| The FotoFest Benefit Auction is the absolutely one of the best! It is unique opportunity for the experienced veteran or the first-time collector to acquire the works of a broad range of contemporary photographers. You get first look at – and chance to buy- well-known artists as well as the arts stars of tomorrow. |
| William Hunt, Hasted Hunt Kraeutler Gallery, New York City |
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Eikoh Hosoe (Tokyo, Japan),
Man and Woman #33, 1960 |
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Alfredo De Stéfano (Coahuila, Mexico),
Red Mummy in the White Desert, Sahara Desert, Egypt, 2008 |
 The exclusive framer for the FotoFest 2010 Biennial
 FotoFest Headquarters Hotel for the FotoFest 2010 Biennial Doubletree Hotel Houston Downtown.
| Auction Previews - March 3-23, 2010 |
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Gremillion & Co. Fine Art, Inc.
March 4-18, 2010
Opening Reception and Cocktails: March 3, 2010 7-9pm
2501 Sunset, Houston, Texas 77005
Doubletree Hotel Houston Downtown, 2nd Floor
March 22-23, 2010 11am-5pm
400 Dallas, Houston, Texas 77002 |
| Live Auction - Tuesday, March 23, 2010 |
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Doubletree Hotel Houston Downtown, 2nd Floor
400 Dallas Street, Houston, Texas 77002 Valet Parking
6:00- 7:30 PM Cocktails, Dinner, Preview of Live Auction and Directors Choice
7:30-10:00 PM Live Auction
7:30- 9:30 PM Directors Choice
Reserved Seating & Dinner $300 General Admission $75
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Eighty-one leading contemporary international and U.S. artists are presenting work in FotoFest's ninth international Biennial Fine Print Auction. The Auction is one of the main events of the FotoFest 2010 Biennial and provides a rare opportunity to encounter high quality contemporary fine art photography from Latin America, Asia, Europe, North America and Australia.
Denise Bethel, Director, Photographs Department, Sotheby's New York; a renowned expert in the field, is again donating her services as auctioneer for the Biennial Fine Print Auction.
The Official Preview Reception of the Auction opens March 3, 2010 at Gremillion & Co. Fine Art Inc in the Rice University area of Houston. The preview exhibition is on view March 4 -20, 2010. The exhibition is free and open to the public. On March 22, the Auction preview moves to the Doubletree Hotel Houston Downtown.
Thanks to the donation of ROMA, all Auction prints are framed with high-quality, Italian wood molding. Works have been framed by Justin Matthias, Artists' Framing Resource, Houston, Texas.
The Fine Print Auction Fundraiser and Live Auction event are chaired by Austin James and Blakely Bering, Bering & James Inc., with a committee from the FotoFest Board of Directors and private collectors. Reserved table sponsorships and seating are still available,
Revenues from print sales at the Fine Print Auction benefit artist programs and the Meeting Place artist portfolio reviews, giving hundreds of photographic artists from around the world the opportunity to meet and show art to important museum curators, publishers, gallery owners, and representatives of photo agencies from 21 countries and 25 states in the U.S.
Proceeds from Auction ticket and table sponsorship benefit FotoFest's year-round classroom-based education program, Literacy Through Photography (LTP), in Houston-area public schools. LTP provides more than a thousand students annually with cameras and a curriculum using photography to improve writing and cognitive skills.
For information please contact:
Rocio Carlon
International Fine Print Auction
713 223.5522 ext 14
projects@fotofest.org |
