipp Scholz Rittermann, Steve Roden, Nancy Rubins, Ed Ruscha, Jennifer Steinkamp, Joel Shapiro, Perry Vasquez, Yvonne Venegas, Robert Venturi, Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, and more. Previews of the featured works are available online at www.mcasd.org.

Funds raised will help support MCASD’s art acquisitions, exhibitions, and education programs. Selected by MCASD Curators Robin Clark and Lucía Sanromán, the artworks will be available for advance viewing by Gold Circle Patrons with private tours by one of the curators.
The MCASD Benefit Art Auction begins at 6:30 pm on April 21, with a silent auction preview and cocktail reception. The live auction begins at 8 pm in Axline Court. Guests will enjoy dessert and coffee following the auction.

TICKETS
Gold Circle Tickets: $175 ($125 is tax-deductible), available exclusively for current MCASD Members

Gold Circle Patrons are offered the opportunity to have a private curatorial tour of the auction works and will be invited to a private VIP reception with a preview of the works led by MCASD’s curators. In addition, Gold Circle Patrons will have preferred seating at the live auction, complimentary valet parking the night of the auction, and a listing in the auction’s program.
General Tickets: MCASD Members $75 ($35 is tax-deductible), Non-Members $100 ($60 is tax-deductible)
MCASD Members and the public are invited to purchase regular tickets to the Art Auction, which include the cocktail reception, silent auction, standing tickets to the live auction, and dessert reception.
Tickets can be purchased online at www.mcasd.org/store. For more information, contact Cynthia Tuomi at 858 454 3541 x118 or ctuomi@mcasd.org.

August O. Uribe

Mr. Uribe is currently the Senior Vice President of the Impressionist and Modern Paintings Department at Sotheby’s New York, where he has worked in a variety of roles since 1991. Utilizing his strong background in Latin American art, Mr. Uribe has lectured and participated in panel discussions at numerous institutions both nationally and internationally, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Caracas Museum of Contemporary Art, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Denver Art Museum, and the San Diego Museum of Art. Mr. Uribe also serves as a Trustee for the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
From 1998 to 2002, he served on the Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibition’s Board of Directors. Mr. Uribe was on the Mexican Cultural Institute Advisory Board to the Consul General of Mexico in New York from 1993 to 1998. Prior to that, he was curator of The Wray Collections in Scottsdale, where he oversaw a collection of more than 10,000 objects and paintings ranging from prehistoric Native American art to modern Latin American work. Uribe received his B.A. from Princeton University in 1985.

Support
MCASD’s Art Auction is made possible by the generosity, counsel, and support of Lead Sponsor Sotheby’s. Additional in-kind support comes from The FrameMaker, which is providing archival-quality framing for a majority of the works; TK&A Custom Catering; and Twenty Sixteen Media, designer and host of the Art Auction Web site. MCASD is also grateful to the many artists and galleries who contributed works to the auction.

Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s is a global company that engages in art auction, private sales, and art-related financing activities. The Company operates in 40 countries, with principal salesrooms located in New York and London. The Company also regularly conducts auctions in 11 other salesrooms around the world, including Australia, Hong Kong, France, Italy, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. Sotheby’s is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol BID.
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MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART SAN DIEGO

Founded in 1941, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD) is the preeminent contemporary visual arts institution in San Diego County. The Museum’s collection includes more than 4,000 works of art created since 1950. In addition to presenting exhibitions by international contemporary artists, the Museum serves thousands of children and adults annually at its varied education programs, and offers a rich program of film, performance, and lectures. MCASD is a private, nonprofit organization, with 501c3 tax-exempt status; it is supported by generous contributions and grants from MCASD Members and other individuals, corporations, foundations, and government agencies. Dr. Hugh M. Davies is The David C. Copley Director at MCASD.

Institutional support for MCASD is provided by the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture.
KPBS is the official media sponsor of MCASD.
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